Kate Rush (Past Speaker)

Kate Rush is Senior Vice President and Director of Community Relations at Bangor Savings Bank.  Kate joined Bangor Savings Bank in 2014 as the Director of Project Management and since that time has lead strategic projects; include merger execution and strategic plan development; and was Director of Technology.  As Director of Community Relations, Kate leads our Customer Experience practice, Foundation and Corporate Giving, and Public Relations for the Bank.  

Prior experience includes supply chain and commodity management roles in the aerospace sector and nearly a decade as an entrepreneur in the residential construction, real-estate development, and renewable energy sector.  Kate earned her undergraduate engineering degree from Worcester Polytechnic Institute and an MBA from the University of Hartford.  She has studied innovation and Stanford’s d.school and has a certificate in leadership from MIT.