Kate grew up on a dryland mixed farming operation on the Yorke Peninsula in SA before heading off to Uni to get a Bachelor of Applied Science in Agriculture. Her career since then has involved pastoral property management planning in SA and NT, capacity development in WA for the Indigenous Land and Sea Corporation and a couple of stints overseas working in sustainable livelihood programs in Sri Lanka and Cambodia. For nearly a decade Kate coordinated the national Rangeland NRM Alliance assisting with its endeavour to coordinate strategic NRM projects across the rangelands, provide advice on environmental and sustainable agriculture policy and program design. Through the Rangeland NRM Alliance Kate coordinated the delivery of multi-faceted projects with industry and government partners including the provision of spatial information via the NRM Spatial Hub, the delivery of climate change information for NRM planning across the rangeland cluster and the development of the multi-sector Outback Alliance. Kate is currently the Project Lead: Industry Partnerships for NRM Regions Australia based in Adelaide.