Kate is President of Academic Travel Abroad and a business leader with over three decades of experience in the fields of international education and educational travel. After stints in public relations and working on the Hill for Senator Harry Reid, Kate began her career at Academic Travel Abroad, Inc (ATA) in 1988 as China Program Manager and is now a proud owner of the business with her two partners. Kate graduated from Yale with a degree in East Asian Studies and pursued a post-graduate fellowship in Chinese Literature at Taiwan National University before settling in Washington, D.C. In 2008, Kate completed a three-year executive education program for owners and presidents at Harvard Business School. In 2010, Kate helped found the Fund for Education Abroad, a charitable organization that awards scholarships to U.S. undergraduates with high financial need. Kate now serves as FEA’s Finance Director and Trustee Emerita. Kate has served on the Board and leadership committees for the NTA (National Tourism Association) and was awarded NTA’s Woman of Vision title in the fall of 2019. Kate currently serves on the Yale President’s Council on International Activities and is an active member of a local Harvard Business School Forum. As the daughter of an American diplomat, Kate spent most of her youth in France, where she was born. Kate has lived and studied in Australia, Algeria, Ireland and Taiwan.
