Collector of Revenue, Audrain County, Mo.; Vice Chair, Next Generation NACo Network

Kate Becker is in her 3rd term as Audrain County’s Collector of Revenue. Prior to running for office, Kate served in the United States Army as an Intelligence Analyst spending most of her military career auditing fraud, waste and abuse of Department of Defense funding. She holds two Master’s from Harvard Business School in accountancy and data analytics as well as bachelor’s in accounting, music and business from Oberlin College. Kate serves NACo NextGen as Vice Chair, and was Presidentially appointed Vice Chair of the Immigration Reform Task Force, Arts & Culture Commission, and Membership Committee. She serves on the International Economic Development Task Force, Rural Action Caucus (RAC) and Veterans & Military Services Committee and is the education chair of NACCTFO. Kate is the adoptive mother of 6 young men, a farm wife, community activist, and coffee enthusiast. She operates her CFE Firm at her home in Mexico, Missouri where she lives with her husband and two fat dogs.