Katie Fishel

Katie Fishel

Staff Accountant

Katie Fishel directs all aspects of NACSA’s contract development for both Clients and Consultants. She also manages monthly staff credit card statements and performs essential accounting tasks such as Accounts Payable, month-end closing functions, and assists NACSA staff members with various requests.

Katie has experience in public accounting for a multi-national food distribution company, as well as financial and compliance auditing for the State of Indiana.

She graduated from Purdue University with dual Bachelors of Science degrees in Accounting as well as Law and Commerce.

Katie lives in Northwest Indiana with her husband and three sons. When not crunching numbers, you can find her in the kitchen trying out new baking and cake decorating techniques, or at the Little League / Pop Warner fields cheering on her boys.


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