About Kate

Kate Rodgers is a career educator with a background in management, marketing, and sales. She began her career as an elementary school teacher in Philadelphia before transitioning to work within the field of educational publishing and learning solution services. She has held a variety of positions for Pearson Education (now known as Savvas Learning Company), McGraw-Hill Education, and Benchmark Education Company. She has trained and led teams of various sizes with her skills recognized with the Terry McGraw Sales Leadership Award. She has partnered and collaborated with school systems of all sizes throughout the Mid-Atlantic Region to analyze and develop solutions to meet the instructional needs of their students and teachers within their classrooms.

In addition, Kate spent three years as the director of Enrollment, Marketing and Alumni Engagement for a local elementary school. During that time, she also assisted with the launch of a Pre-K program as well as a needs based grant called Fund A Scholar.

Along with this professional experience, in 2012, she established a student service and social outreach program called Greater Love at St. Bernadette School in Silver Spring, Md., while chairing their school advisory boards for two years. Additional board work includes the National Park Trust in Rockville, Md.

Kate received a bachelor’s degree from the University of Pennsylvania and a Master of Education in Elementary Education from Chestnut Hill College. She has two daughters. She lives with her husband in Silver Spring, Md.