Kate Craig began her career in 2003 working for the Girl Scouts of
the Appalachian Council, Inc. in Johnson City, Tennessee. Growing up
in the Girl Scouts and then working for the Girl Scouts taught her
that community is the most important investment we'll ever make.
Her experience with non-profits, the defense industry, owning a
photography business, and working with other small businesses given
her over 20 years of experience identifying the best strategies to
reach a target audience and develop a message that will resonate
with them.
Kate is a strategic thinker who will help you set achievable goals
that will make your fiscal year a successful one. She can help you
create a marketing plan, identifying the platforms that will reach
your target audience.
Community building and protecting human rights are a passion of
Kate's. She has managed and worked on several campaigns, is the
former Chair of the Washington County Democratic Party, former Chair
of the First Congressional District for the Tennessee Democratic
County Chairs Association, and she ran for Tennessee State Senate in
2022, raising over $105,000 and moving the needle 7 points.
Outside of work, Kate enjoys reading, writing, rescuing animals,
cooking, hiking, running, rowing, and learning Spanish. On average,
she reads 80 books a year, and has written 8 books-- to be published
one day. She completed the NaNoWriMo challenge in 2015, 2021, and
2023. In 2017, she had a poem about her experience with totality
from the eclipse published in Poets Reading the News.
In 2013, Kate was in a motorcycle accident that forced her to
relearn how to walk and how to be left handed. Now, she runs 5Ks,
hoping to build back to a half marathon.
Kate graduated from East Tennessee State University with a
bachelor's degree in Political Science, and a minor in Leadership
Studies. She also graduated from American University's Master of
Public Administration as well as a Graduate Certificate in Women,
Policy, and Political Leadership. She also completed American
University's Campaign Management Institute.