Katherine Axt

Katherine (Kate) Axt is an Account Director in the healthcare group at Cohn & Wolfe with eight years of experience applying award-winning marketing communications programs to national and global clients in multiple industries.

Kate’s experience in healthcare spans some of the largest pharmaceutical companies, including Boehringer Ingelheim. Her work includes brands within the central nervous system, pulmonology and vaccines categories. She also has experience managing over-the-counter products in the gastro-intestinal and allergy areas and works closely with Cohn & Wolfe’s digital media team to implement initiatives across healthcare client campaigns.

Prior to joining Cohn & Wolfe, Kate managed consumer public relations and integrated marketing campaigns for large-scale brands in a variety of sectors including healthcare, hospitality, food & beverage and real estate in New York and Dallas. Most recently at the Ruder Finn Group, she worked on many of the company’s largest clients, including Dunkin’ Donuts and Johnson & Johnson’s baby and body care divisions. Through her work with Johnson & Johnson, Kate was integral in developing the company’s first targeted effort to social media with a groundbreaking, 3-day mommy blogger conference, Camp Baby, and through her work with Dunkin’ Donuts, the company expanded its presence from a New England donut chain to a national coffee chain competing with Starbucks and McDonalds. Kate has also held positions at Publicis Dialog and The Richards Group in Dallas.

Kate holds a Bachelor of Arts degree in English and French literature from Mount Holyoke College in Massachusetts. She is fluent in French and conversational in Japanese, having lived in Montpellier, France, and Iwaki, Japan, where she taught English as a Second Language. She is an active board member of the Public Relations Society of America New York Chapter, the New York Junior League and the Mount Holyoke College Alumnae Club of New York.