Kathleen Keator is the new executive director of the Auburn Downtown Association.

Keator, who previously worked for the Renton Chamber of Commerce, brings more than 30 years of operational management, sales and marketing experience to Auburn. She is a graduate of the University of North Carolina Wilmington.

Keator is looking forward to working closely with the greater downtown merchants and building the ADA.

“What we are trying to do is show the assets that are here, and build on it,” she said.

Reach Keator at 253-939-3982 or kathleen@auburndt.org.