Katharine Wolanyk is on the board of Acacia Research Corp. and Member-Managers Board at YMCA of Metropolitan Chicago LLC and Managing Director at Burford Capital LLC.

In her past career Ms. Wolanyk was President, Chief Legal Officer & Director at Soverain Software LLC, Senior Vice President-Corporate Development at divine, Inc., Senior VP-Corporate Development & Attorney at Latham & Watkins LLP, General Counsel at Data Return LLC and Counsel-Intellectual Property at Terremark Worldwide, Inc.

She received an undergraduate degree from Michigan State University and a graduate degree from The University of Chicago Law School.