Bio

Kate co-founded hilltop private capital after 15 years at lincolnshire management, a $1.7 b private equity firm focused on investing in and growing middle market companies. At lincolnshire, she was a managing director, led one of the execution and portfolio management teams and was a participant on the investment committee. Kate presently serves as an independent board member of navient (nasdaq:navi), a loan management, servicing and asset recovery company created from the strategic separation of sallie mae and stella-jones inc. (tsx: sj), a leading producer and marketer of pressure treated wood products. She previously served as an active board member for and principal equity investor in numerous companies in the industrial, consumer and business services industries including several niche industrial manufacturing companies, a leading education and services company, several sports equipment manufacturing businesses, an equipment and consumables company for food applications, a financial technology and services company and a leisure services business. Prior to lincolnshire, kate was at conifer capital group, a newly formed private equity firm focused on the lower middle market. Her previous experience includes working in the investment banking divisions of pricewaterhousecoopers and donaldson, lufkin & jenrette. Kate is a governing board member of the robert toigo foundation, an organization committed to enhancing diversity in the financial services industry, and is a director of new york private equity network (nypen). She is a graduate of the wharton school at the university of pennsylvania (b.s.) and of columbia business school (m.b.a.).