Kate Ickes

Biography

A member of the Carnegie Mellon community for eight academic years, Kate joined the Tepper School in Fall of 2025.

As the Director of Administrative Operations, she oversees administrative functions for Tepper School Undergraduate Programs. This includes standardizing and streamlining office processes and using data to inform and support policy and procedures. 

Kate also serves as an advisor for the Tepper School's additional majors in economics and minors in business analytics and optimization, financial management, innovation and entrepreneurship, operations and supply chain management, product management, and economics.

Kate has a bachelor’s degree in art history from Allegheny College and a master’s degree in higher education management and student affairs from the University of Pittsburgh.

Kate enjoys fixing up her historic Troy Hill home, cheering for the Pittsburgh Penguins hockey team, getting lost in a good novel, and thrifting for antiques and treasures with her friends.