CONWAY — In a recent Business Insider story, "23 of the Most Powerful Women Engineers in the World," 1989 Kennett High graduate Kate Bergeron was named No. 5 — making her parents, Cathy and Ed Bergeron of North Conway, extremely proud.
Kate, 43, is a vice president for hardware engineering for Apple Inc. She has been with the computer/technology company since 2002 and lives in California.
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