Kat Baker

After serving on the Board of Directors, Kathleen Baker was selected as RPL’s executive director in 2022. She comes from a career in federal, state, and local government program development, policy implementation, and operations with 20 years of experience in Emergency Management and Preparedness. Kathleen is a Ventura, CA-based runner and backcountry adventurer, the mom of two fearless boys, and is married to her husband Josh – a professional ocean engineer and deep-sea diver. Kathleen is also the founder and 13-year race director of the grassroots, community-focused, Mount Laguna Trail Marathon in San Diego, California.