Kate’s relationship with High Mowing began as a student, attending high school here from 1986-1990. She went on to graduate magna cum laude from Franklin Pierce University with a BS in Financial Management, and began her professional career in community banking where she held positions in Audit, Compliance, Security, and General Operations, culminating with a position as a founding executive of Hampshire First Bank, a de novo community bank serving Southern New Hampshire, from 2006 to 2012.

 

Kate also spent time in the corporate environment as Chief Financial Officer and Chief Operating Officer, before joining High Mowing in 2016 as the Director of Finance and Operations. She took on the role of Head of School in 2021. In addition to her time as an employee of High Mowing, Kate served as a trustee for both High Mowing School and Pine Hill Waldorf School before the 2017 merger of the two schools.

 

As a former, self-proclaimed “Army brat,” Kate learned several languages in her early years — German, Dutch, English, and French — all at the same time. She loves to be outside and enjoys backcountry skiing and skinning up Crotched Mountain. She likes to mountain bike and paddle board and has participated in numerous triathlons — from sprint to Olympic lengths — and half marathons.

 

Learn more about Kate in this Monadnock Ledger-Transcript profile: https://www.ledgertranscript.com/Monadnock-Profiles-Leading-the-way-at-High-Mowing-41036694.