Kate Oberjat, a native of San Diego, California, has worked at the Music Academy since December 2015, previously as Director of Marketing and Communications and currently in the role of Senior Director of Content Marketing & Digital Experience. However, Kate's first encounter with the Academy was as an infant, when both of her parents attended the Music Academy as Voice Program fellows.

Kate Oberjat joined the Music Academy from the New York Philharmonic, where she was the Single Ticket Marketing Manager. A classically-trained singer, Kate studied voice at Northwestern University in addition to earning a music business degree, and went on to sing professionally with companies including Nashville Opera, LA Opera, Center for Contemporary Opera, Chelsea Opera, Dicapo Opera, and Lyric Opera San Diego.