[NIRI Los Angeles President Elect] Katina Metzidakis is a senior investor relations leader who brings nearly a decade of experience in equity research on Wall Street and a deep understanding of the global consumer sector to her role. Throughout her career, Katina has worked with various consumer companies across the beauty, apparel, and footwear sectors. She has had the pleasure of having a front row seat in companies managing complex corporate transactions, such as IPOs, spin-offs, and acquisitions, as well as activist investor campaigns, C-suite transitions and strategic reviews. After nearly 17 years in NYC, Katina, along with her husband and two young children, made a life-changing decision to relocate to sunny Santa Monica in 2021, where they are thoroughly enjoying spending time outside biking, hiking and going to the beach!