Catherine brings to the role of General Counsel and Chief Operating Officer over 16 years of experience as a capital markets and corporate transactional lawyer, a decade which has been in house as an executive leader at early- and mid-stage companies and investment firms. Her experience in those roles – building legal and compliance platforms from scratch and enhancing corporate governance, operations, and planning processes allows her to bring balanced business-risk discipline to Stage’s management platform, focused on driving day-to-day operational excellence in support of long-term strategic vision. Catherine most recently served as Chief Legal Officer at Cardinal Group Companies, a 2,000+ team member real estate investment and management firm, with over $4bn in assets under management, but also comes from roots as an advisor to early-stage technology companies, including several years as General Counsel to a Denver-based fintech startup.