Kate Kane is a Associate Director of Economic Development at Hamilton Township NJ. Colleagues describe them as "I’ve known Kate for many years and currently serve with her on the Monmouth University Alumni Board of Directors. I’ve worked with her on numerous projects ranging from involving a few people to hundreds of people and admire her passion and dedication that she puts into everything she is working on! Kate is the type of person that you can give a complex project, with limited resources, and she can quickly figure out a game plan, secure additional resources, assign tasks, and put together a plan to ensure that the project is completed without a hitch!! She’s able to develop successful strategies for increasing event participation,revenue growth, community awareness and volunteer engagement. One of the main reasons she is able to accomplish this is because she’s not afraid to get her hands dirty and she knows how to lead people and make them part of the project so they are willing to give 100%. Additionally, it’s one thing to lead a group of people who directly report to you, though one of Kate’s true strengths is leading volunteers and indirect reports to get them all on the same page with the same vision and objectives!! She’s also able to cultivate a strong volunteer constituency through overseeing the recruitment, training, mentoring, and mobilization of volunteers. Her leadership style secures volunteer commitment through volunteer development and recognition and creates a synergy with other volunteer committees in planning and executing events. She understands the importance of establishing leadership committees and is always there to train, mentor and support the key leadership volunteers to ensure they have the resources they require and are kept motivated! Besides for Kate’s event planning expertise, she’s also extremely innovative and creative when it comes to solving problems and coming up with new ideas!! Her energetic nature is contagious and I continually learn from her, which is one of the reasons why I so highly recommend her…" and "My husband and I met Kate in 2008 when we began planning our wedding. We were exhausted looking at cookie-cutter locations with overpriced plans and decided to talk to Kate to see if she could help us come up with a plan that fit our location, personalities, and budget. She was incredibly helpful in designing a menu for our wedding and coordinated everything seamlessly. Kate even stepped in when our limo driver started drinking at our wedding without us even needing to ask for help. She was caring, paid attention to every little detail, and was attentive throughout the entire process. There are some things we wish we could go back and change about our wedding day, but hiring Kate and her team is definitely not one of them!"