Kate Atkins is the Outreach Coordinator for the Pennsylvania Budget and Policy Center. She holds a B.A. in sociology and anthropology from Swarthmore College. Before joining PBPC, she directed the Garden State Alliance for a New Economy, a labor-community collaborative in northern New Jersey focused on sustainable economic development. Previously, Kate spent a decade as a community organizer, working primarily on housing and lending issues. Her outreach work with the Pennsylvania Budget and Policy Center focuses on engaging a broad range of public, private, and nonprofit stakeholders in the debate over the state budget.


