Speakers
Kate Gordon
Program Director, Strategy Center
Apollo Alliance
Biography:
Kate Gordon joined the Apollo Alliance in October, 2007 as Program Director. Prior to starting in this position, Kate worked as the Director of the Apollo Strategy Center, the policy arm of Apollo formerly housed at the Center on Wisconsin Strategy. Kate has served on many energy policy committees including the Midwest Agriculture Energy Network, the National Wind Coordinating Committee, and RE-AMP. Besides her energy work, Kate’s work for COWS included corporate tax policy, progressive federalism, and rural economic development. Before coming to COWS, Kate worked as an employment and consumer rights litigator at Trial Lawyers for Public Justice in Oakland, CA. She is the co-author of the 2008 report “Green-Collar Jobs in America’s Cities,” and the author of several published articles on contract fairness and regional economic development. Kate has a JD and Masters in City Planning from the University of California, Berkeley.