Some brokers stumbled into this business. Katrina was born into it. The youngest of six children in an Arizona family of entrepreneurs, she grew up watching her parents take their future into their own hands — building businesses, taking risks, and proving that success has no ceiling except the one you set yourself. That upbringing didn't just shape her work ethic. It shaped her entire philosophy.
As a founding member, Katrina helps operate a custom landscape design company — giving her a perspective from the owner's seat as well as the broker's. She understands what it means to build something from the ground up, face the daily grind of ownership, and to make decisions supporting growth and a future exit. That experience helps her to not just be a broker — but a trusted advocate.
An Arizona native, Katrina left the desert to live fully — surfing on the West coast, snowboarding in the mountains, and living in the Pacific Northwest before returning home to raise her family. That life across industries and landscapes gave her a rare fluency in how different businesses operate, what makes them thrive, and what buyers are really looking for beneath the numbers.
With 20+ years of professional business experience spanning healthcare, multi-site locations, trades, food & beverage, and B2B, Katrina brings deep multi-industry expertise to every deal. She holds a United States Patent — a testament to her entrepreneurial instincts and innovative thinking — and has served on the Board of Directors for Imagine Housing in Washington State, a non-profit providing subsidized housing for individuals in financial distress.
Her approach to brokerage is fundamentally different from the transactional norm. No deal is ever the same. Each engagement is tailored — customized to fit the specific owner, the specific business, and the specific buyer. Katrina sees brokerage as an art form, not a formula. It is the work of connecting people, building trust, and navigating toward an agreement that genuinely works for everyone at the table.
She operates from a simple but uncompromising standard: integrity first, always. A deal is only a success when her client walks away having gotten everything they wanted from the acquisition.
Scrappy by nature, driven by purpose, and backed by the full depth of the GILE Business Brokerage team — Katrina leads every engagement at Your Business Exit Pros with one goal: your best possible exit.