Get to know Kathy

“How did I get from rural Georgia to suburban Seattle?” provides a narrative of the events that helped shape me professionally and politically.

This visual narrative reveals a more personal me!

Kathy with Misty — Yes, I’m a dog person!

Kathy with Tawna — I’m a cat person, too!

Kathy and Mike — Posing with Mike, my partner of 24 years, after our nephew performed his last high school piano concert.

Kathy in kitche — We recently completed a major remodel of our circa 1960s kitchen. That wall is not yellow — it’s the under-cabinet lighting!

Melita, Alice, Kathy — Being silly in Athens, Georgia, recreating a college photo. Melita’s shoes say “Elect Women.”

Kathy with high school friends — We were all Georgia district 4-H officers in high school; this is a South Georgia reunion when I was back home one spring.

Kathy on Y2K Ducati Monster on the track — My first track day, on a 2000 Ducati Monster M900.

Atlanta group with HCR — College friends in Atlanta with Heather Cox Richardson.

eating ice cream — Eating too much ice cream at Snow Goose!

Kathy with Capitol Building in background — I was in the other Washington to lobby for the Lymphedema Treatment Act. It eventually passed both chambers; President Biden signed it into law.

Kathy denim jacket — I worked part-time at Chicos for a couple of years for fun (and the employee discount!). I still have this jacket.

During Covid, mask says Vote — I used Covid masks to encourage people to vote!