Kathleen Fitzgerald

Kathleen Fitzgerald serves as a Clinical Professor of Strategic Management at the University of Chicago Booth School of Business, delivering core courses including Competitive Strategy, Integrated Strategic Management, and Strategy Simulation across Autumn, Winter, and Spring quarters for the 2024-26 academic cycles.

Her academic credentials include:

• Bachelor's Degree in Economics, University of Massachusetts Amherst (1990)
• MBA, University of Massachusetts Amherst (1994)
• Masters in Business Administration, University of Chicago

Professor Fitzgerald integrates extensive professional expertise into her teaching methodology, with specialized knowledge spanning financial strategy development, corporate governance, and value creation frameworks. Her pedagogical approach emphasizes real-world application through simulation-based learning in complex business environments.

Her professional background encompasses auditing and tax consulting at Ernst & Young, LLP, and forensic accounting consulting at Chicago Partners, providing practical grounding in financial analytics and regulatory compliance that directly informs her classroom instruction.