Skip to content
Cohort 7

Jurisdiction: Land of Sky COG

University: UNC Chapel Hill

Hometown: Asheville, NC

Anna Kate Baechtold is the Lead for North Carolina Fellow for the Land of Sky Regional Council. A double Tar Heel, she earned both her Master of Public Policy and her B.A. in Public Policy and Art History from the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. During graduate school, Anna Kate focused on environmental policy and public health. Her capstone project with the Center for Science in the Public Interest explored the effectiveness of federally funded free summer meal programs for children. During undergrad, she completed a capstone with the Southern Environmental Law Center focused on environmental justice and interned in UK Parliament. While at UNC, Anna Kate also enjoyed leading ropes course programs and teaching rock climbing with Carolina Adventures and giving tours at the Ackland Art Museum.

September 22, 2025

In Clayton, numbers show how resources support services and meet residents’ needs. Each figure in the budget provides insight into how departments operate and how programs are funded, creating a…

July 25, 2025

By Andy Bradshaw The School of Government is pleased to share the continued work of Lead for North Carolina Fellows. As the western region of the state continues to respond to the…

June 18, 2025

In August 2024, Paloma Garcia-Serrano stepped into the Foothills Regional Commission for her first day of work as a Lead for North Carolina Fellow. Lead for NC is a leadership development program…

AmeriCorps