Kate works with Christian leaders to restore their inner resilience and form communities of belonging. Passionate about communities that help people to live into their values with meaning and purpose, Kate loves to gather practitioners from a variety of fields, shape discussions around the opportunities of this complex cultural era, and discern how we might join God’s work in the world.

Kate earned her Education Doctorate in Leadership & Innovation from New York University; her dissertation focused on assessing how staff live into organizational values. Her Master of Divinity degree was earned at The Seattle School of Theology & Psychology with a master’s thesis focusing on grief and grace. Her Bachelor’s degrees degree is in English and Spanish language and literature and an emphasis on Marginality & Difference. Passionate about the church in its many forms, Kate is an award-winning preacher with experience in a post-evangelical megachurch and multiple mainline parishes.

Kate is a quiet extravert, a constant prayer, a martial art practitioner, a ravenous reader, and an alliteration aficionado. She lives with her husband Keller and dog Magic. Together they regularly hike, play tabletop games, and travel throughout Cascadia and, when they have the opportunity, around the globe. Favorite destinations so far have been Granada, Spain; the Isle of Skye, Scotland; and Lake Crescent, WA.