Kate Dore, owner and creative director of Dore Davis Design, received her BA from Stanford University and her MFA from the Academy of Art College in San Francisco, CA. She worked on the design teams for Stanford Magazine, the Sharper Image catalog and Dr. Dobbs Journal before opening Dore Davis Design in Sacramento, CA in 1986.

Kate’s work has received numerous awards including:

• The Daniel Burnham Award, American Planning Association
• The People’s Choice Award, Texas Marketing Council
• Lone Star Awards, Texas Marketing Council
• Gold Mirror Awards, Credit Union Executive Society
• Diamond Awards, CUNA Marketing Council
• Macquee Award, California Marketing Council
• Crystal Awards, International Association Of Business Communicators
• Print Regional Design Annual
• How Digital Design Annual
• Blue Pencil Award, State of California
• and others.

In addition to her design talents, Kate has been a sought-after speaker and writer. She has been a featured speaker at the International Association of Business Communicators (IABC) Conference, the University and College Designers Association Conference, the Credit Union Executive Society Convention and the Marketing Association of California Annual Conference.

Kate has written design related articles for Publish!, Print and How magazines as well as numerous articles for design and trade newsletters. Kate’s perspectives on design and design technology have been solicited by and quoted in Business Week, The San Jose Mercury News, The Sacramento Bee, The Sacramento Business Journal and other publications.