Kate Putnam – Takes An Active Role

Kate Putnam holds a world of experience through her educational opportunities, her professional experience, and her involvement in the community.
 

Kate began her education at the University of New Hampshire in Durham, NH where she received her Bachelor’s in communication and marketing. During her University degree she was also able to study abroad in London at the Regents College. This was a great opportunity for Kate, which is why she eagerly jumped at the opportunity. During her time at the University of NH Kate was a member of the Women’s Crew Team. Kate was on the woman’s crew team for over four years and was one of the top rowers. Rowing is one of the most physically demanding sports out there and it truly takes a lot of dedication and hard work in order to be good and competitive in the sport.
 

Kate Putnam has worked at Breckenridge Grand Vacations, where she was the marketing guest services manager, at White Rock Independent Living Community, as the General manager, and Attitash Grand Summit Hotel, where she currently works as the Senior Sales Manager. At each of these positions Kate had to be able to fulfill many tasks. Some of the major tasks included general management of employees, project management, negotiated, completed, and submitted all contracts with vendors, maintained relations with all co-workers, residents, or vendors involved through her use of good communication skills, conflict resolution, problem solving, marketing research, financial audits, and so much more.
 

Professionally Kate has achieved so much in such a short career. She was the youngest female to be awarded a national award for innovative ideas and customer service, she created the Employee Assistance Fund and the board as a young and new member of the executive team, was the ten time award winning employee of the month at Breckenridge Grand Vacations, to name a few.
 

Kate has also been very active in the community and has accomplished many things. She is responsible for all marketing and decisions which are collaboratively made within the Concord Young Professional Marketing and Steering Committee, at Bow Rotary she is on the new member committee and marketing committee, she is the Vice President of the Central New Hampshire bicycling Coalition Board of Directors, She maintains her CPR certification, she was a student of Leadership Mount Washington Valley Class, and she was on the Memorial Hospital Foundation Gala Planning Committee where she helped plan and execute fundraising for the Gala.

Kate Putnam - The Importance of the Community

Throughout her working life, Kate Putnam has always been immensely committed to the community in which she lives. It’s a firm belief of hers that the act of doing good towards another person is one of the most important things that a human being can aspire to, and she is glad to have maintained several charitable activities throughout the entirety of her career. Kate Putnam has always been driven to establish community relationships because she thinks that the best antidote to the separatism and individualism of modern life is the capacity to give to others, doing your best to improve their lives.

Some of Kate Putnam’s best community-orientated work has come out of her time spent as the Vice President of the NH Bike Collation, where she also worked extensively on the board of directors. This is a community focused institution which aims to get more people on bicycles instead of in cars, helping to foster healthy and environmentally friendly activity in American adults. Obesity is the number one killer of people in today’s society and by encouraging people to get active and take control of their health you actually save lives. Kate Putnam is a strong believer in the ability of exercize to help people beat their illnesses, and advocates travel by bike over short distances against that of cars. Too many Americans are chained to these vehicles and we have gotten out of touch with the locomotive abilities of our own bodies. What the NH Bike Collation does is encourage people to get on bikes by educating them as to what their rights are on the roads, and supporting them in their access towards bikes and cycling accessories. Through helping these people are individuals and getting them in contact with each other, the NH Bike Collation and Kate Putnam are hoping to build a bicycle culture in the Concord area that encourages everyone around to get active and get healthy. This is one of the most important things that Kate Putnam thinks that you can do for a local community: she always has the health and happiness of others at the forefront of her mind. Cycling is a fun and healthy way to resolve the health issues that come with being inactive and overweight and also minimizes the amount in which individuals use their cars, which provides extra bonuses for the community as a whole. Kate Putnam is rightfully proud of her experience working with this organization.