Ms. Katie Goodman

Katie S. Goodman is the managing partner of GGG Partners, LLC in Atlanta and has worked with both public and private companies, focusing in particular on middle-market firms in the Southeast. She specializes in assessing a company?s situation, determining a course of corrective action that is tailored to each client?s needs, and executing the plan. Ms. Goodman has a strong background in finance, mergers and acquisitions and operations. She often assumes the role of director of reorganization or restructuring officer for companies with private-equity funding, and she serves as an adviser to owners, boards of directors and management teams. Ms. Goodman is experienced in dealing with companies in chapter 11 and has successfully worked with companies to restructure through approved plans of reorganization. She also has sold companies under § 363 of the Bankruptcy Code. In 2013, Ms. Goodman was appointed a chapter 11 trustee. She also serves as a federal and state court-appointed receiver and assignee in General Assignments for the Benefit of Creditors. Ms. Goodman has worked in many industries, including automotive, textiles, finance, telecommunications, restaurants and retail, commercial and residential contracting, general manufacturing, commercial distribution, publishing, government contracting, business-to-business distribution and consumer products companies. Prior to joining GGG Partners, dhr worked for a leveraged buyout fund, where she focused on assessing and acquiring middle-market companies, including acquisitions in the telecommunications, textile and industrial distribution industries. She also worked in the food-brokerage industry. Ms. Goodman received her B.A. from Lancaster University in Lancashire, England, and her M.B.A. in finance summa cum laude from Georgia State University, and she was an international scholarship student at Emory University in Atlanta.