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Kate launched her consulting business in 2012 with the intention of building, transforming and connecting businesses and high potential individuals.

She worked with Goodwin University for the last 3 years, overseeing the Continuing Education Division, as well as building business relationships within the insurance and manufacturing industries.  She focused on building a pipeline of apprenticeship talent for these sectors which are in extraordinary growth mode and yet have difficulty creating excitement and serious interest in highly specialized careers.

Prior to her work with Goodwin, she spent 5 years designing and activating a comprehensive philanthropic platform for Guardian Life Insurance Company, in five of their key markets. This unique approach aligned with the company’s business model and has had a significant impact on the financial literacy and work force readiness of more than 500 community college students.

Prior to launching her business in 2012, Kate was The Chief Executive Officer of the Greater Hartford Arts Council, an organization that supports more than 150 arts and heritage organizations in 34 towns in the capital region of Connecticut. Kate was asked to take on this challenge in 2009, when the organization was close to being financially insolvent. She implemented significant structural changes, renegotiated the office lease, vendor contracts and led the sale of commercial property.  Combined, Kate converted a $400,000 deficit into a $200,000 surplus in less than 3 years. Concurrently, she led a strategic planning initiative designed to create greater investment in the overall health of the Arts Community and began the integration of arts education into the Hartford Public School System. She finally led the recruiting effort for her successor in 2011. 

Prior to her role at the Greater Hartford Arts Council, Kate was Executive Vice President and Chief Marketing Officer for Travelers Companies.  Reporting directly to the CEO, she was responsible for field distribution, branding, public relations, marketing, communications and advertising.  Her key accomplishment was the transformation of the field underwriting organization from business line silos into geographically aligned, profit centers with 13 Regional Presidents reporting to her. She also led the initiative and negotiation for the return of the iconic red umbrella icon from Citigroup back to Travelers in 2007.

Since joining Travelers in 1984, Kate served in numerous leadership positions in the areas of product development, risk management, distribution, agency management, sales training, communications and community relations. She was President of the Retail Annuities Division until 2005 where she organically built multiple successful distribution channels and led exponential organic top line growth over several years, while maintaining a rigorous approach to expense management. Under her leadership, revenues grew from $1.7B to $6.5B. During the same period, the company achieved a 22% compound annual growth rate in operating earnings.

Kate has always been active in the community.  She served as Vice Chairman of the Travelers Foundation, which supports initiatives that involve education, arts and culture and community development programs around the country. Kate also served on the Board of Journey Home, a local coalition to end homelessness.  She has served on the Executive Committee of the Greater Hartford Arts Council and the Hartford Stage Board.

Kate envisioned and implemented Travelers’ Education Access Initiative in the Hartford region to create broad access to highly desired entry-level opportunities within the Insurance and Financial Services Sector for economically underserved community college students.

Kate has received numerous professional and vocational awards, including an induction into the YWCA of New York City’s Academy of Women Achievers and has been named one of Hartford’s 50 most influential people by Hartford Magazine. She also has been recognized as an Ambassador of Peace by the World Youth Peace Summit, and named “2011 Person of the Year” by the Central Connecticut Celtic Cultural Committee. She has served on the Boards of Metro Hartford Alliance, Hartford Business Improvement District, Connecticut Arts Alliance, Girl Scouts of Connecticut, The Veteran’s Day Parade, JDRF and First Radio Parish of America. Kate conceived and led the creation of a scholarship fund in partnership with the State of Maine and the Maine Community Foundation, for the benefit of descendants of Maine residents who suffered evictions from their homes. 

Kate is currently a Certified SCORE Mentor; Member of the Board of Mental Health CT.  She is the Treasurer of the Central Connecticut Celtic Cultural Committee, which produces the St. Patrick’s Day Parade in Hartford, and she is on the Transplant Advisory Board at Hartford Hospital. 

Kate holds a bachelor’s degree in business administration and psychology from Marymount College in Tarrytown, N.Y., and a master’s degree in economics from Trinity College in Hartford, Connecticut. 

Kate and her husband Glen currently live in Woolwich, Maine. 


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