Bio

Ms. Koch is a founding member of Rural American Fund, L.P. Her responsibilities at the Firm include investment opportunity evaluation, structuring and negotiating new investments and exits, due diligence as well as portfolio company management, investor relations and marketing. Ms. Koch began her career in 1997. Her background includes 14 years working with privately‐held companies on numerous private equity, merger and acquisition, consulting and corporate finance related projects. Since 2004, Ms. Koch has focused her private equity and advisory work on projects mainly in and around the Agribusiness market. Prior to assisting Mr. Karlson in founding Rural American Fund, L.P. in 2007, Ms. Koch was with River North Partners a merger and acquisition consulting firm with a focus on providing investment banking services to Ag-related businesses. Prior to River North, Ms. Koch spent three years at Century Capital Group / Vine Street Partners working on middle‐market seller advisory, acquisition advisory and management buyout / recapitalization projects. Before Century Capital / Vine Street, Ms. Koch worked in the Debt Capital Markets Group at William Blair & Company, LLC. Prior to William Blair, Ms. Koch was with GE Commercial Finance. Ms. Koch actively manages the La Crosse Seed and Technology Crops International investments and is a member of the Aquatrols Board of Directors. Ms. Koch graduated Cum Laude from St. Mary's College, Notre Dame with a BBA in Accounting.