Kate Black is the founder and CEO of K. Black Strategies. She is an advocate, political strategist, policy expert, author, and professor.

She has nearly two decades of experience working in and around government. Most recently she spent five years, spanning two Administrations, at the Federal Communications Commission as Chief Policy Advisor and Media Advisor to FCC Chairwoman Jessica Rosenworcel, the first woman ever to be confirmed by the Senate to lead the agency.

While at the FCC, she helped launch the nation’s largest ever broadband affordability program (the Affordable Connectivity Program) and an historic effort to connect students at home (the Emergency Connectivity Fund). She led campaigns to raise awareness about the importance of connectivity for states, Tribes, and communities. Kate’s work brought attention to the equity and access needs of veterans, seniors, rural communities, LGBTQ youth and women. She was the producer of Broadband Conversations, the first podcast hosted by an FCC Commissioner that uplifted the voices of women leading in technology, innovation and media.

Prior to her public service, she was Chief of Staff at EMILY’s List, the largest resource for women in politics where she worked with candidates running up and down the ballot and across the country.

She is currently an adjunct professor with American University’s School of Public Affairs and Women & Politics Institute.

Her first book, REPRESENT: The Woman’s Guide to Running for Office and Changing the World, co-authored with June Diane Raphael, was released in 2019 by Workman (now Hachette) Publishing.

She has also served as Executive Director of American Women, a nonpartisan research organization working to uplift the voices of women and the issues they care about. Previously, she worked at the Democratic National Committee, the Hillary Clinton for President campaign, and the Service Employees International Union, one of the largest labor unions in the country.

Committed to bringing change in her community, she is an Ambassador for the Greater DC Diaper Bank and she co-founded a free salary negotiation program for 15,000 women with the City of Washington, DC, the American Association of University Women, and the Younger Women’s Task Force.

She is a living kidney donor and triathlete. Kate lives outside of Washington, DC, with her husband and son.