– USA, IN – Donaldson Capital Management, a wealth management and advisory firm with over $3B in assets under management, announced the appointment of Kate Doerksen to its Board of Directors.
About Kate Doerksen
Kate Doerksen is a successful entrepreneur with a passion for building technology businesses. She is a native of Evansville, Indiana, and currently lives in Danville, California. She has a track record as a founder of successful companies. During her undergraduate years, Kate Doerksen launched Hoopla, an online marketplace for college basketball recruiting that matched coaches and high school student-athletes. As a Division 1 women’s basketball standout, she won a host of awards and pursued a brief stint with the Connecticut Sun. After retiring from basketball, she served as an investment banking analyst at Citi and later, a private equity investor at Wind Point Partners, before returning to business school at Stanford where she earned her MBA.
During her time at Stanford, Kate Doerksen cofounded Ditto, a global leader in virtual try-on and AI recommendation technology in the vision industry. Their technology allowed eyewear to be more easily sold online, enabling a drastic reduction in the price of eyeglasses for Ditto’s 70M users. Most recently, in 2023, Doerksen co-founded Sage Haven, with the mission of creating a world where kids have a healthier relationship to technology and each other. In Q2 2025, Sage Haven is launching their first technology solution, a safer messaging app for kids with AI-powered safety tools for parents.
About Donaldson Capital Management
Recognized as one of the nation’s top independent investment advisors, Donaldson Capital Management takes pride in celebrating 30 years dedicated to crafting investment strategies, coupled with thoughtful financial guidance for individuals, foundations, and retirement plans that need dependable and growing income.
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