Kate Colbert

EDS Advocate, Author, Marketer, Communications Coach, Entrepreneur

Kate Colbert is the founder, executive director, and board president of EDS Guardians, Inc., the world’s first patient-to-patient, caregiver-to-caregiver, “pay-it-forward” organization dedicated to helping Ehlers-Danlos Syndromes (EDS) patients who lack support and need vital medical treatment, community, and compassionate care. Running EDS Guardians is a 100% volunteer effort that Kate has taken on in addition to her roles as CEO of Silver Tree Communications and Silver Tree Publishing, and her significant work as a speaker, executive coach, and market researcher. Her books -- "Think Like a Marketer: How a Shift in Mindset Can Change Everything for Your Business" and "Commencement: The Beginning of a New Era in Higher Education" -- have sold thousands of copies and have changed companies, universities, careers, and lives for the better. Kate's insights about marketing and higher education have been featured in Forbes, the Chronicle of Higher Education, Harvard Business Review's Ascend magazine, CEO World magazine, and Business Insider, and on NPR, CBS, NBC, Spectrum News, and C-Suite Radio. She is an award-winning writer with expertise in producing medical and scientific publications. Kate was diagnosed with hypermobile Ehlers-Danlos Syndrome at age 45, after a lifetime of mysterious medical struggle. Kate is proud to serve as a healthcare advocate for fellow EDS/HSD/Marfan's patients and to create opportunity and hope for those who are suffering. EDS Guardians is a federally recognized 501(c)(3) nonprofit charity.