Board and Executive Advisory Services

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Kathy Starkoff is the founder, president, and CEO of Orange Star Consulting, a board and executive advisory firm. She provides strategic guidance and oversight with specific expertise in transformation, mergers and acquisitions, as well as risk management, including cyber security. 

Ms. Starkoff is also an independent board director of Gentex Corporation (Nasdaq: GNTX), a global automotive supplier of advanced sensing technology, where she is an audit and risk committee member. She also serves on the Executive Council for Author Capital Partners, a private equity firm that focuses on entrepreneurial and founder-led businesses.  

Prior to founding Orange Star, Kathy was chief information officer for The Ohio State University, where she was a member of the university’s management committee and the president’s council. As chief technology officer and group vice president of Limited Brands, Kathy managed international teams, in Hong Kong, China, and India. She was instrumental in the creation of an enterprise supply chain and fact-based decision making enabling a 60% increase in top line growth. Prior, as chief technology officer and senior vice president of JP Morgan Chase, she facilitated improvements to the organization’s m&a capabilities. 

Ms. Starkoff is a member of National Association of Corporate Directors and Women Corporate Directors. She is vice president of the International Women’s Forum of Ohio, an organization that advances women’s leadership globally. She has served as board chair, and/or committee chair for various non-profit and advisory boards. She holds an MBA (policy), from Case Western Reserve University, and a BS (mathematics), from Kent State University.