Kate Becker

Building sustainable creative communities has been at the core of Kate Becker’s career. In 2019, Becker signed on to work with King County Executive Dow Constantine as the County’s first Creative Economy Director. Just prior to this, Kate served as the Director of Seattle’s Office of Film + Music for five years, spending her days (and nights!) working to build Seattle’s creative economy, keenly focused on the film, music and nightlife industries. She is now expanding upon this work at the regional level, in partnership with local industry and community. Prior to 2014, Kate served in leadership roles at Seattle Theatre Group, Art Share LA in Los Angeles, and The New Art Center in Boston, MA. She co-founded legendary Northwest all ages venues The Vera Project and the Old Fire House, talent pipelines for the music industry. Kate has produced more than 1,000 all ages shows, and numerous large-scale events and fundraisers. She also founded the Old Fire House Media Lab, ensuring that emerging filmmakers and musicians have access to a studio. Kate loves start up culture, and founded two businesses, and two nonprofits. Kate was a charter member of the Seattle Music Commission and currently serves on the boards of NFFTY (National Film Festival for Talented Youth) and Music Policy Forum.