Cate Hall is an author and operator whose book You Can Just Do Things argues that personal agency is learnable. Previously, she led Astera Institute, co-founded pandemic-medicine company Alvea, and became the world’s top-ranked female poker player.
Cate Hall is an author and operator whose book You Can Just Do Things argues that personal agency is learnable. Previously, she led Astera Institute, co-founded pandemic-medicine company Alvea, and became the world’s top-ranked female poker player.
Career
UFAuthor at Useful Fictions from 2024-01 to PresentWrites about personal agency, decision-making, work and reinvention; authored You Can Just Do Things.
Chief Executive Officer at Astera Institute from 2024-04 to 2025-12Led the private foundation’s work supporting ambitious science and technology programs, investments and public goods.ACo-Founder, COO and Co-CEO at Alvea from 2021 to 2023Co-founded the pandemic-medicine company and led medical, regulatory and operational work as it took a drug candidate to Phase I within six months.