Catherine Littell, Booth ’08, is an entrepreneur and innovator with a passion for working with companies that disrupt, innovate, and improve the way we engage the world around us. She supports start-ups and small businesses through the funding, scaling and monetization processes with a combination of strategic, financial, research, and operations support. After moving to Naples in 2018, Catherine joined Halstatt Legacy Partners where she focuses on supporting partners in the discovery, evaluation, and acquisition of new businesses. She also supports ongoing operations through financial analysis and reporting, customer service and sales development, and a variety of ad hoc projects. She also regularly volunteers with Collier County Schools to support entrepreneurship education through the INCubatorEDU program.

Previously, Catherine has done extensive work in finance, analytics, strategic planning, new business development, competitive research, and customer relationship management in a variety of roles at Starwood Hotels and Redbox Automated Retail. She was a coach for Chicago Booth's New Venture Challenge, and currently coaches student-led start-ups to develop, refine, and bring their ideas to market. Catherine holds a BS in hospitality administration from Cornell University, a certificate in health administration and policy from the School of Social Service Administration at the University of Chicago, and an MBA from Chicago Booth with a focus in entrepreneurship.