Business & Executive Advisory Services

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Kathy Starkoff is the founder, president, and CEO of Orange Star Consulting, a business and executive advisory firm. She brings executive leadership, governance, and strategic guidance experience with specific expertise in digital transformation, risk management, cyber security, mergers and acquisitions. 

Ms. Starkoff is 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 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 teams, in Hong Kong, China, and India, and was instrumental in an enterprise reconfiguration of the enterprise supply chain. Prior, as chief technology officer and senior vice president of JP Morgan Chase, she engineered M&A efficiencies. 

Ms. Starkoff is a member of National Association of Corporate Directors and Women Corporate Directors, as well as the President of the International Women’s Forum of Ohio. She has served as board chair and/or committee chair for the Serious Fun Network, Flying Horse Farms, and The Executive Forum. She holds an MBA (policy), from Case Western Reserve University, and a BS (mathematics), from Kent State University.