Kate DeVore, MA, CCC-SLP, is a voice, speech, and accent trainer, a speech pathologist specializing in professional voice, and author. She operates Total Voice Inc. in Chicago (www.TotalVoice.net), where she coaches professional voice users ranging from actors to executives. She also coaches professionally, most recently at Lyric Opera Chicago, The Goodman Theatre, Steppenwolf Theatre Company, Chicago Shakespeare Theater, Drury Lane, and A Red Orchid Theatre. Kate also teaches at the School at Steppenwolf , the Summer Vocology Institute through the National Center for Voice and Speech, Columbia College Chicago, Acting Studio Chicago, and teaches nationally and abroad. She is co-author of The Voice Book: Caring For, Protecting, and Improving Your Voice (2nd ed.), co-creator of downloadable self-study materials for learning stage accent/dialects available through AccentHelp.com, and created the self-study eBook, Accent Modification: Neutral American Dialect.