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Kate Gordon is the Vice President for Energy Policy at American Progress. Most recently, Kate was the co-director of the national Apollo Alliance, where she still serves as senior policy advisor.

Kate is nationally recognized for her work on the intersection of clean energy and economic development policy. She also has a long history of working on economic justice and labor issues. Before she joined the Apollo Alliance, Kate was a senior associate at the Center on Wisconsin Strategy, where she focused on corporate tax policy, progressive federalism, and rural economic development. Prior to that, she served as an employment and consumer rights litigator at Trial Lawyers for Public Justice in Oakland, Cailfornia. She is a primary or co-author on most of Apollo’s major reports, including "The New Apollo Program," "Make it in America: The Apollo Green Manufacturing Action Plan," "Green-Collar Jobs in America’s Cities," and the “New Energy” series. She is also the author of several published articles on contract fairness, federal preemption, mandatory arbitration litigation, and regional economic development.

Kate earned a J.D. and master's degree in city planning from the University of California-Berkeley, and an undergraduate degree from Wesleyan University. She is a member of the State Bar of California.

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