Kate is a public and private markets investor with 25+ years of experience across distressed credit, private equity, and venture capital. She is a General Partner and member of the Investment Committee at Kilonova Capital, which is a value-oriented, growth capital provider, focused on delivering structured financing solutions to category-defining deep technology companies.
Prior to joining Kilonova, Kate helped launch Livello Capital, a fund focusing on deep value, event-driven situations. In her role as Managing Director at Livello, she invested in global companies with headquarters across North America, South America, Europe and Asia. Kate was one of three members of senior management that managed a roughly $250 million portfolio.
Prior to launching Livello Capital, Kate was a Senior Vice President and Corporate Credit Research Analyst within AllianceBernstein’s high-yield research group, focusing on the energy sector. She oversaw all energy-related investments for traditional high yield portfolios with $35 billion in assets under management. She was also an Investment Committee Member for the Energy Opportunity Funds at AllianceBernstein. Prior to joining AllianceBernstein in 2016, Kathryn was a Managing Director at Deutsche Bank where she covered industries including energy, automotive and aerospace & defense.
Kate’s Wall Street experience spans more than 25 years, and she also has experience serving as an advisor for startups on strategy, financial analysis and capital market transactions. She was profiled by Forbes as a working parent, champion of workplace diversity, and advisor to diverse founders. Her valuable experience in the finance industry enables her to provide broad financial and investor expertise as Chairman of the Board (GSE Systems (Ticker: GVP), as Chair of the Nominating and Governance Committee (GSE Systems (Ticker: GVP) & Hesperos Inc (private)), as a member of the Compensation Committee GSE Systems (Ticker: GVP), and on the Audit Committee where she also serves as a financial expert (GSE Systems (Ticker: GVP) & Hesperos Inc (private)).
Education: Bachelor of Science from University of California, Berkeley in Economics and Bachelor of Arts University of California, Berkeley in Business Administration