Katie Burke
Partner and Chair, Board and CEO Advisory
Katie Burke is Partner and Chair, Board and CEO Advisory at ICR.
Katie has over twenty-five years of experience counseling leaders in pivotal moments at the highest levels of the private and public sectors and is a seasoned public company board director with deep expertise in governance and risk.
Prior to joining ICR, Katie founded and served as Principal of Fall Creek Advisors where she was counselor to a wide range of global leaders, Fortune 500 CEOs, investors, and boards of directors. Katie was previously the Global Vice Chairman of Daniel J. Edelman Holdings – parent company of consulting firms Edelman, ZENO and Edelman Smithfield. During her tenure at Edelman, Katie served as Chief Corporate Strategy Officer, Global Chairman of Public Affairs, Global President of Practices and Sectors, and Executive Vice President of Public Affairs. Katie served as a member of the Board of Directors of NCR Voyix (NYSE: VYX) from 2019-2026 and was chairman of the Committee on Directors and Governance and a member of the Risk and Compensation committees. She served as chairman of the Governance Committee and was a member of the Compensation Committee on the Board of Directors of Black Knight, Inc. (NYSE: BKI) through the successful acquisition of the company by Intercontinental Exchange Inc. (ICE) in September 2023. Katie previously served as an Executive Vice President at Nielsen and held roles on Capitol Hill, the White House, and on political campaigns.
Katie has an MSc with honors from the London School of Economics and graduated summa cum laude with a BA from Skidmore College. She also holds a certificate in financial accounting from Harvard Business School. Katie is a member of the National Association of Corporate Directors (NACD) and is a mentor for McKinsey & Company’s Advancing Women Executives program. She serves on the Board of Trustees for Sacred Heart University where she sits on the Executive Committee. Katie became a certified cheesemaker during the COVID lockdown, and lives with her family in New Canaan, Connecticut.