Kate laughlin, Executive Director

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Kate crafts creative solutions to perplexing challenges and views today's libraries with an eye toward tomorrow. She has worked in service and management for more than 30 years, including more than 20 of those working in or with libraries on the front lines, in circulation and reference provision, branch management, staff training, strategic planning, and association management. Kate has a genuine passion for service excellence and the furthering of libraries and their missions. She combines this passion with her wide ranging experience to offer knowledgeable consultation and project coordination that is deeply rooted in libraries, always with a forward facing approach and with excellence as goal. 
primary source, libraries, library, advocate, public, school, academic, private, government, trustees board, foundation, consultation, consulting, project management, Seattle, WA, Washington, Pacific Northwest, Oregon, California
Before moving into independent consulting in 2007, Kate was the Staff Training Coordinator for The Seattle Public Library.  Since then she has trained in and consulted with dozens of libraries around the US and served as the Executive Director for multiple library associations. 

​Click here to see a partial list of clients for  which Kate has provided consultation services, staff training or project management  since 2007.