Kate Marsh Lord was born and raised in Columbus, Ohio. An early adapter to online business and social networking communities, Kate founded and managed a successful online business created for military families while raising her own family alongside her Air Force husband.

In 2019, Kate participated in the Dog Tag Fellowship at Georgetown University, where she earned a Certificate in Business Administration. She leveraged the education, experiential learning, and networking opportunities of the fellowship to develop and launch Operation Amplify, a virtual community dedicated to empowering and inspiring military spouses to be voters and activists. Kate has authored countless op-eds in publications such as Military.com, Military Times, and We Are the Mighty and her work has been featured by The New York Times.

Kate earned a Bachelor of Arts from Mount Holyoke College and a Juris Doctor from The Ohio State University.