Kate Donoven, as Director of the Center for Consumer Protection, leads its development and strategic management. She joined NAAG as Consumer Counsel in February 2024. Kate formerly led the Consumer Protection Division of the Arkansas Attorney General’s Office. After graduating from the University of Arkansas School of Law, she served as deputy prosecuting attorney, an assistant attorney general in the civil and criminal divisions, and Ethics Counsel for the Department of Education. She is a native of California, where she was a senior attorney at a class consumer protection litigation practice for a small firm in Santa Barbara before moving to Okinawa, Japan.

While living in Okinawa, she served as a Special Investigator for the U.S. State Department’s Bureau of Diplomatic Affairs and taught business law. She holds two bachelor’s degrees, certificates in negotiation and leadership, and is currently pursuing a certificate in strategic management.