Kathleen Anne Kauth (born March 28, 1979, in Saratoga Springs, New York) is an American ice hockey player, formerly playing for the Brampton Thunder, when they were affiliated with the NWHL.

[1] Kauth, along with such as Allyson Fox, Kim McCullough, along with national team members Sami Jo Small and Jennifer Botterill spearheaded an initiative to form the Canadian Women's Hockey League.

The players worked with a group of volunteer business people to form the CWHL by following the example of the National Lacrosse League.

Kauth is also a mother to two daughters and son with her partner, four-time Canadian Olympian, Jayna Hefford.

Kauth's father, Don, was killed on September 11, 2001 while working in the World Trade Center for Keefe, Bruyette & Woods.