Biography
Katie Whitson Shields was born and raised in Lilburn, Georgia. She graduated from Kennesaw State University with a degree in Accounting in 2011. Katie started her career at Alliant CPA Firm with an incredible group of people, which helped her find her next role at the Georgia 2-Day Walk for Breast Cancer. Katie spent 5 years working at this wonderful non-profit wearing many hats: event planning, HR, accounting, volunteer management, fundraising, and logistics. Katie joined TSCG in 2017 as an HR Administrative Assistant and Event Coordinator. In December 2018, Katie earned her Human Resources Certified Professional designation from the Society of Human Resources Management (SHRM). Shortly after earning her SHRM-CP, Katie became the HR Manager at TSCG. She received the honor of her life, so far, when she was nominated and approved to become a Partner at TSCG in January 2023. Through continuous training, learning, mentoring, and coaching, Katie was promoted to Assistant Director of Human Resources in July 2024. She loves doing whatever she can to help her TSCG team/family – whether it is with benefits, PTO, onboarding, insurance, employee relations/engagement, and anything and everything HR and TSCG related.What To Know
Katie loves spending time with her family and friends and traveling to the North Georgia Blue Ridge mountains, where her husband, Brandon, is originally from. Katie and Brandon love spoiling their 11 nieces and nephews and visiting them as often as they can. Katie loves watching MLB baseball and college football - Go Atlanta Braves and Go Florida Gators!