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.


Most Recent Posts
No Shortcuts to Student Success: The Case for Statewide Annual Assessments
When I think about why I’ve dedicated my career to advancing and strengthening the ideas and practices of authorizing, I think about the students I’ve met over the years—bright, curious...
Raising the Bar: NACSA’s Updated State Policy Recommendations
NACSA believes that strong laws enable strong authorizing. In turn, strong authorizing leads to strong public education outcomes for students, families, and communities. That’s why we regularly update our state...
A New Path Forward: NACSA’s Bold New School Application Guidance
I’ll never forget a foundational principle I learned nearly two decades ago, while authorizing in Indianapolis: It should be hard to gain approval to start a new charter school. But...