Kate Lovelady

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Kate Lovelady (day/month/1970 )

Lovelady was born and raised in New York City, where she attended public schools and studied dance and music.

In 1991, she received a B.A. as an English Major in Writing from Northwestern University, graduating Phi Beta Kappa. Returning to New York, she worked in the publishing industry for several years, eventually starting her own writing and editing business. In 1998 she moved to Carrboro, North Carolina, where she became active in the arts and activist communities and with the North Carolina Society for Ethical Culture. She attended the American Ethical Union Lay Leadership Summer School in 2000 and was accepted for professional Leadership training in 2001.

In 2002 she served Carrboro as its first Poet Laureate. From 2003-5 she served three Ethical Societies as Leader Intern: the Riverdale-Yonkers Society for Ethical Culture, the Ethical Society of Austin, and the New York Society for Ethical Culture. She also earned certificates in pastoral counseling from the Postgraduate Center for Mental Health, New York, and in humanist community leadership from Humanists in Leadership Training.

Lovelady joined the staff of the AEU Lay Leadership Summer School in 2004 and was certified as a Leader by the American Ethical Union in September 2005. Kate has a partner of ten years, musician Bill Dechand, and her current interests include singing, vegan cooking, and pragmatism.

Since December 2005, she has been leader of the Ethical Society of St. Louis.