Kate Pearce is the Planning Supervisor for Dorothea Dix Park for the City of Raleigh. As the project manager she is responsible for the stewardship, operations and future planning of the park. Recently, she led the region-wide effort to develop the Master Plan for Dix Park. The Master Plan was unanimously approved by Raleigh City Council in February 2019. Prior to joining the City she worked as both an urban planning and business management consultant. She has a bachelor’s degree in Economics and a MBA from Millsaps College in Jackson, Mississippi and a master’s degree in City and Regional Planning from University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. Kate is Texsippian– Part Texan, part Mississippian but now calls Raleigh home!