Kate is a comedian, writer, and producer who was born in DC, bred in Chicago, and buttered in New York. She is currently The Director of Comedy and Institutional Programming at The Kennedy Center. Formerly, she was a creative producer and writer for Calm where she helped lead The Daily Move series and their comedy-sleep story offerings. She has produced for shows on Comedy Central and Showtime. Kate has written for projects on TruTV, Discovery+, MTV, Cartuna/IFC, Comedy Central, DuoLingo, and Wondery, to name just a few. She has also contributed jokes and games to NPR’s ‘Wait…Wait…Don’t Tell Me!,’ NPR’s ‘Ask Me Another,’ and Mad Magazine.

You can read more of her humor writing in The New Yorker, McSweeney's, The Rumpus, Slackjaw, and Points in Case. Her feature, “The Change,” was an official selection for the Sydney Women’s International Film Festival and a second-rounder at the Austin Film Festival.

She is the Ghost of Programming Past (and former Director of Programming) for St. Nell’s Humor Writing Residency. She’s also 1/2 of Big Wit Productions.

Kate voiced Amy Klobuchar on the second and third seasons of ‘Our Cartoon President’ and can be seen on ‘Mysteries At The Museum.’ Her stand-up show, ‘Her-icane: All Women+ Stand Up for Disaster Relief,’ was selected as part of the 2019 New York Comedy Festival and was a ‘Yes and…. Laughter Lab’ semi-finalist. She produces live comedy shows that have been featured in The New York Times, TimeOut NY, AMNY, Thrillist, and ThoughtGallery.

Kate was proudly a part of ‘The Break With Michelle Wolf’ and ‘The President Show,’ on which she was also a digital contributor. Her jokes have appeared on both shows along with the 2019 VMAs. She teaches joke writing with WhoHaha and The Satire and Humor Festival. She also writes greeting cards for Avanti Press.

Kate is a proud graduate of Northwestern University and a member of both the WGA and SAG-AFTRA.