Kate Kend

Board Member

Kate Kend is extensively involved in supporting the work of non-profits across the arts, education, and public interest law.  She is chair of the Martha Gaines and Russell Wehrle Memorial Foundation and a member of the President’s Advisory Council at Vassar College, the Guggenheim Education Committee, and the New York Public Library Council.

Previously, Kate practiced charitable contribution tax law and worked at Christie’s Auction House, running their area of estates and appraisals.  Before that, she worked for Cleary Gottlieb in Tokyo, practiced product liability litigation with Chadbourne & Parke in New York City, and clerked for the Chief Justice of the West Virginia Supreme Court of Appeals.

Kate holds a B.A. in art history and philosophy from Vassar College and a J.D. from Emory University School of Law.