Katie Grabski is a Project Manager at BarkerGilmore, where she supports the execution of executive searches for leading legal and compliance departments across a variety of industries. Drawing on her legal background and experience managing complex, deadline-driven matters, Katie brings a highly organized, detail-oriented, and relationship-focused approach to each search engagement.

She is highly skilled at managing multiple priorities, coordinating across stakeholders, and anticipating the needs of both colleagues and clients. Katie takes particular pride in building genuine relationships and understanding the unique objectives behind each engagement, allowing her to contribute to a thoughtful, collaborative, and highly responsive search process.

Prior to joining BarkerGilmore, Katie spent several years with a prominent law firm based in Buffalo, New York, where she most recently served as a real estate paralegal. In that role, she supported sophisticated commercial real estate transactions, acquisitions, development projects, and land use matters. Her progression within the firm reflects the resourcefulness, initiative, and ability to quickly take on increasing levels of responsibility that she now brings to her work at BarkerGilmore.

Katie earned her Bachelor of Science in Business Management, with a minor in Pre-Law, cum laude from D’Youville University. She remains actively involved with the university as a member of the D’Youville University Alumni Association Board and participates in its Student Engagement Committee and Women’s Leadership Program, where she mentors students in the business management program.