Kate Connor

Kate Connor is a Research and Government Solutions Senior Manager, supporting independent studies for agencies at all levels of government. She joined the Academy in 2018 as a Research Analyst and has served on studies across a wide range of agencies and issues, most recently for the U.S. Coast Guard, the Federal Aviation Administration, the National Telecommunications and Information Administration, and the U.S. Department of Agriculture's Farm Production and Conservation (FPAC) mission area.

Before joining the Academy, Kate taught high school social studies. While earning her Master's in Public Policy at Georgetown University, she interned with the U.S. Senate Committee on the Budget and in public policy and government relations at the American Association of University Women. She also holds a Master's in Teaching and a Bachelor of Arts in History and Political Science from the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill.