Kathy Lippard Cobb (born December 20, 1959, Statesville, North Carolina; haigō Kaat and Kat), retired American marketer and poet, publishing haiku since 2000. Anthologized in Susumu Takiguchi’s Wild Flowers, New Leaves (2002); Jim Kacian and Dee Evetts’s A New Resonance 3 (2003); and Marlène Buitelaar’s The Scent of Music (2013). Won awards in the Henderson (2001), Drevniok (2001, 2014), Touchstones (2011), Hackett (2001, 2002, 2009), Presence (2001, 2002, 2004, 2008, 2014), and Kusamakura (2002, 2003) competitions, and in Modern Haiku (2002, 2003). Haiku Editor for White Lotus (2003–2009). Resides in Bradenton, Florida.