Katherine Jacobs

Katherine brings years of financial literacy, project and program management, and client relations experience. As an Indigenous woman in the financial industry, she hopes to bring more diversity and pave the way for more opportunities for minorities to represent financial business. She serves as an advocate of financial education for native youth and aspires to provide accessible financial guidance and resources to native communities.

Katherine received her Bachelor of Science degree in Finance with a minor in Fashion from Arizona State University and is a first-generation graduate of the Fashion Institute of Design & Merchandising MBA program.  Her Masters of Business Administration graduate program concentrated in logistics and supply chain management, digital analytics, and global financial strategy. Upon graduation, she began working for client relations at Louis Vuitton while assisting with the  Indigenous Peoples' Day fest in Phoenix, AZ.

Ms. Jacobs, an enrolled member of the Eastern Band of Cherokee, was raised on the Qualla Boundary in western North Carolina. In her spare time, she enjoys creating artwork of various mediums to sell for Authentically Cherokee, a EBCI tribal business that supports Cherokee artists.