Kathy Shea serves as our Chief Financial Officer for EyeSouth Partners. Kathy most recently served as Chief Financial Officer of Vein Clinics of America, a Frazier HealthCare and Bain Capital-backed company. Prior to that, she served as the Chief Financial Officer for 4 years for EyeCare Partners, LLC (ECP) the largest vertically integrated provider of vision care nationally. In partnership with the ECP team, the Company successfully transacted in 2020 for $2.2 billion to Partners Group from its initial sponsor FFL Partners. Previously she served as Chief Financial Officer of AdvoServ, a GI portfolio company, serving individuals with extreme intellectual and developmental disabilities until it transacted to Wellspring Capital Management. She has over 20 years of experience as a financial executive within healthcare for both payers and providers and across other industries. She has provided strategic and financial leadership to for-profit companies ranging in size from start-up to large-capitalization as well as not-for-profits. She holds a bachelor’s degree in Economics and French from Smith College and a master’s degree in Business Administration from The Kellogg Graduate School of Management.