Blair Burkholder

Blair Burkholder joins Marathon Capital as Executive Assistant in our Chicago office. Ms. Burkholder provides high-level support in coordinating client meetings. She brings 12 years of experience in executive support, project management, event planning, and operations.

Prior to joining Marathon, Ms. Burkholder was an Executive Assistant and the Membership Events Manager at Bonfire Women. She managed the project flow and day-to-day responsibilities for the Co-Founder/CEO, oversaw and executed the event strategy for all internal and external events, and helped with capital fundraising. Prior to Bonfire Women, Ms. Burkholder worked at City Church Chicago as an Executive Assistant. She began her career at Macy’s.com on the buying team in New York City.

Ms. Burkholder earned a BS in Retail Management from Purdue University and an AAS in Fashion Merchandising Management from the Fashion Institute of Technology.