Kate Wiltz

Kate Wiltz represents District 2 on the Monroe County Council, an elected position she has held since Jan. 1, 2019. In 2022 and 2023 she served as the council's president. She also serves on the Monroe County Public Safety Local Income Tax Committee.

She is a research associate at the Eppley Center for Parks and Public Lands (EPPLY) at the Indiana Institute on Disability and Community at Indiana University.

She is married to Jim Wiltz, a clinical psychologist and co-founder of Kestrel Behavioral Health. The couple has two daughters.

Timeline: Kate Wiltz

2024-01-01 Begins serving on the Monroe County Public Safety Local Income Tax Committee.

2023-01-10 Is re-elected as president of the Monroe County Council, serving through December 2023.

2022-11-08 Wins re-election to the District 2 seat on the Monroe County Council for a 4-year term beginning Jan. 1, 2023.

2022-05-03 Runs uncontested and wins the Democratic Party primary for District 2 on the Monroe County Council.

2022-01-01 Is elected as president of the Monroe County Council for a 1-year term through December 2022.

2020-03-05 Begins serving on the Metropolitan Planning Organization (MPO) Policy Committee, a position she holds through December 2022.

2018-11-06 Wins District 2 seat on the Monroe County Council for a 4-year term beginning Jan. 1, 2019.

2018-05-08 Defeats Jayme Washel, a Bloomington Fire Dept deputy chief, in the Democratic Party primary for District 2 Monroe County Council, The incumbent, Ryan Cobine, did not seek re-election.

2013-11-01 Begins working at the Eppley Center for Parks and Public Lands (EPPLY) at the Indiana Institute on Disability and Community at Indiana University.

2001 Earns a master's of science in Natural Resources with an emphasis in Environmental Communication, Education, and Interpretation from The Ohio State University.

1993 Earns a bachelor's degree in Anthropology and Environmental Studies from Indiana University.