Kate Bain

Ms. Bain is currently the Global Program Officer for the Online Professional English Network (OPEN) Program at the U.S. Department of State’s Office of English Language Programs (OELP), in the Bureau of Educational and Cultural Affairs. Ms. Bain oversees the OPEN Program, which serves tens of thousands of participants in online programming in over 90 countries in the world, many participating from areas of very low internet access. Prior to that, Ms. Bain served as Manager of Online Projects at Georgetown University’s Center for Intercultural and Educational Development.  Kate also taught at Georgetown University’s Intensive English Program, after serving for two years as a U.S. Department of State English Language Fellow in Barranquilla, Colombia.  She began her career as a K-12 ESOL teacher and teacher mentor in Baltimore. She holds a Master’s of Reading Education from Towson University, a Bachelor’s of Arts in ESL Education from the University of Northwestern, and a Certificate of Social Media Management from Georgetown University.