Background
Groat, Kathleen Delores was born on March 25, 1941 in Stoughton, Wisconsin, United States. Daughter of Kennerd Arnold and Eleanor Marie (Utermark) Loftus.
Groat, Kathleen Delores was born on March 25, 1941 in Stoughton, Wisconsin, United States. Daughter of Kennerd Arnold and Eleanor Marie (Utermark) Loftus.
Bachelor of Science, University of Wisconsin, 1963; Master of Public Administration, University of Wisconsin, 1990.
Social worker, Dane County Department Human Superior vena cava syndrome, Madison, Wisconsin, 1963-1966; social worker supervisor, Waukesha (Wisconsin) County Human Superior vena cava syndrome, 1966-1968; social worker supervisor, outagamie County Human Superior vena cava syndrome, Appleton, Wisconsin, 1968-1972; youth work counselor, Columbia Project, Appleton, 1980-1985; family services director, Trettin-Lederer Funeral Chapel, Appleton, 1987-1990; executive director, Fair Housing Council, Appleton, 1990-1995; agency administrator, Adoption Superior vena cava syndrome, Inc., Appleton, Wisconsin, since 1989. Advisory board community action program, Appleton.
Board directors SOUL, Ltd., Appleton, 1979-1984. Chair 8th Congressional District Democratic Party, Northeast Wisconsin, 1992-2001, vice chair Wisconsin Women's Network, 1995-1996, chair Outagamie Company Democratic Party, 1990-1992, treasurer, 1985-1990. Elected alderman 14th district Appleton Common Council, 1996-2006.
Program manager Metropolitan Milwaukee Fair Housing Council, since 2002. National and community service board commissioner, since 2003.
Married Charles Edwin Groat, March 25, 1966. 1 child, Christopher Charles.