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Kathie deNobriga

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A photo of three people in the driveway of a brick house. They are gathered around a table covered with a white tablecloth decorated with colorful lights. On the table, there are two cakes, a bowl of oranges, and some disposable cups and plates. Kathie, a white person, is sitting at the table. She has gray hair and is wearing a purple shirt and black jacket. A friend stand behind her, smiling at the camera as they embrace Kathie. This friend is wearing a baseball cap, a black jacket, red and black scarf, and black pants with silver studs. On the other side of Kathie, another friend is opening a bottle of champagne. They have blonde hair and are wearing glasses, a blue jacket, and black pants. — Kathie (center) with friends Shannon Turner (left) and Priscilla Smith (right) at her 70th birthday "drive-by caking" celebration.

Kathie deNobriga

she/her

Theater Maker | Organizational Consultant

Pine Lake, GA

Kathie deNobriga served as Alternate ROOTS’ executive director and planning/development director for ten years. Raised in Kingsport, Tennessee, deNobriga holds an MA in Theatre (Directing) from Wake Forest University in Winston-Salem, North Carolina, and a BA with honors in Speech Communications and Theatre Arts. Her early employment includes directing and managing community theaters in Smithfield and Sanford and working in the acting ensemble of the Road Company, Johnson City, Tennessee. DeNobriga was a visiting artist for two years for the NC Arts Council, and a fellow in the Rockefeller Foundation’s Next Generation Leadership program and in the first Rockwood Leadership Institute's program for arts leadership.

Kathie is now a consultant, specializing in strategic planning, building organizational capacity, staff/board retreats, and creative conflict engagement. She studied mediation at the Justice Center of Atlanta, and is a board and founding member for Alternate ROOTS. DeNobriga served two terms as council member, and was mayor for the City of Pine Lake, Georgia, from 2012 to 2015, where she still lives as an advocate for and practitioner of arts and community development.