Kate Gaertner, Executive Director

Inducted: Marquette University - 2002

Kate earned a BA degree in sociology from Marquette University and a M.Ed. in guidance and counseling from Loyola University of Chicago. As Executive Director of Alpha Sigma Nu, she calls upon her experience and skills as educator, non-profit director, and volunteer manager. As Director of Alumni for Alpha Sigma Nu, Kate facilitated the founding of eight ΑΣΝ Alumni Clubs across the country, and has added three more as Executive Director. Prior to coming to Alpha Sigma Nu, Kate founded and directed Compass Alliance, a community based organization providing a venue for prevention programming and advocacy funded by an Office of National Drug Control Policy grant that she co-authored.  She served as guidance counselor at Dominican High School where she was the director of college counseling. Kate has written for nationally syndicated video news segments on parenting, and consulted with parents and teens on college choice. Her volunteer activities have ranged from serving on community boards to coaching her parish’s 7th grade girls’ basketball team.