Katie Bochniak

Katie Bochniak serves as Chief People & Culture Officer at Stambaugh Ness, where she leads the firm’s people strategy in direct alignment with growth, performance, and long-term value creation. With more than 22 years of experience across professional services, nonprofit, and digital retail sectors, she brings a business-first lens to building high-performing, accountable, and human-centered organizations. As a member of the firm’s ownership group, Management Committee, and Board, Katie operates at the intersection of strategy and execution—shaping workforce planning, leadership development, organizational design, and performance infrastructure to support scalable growth. Her work ensures the firm’s culture drives results, not just engagement. A Gallup-Certified Strengths Coach with nearly a decade of experience, Katie integrates strengths-based leadership with clear accountability standards. She believes performance and humanity are not competing forces—when aligned, they create clarity, ownership, and sustainable excellence. Katie is passionate about developing leaders who multiply impact, designing systems that enable teams to perform at their best, and building a workplace where top talent thrives because expectations are clear, growth is intentional, and performance matters.