Catherine Jordi Marcus is a Managing Director at Sugarloaf Rock Capital. Catherine focuses on the consumer sector.Catherine is a member of GoldenSeeds. GoldenSeeds is an early-stage investment firm with a focus on women leaders. The group, headquartered in NYC, was founded in 2005 and has grown to become one of the largest in the country with nearly 300 members nationwide. Since 2004, over 3000 companies have applied to GS for funding. In total, GS has invested $86 million in 80 companies. Her direct investments through GoldenSeeds include Crimson Hexagon.Drawing upon her background as a retail analyst, she remains current on the apparel industry with an emphasis on the athleisure sector in particular. She has made investments in this sector include Brrr!, a fashion technology company.She began her career in retail research at Kidder Peabody and then moved to investor relations with The Abernathy MacGregor Group. She also worked at Institutional Investor magazine.Catherine has a B.A. in History and Political Science from Barnard College and a Masters from the School of International Affairs at Columbia University. She shares dual nationality with USA and Switzerland and speaks fluent French.