With deep experience guiding companies and boards through pivotal moments, Katie designs and leads strategic communications that protect value, manage risk, and align key stakeholders. She advises on a wide range of special situations – including restructurings, mergers & acquisitions, corporate transformations, leadership transitions, and crisis scenarios, helping teams communicate with clarity and credibility when stakes are high. Katie also specializes in investor and lender communications, shaping positioning, planning, and messaging to support confident, consistent engagement throughout periods of change.

Prior to joining C Street, Katie was at Teneo in the Strategy & Communications Advisory group. In this role, she focused on advising clients on special situations, corporate strategy, IPOs, M&A, shareholder activism, and management transitions. She also provided counsel on clients’ investor and sell side engagement strategies. At Teneo, Katie supported clients across various sectors, including industrials, consumer retail, technology, and financial services.

Katie holds an B.A. in Economics with a concentration in Finance from the University of Richmond.

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