Kathy is well known throughout New Hampshire for her involvement in electoral politics, named as one of New Hampshire's Top Ten Most Powerful Persons in 2007 and as a Leader for the 21st Century by New Hampshire Business Magazine, as one of New Hampshire's Top 50 Insiders by Politickernh.com in 2008 and one of New Hampshire's 10 most influential Democrats by Politics Magazine in 2009. Described as "the architect" of the historic 2006 Democratic victories in New Hampshire by New Hampshire Business Magazine, Kathy served as chairwoman of the New Hampshire Democratic Party for eight years, ending her final term in 2008.
In 2007, she was the chairwoman of the Draft Jeanne Shaheen for Senate Committee, and New Hampshire Co-Chair for Hillary Clinton's presidential campaign. Kathy was a Senior Advisor for the New Hampshire Democratic Party Coordinated Campaign in 2008, a member of Governor John Lynch's 2008 Re-election Finance Committee, and one of the state's 2008 four Electoral College members. Currently serving as the Democratic Party's New Hampshire National Committeewoman, she is a former member of the DNC Rules and Bylaws Committee and a current member of the NC Credentials Committee. The 2009 Krieger Lecturer on Political Culture at Cornell University, she also writes a regular column in the Union Leader, the state's largest newspaper, and is a frequent guest on New Hampshire radio and television political shows.
In addition, Kathy has participated in a number of community activities. She is a member of the Board of Trustees of the Mary Gale Foundation, which provides grants for programs to keep elderly, indigent women in Greater Manchester living in their own homes, and secretary of the Manchester Police Foundation. She is a former Director of the Manchester Development Corporation, a former member of the Manchester Charter Commission, a former Trustee of the Manchester Public Library, a former member of the New Hampshire Juvenile Parole Board, a former Vice-Chair of the Board of Directors of the Federal Home Loan Bank of Boston, a former Treasurer and Director of the New Hampshire Women's Lobby and a former Director of the Manchester YWCA.
Kathy obtained her undergraduate degree from the College of the Holy Cross (cum laude,1976), and her law degree from Cornell University, 1981, where she was the president of the law school student government.
Born Manchester, New Hampshire, June 21, 1954
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