Prior to joining Franchise Equity Partners, Katie was a private equity professional at Sequel Holdings focused on making investments in the food and beverage sector.

Prior to Sequel Holdings, Katie worked as an investment banking analyst at Stephens, where she focused on M&A transactions, balance sheet restructurings and capital raising services. Katie began her career in 2015 in BDO USA’s transaction advisory group where she focused on third-party valuation analysis and financial modeling for private equity, venture capital and various other clients.

Katie graduated with highest distinction from the University of Kansas in 2015 with a B.S. in Finance and Accounting.