Katherine is a seasoned executive with over two decades of experience in finance, operations, and law. Previously she was a member of the Executive Committee at Bitwise Asset Management, Inc. as well the General Counsel and Chief Compliance Officer. Ms. Dowling also served on two boards at Bitwise and on the investment committee. During her near five-year tenure at Bitwise, she helped grow assets under management from $1 billion to over $15 billion, co-led the launch of groundbreaking spot Bitcoin and Ethereum exchange-traded funds (among others), led Bitwise’s two international acquisitions, formed and registered Bitwise’s registered investment adviser entity, and acted as the primary point of contact with regulators and policy makers. Ms. Dowling also served as a federal prosecutor for over a decade, including in the Economic Crimes Unit for the Northern District of California where she focused on cases relating to insider trading, Ponzi schemes, identity theft and fraud. In addition she has held additional executive leadership and general partner positions in private equity and wealth management firms. Ms. Dowling has also been a frequent industry media commentator on Bloomberg, CNBC, Fox News and CoinDesk among others and is a regular speaker at industry conferences. She also serves on the board of the Harvard Club of San Francisco, and previously served on the board of the Tiburon Peninsula Club. Katherine is a Phi Beta Kappa and Echols Scholar graduate of University of Virginia as well as a graduate of Harvard Law School.
