Colleen Callahan

Biography

Colleen graduated from the University of Notre Dame with a degree in accounting. She started her career in Deloitte’s Chicago Audit practice, where she specialized in international manufacturing clients. She joined Kraft Foods’ SEC reporting team, and worked on the spinoff of Kraft Foods from Mondelez International. Following the spin-off, she joined private-equity backed Surgery Partners. Following a successful exit, she worked at two venture-capital-backed technology startups. She joined our firm in 2023 to build the accounting, finance, reporting & analysis infrastructure.

Expertise: Start-ups, financial statement audits, forecasting, reporting

  • Favorite thing about NDH:  The caliber of people I work with. Everyone I’ve met is so knowledgeable about so many tax & accounting topics, puts the client first, and has a positive attitude.
  • Favorite way to celebrate your birthday: Cupcake with ALL the frosting + family & friends
  • I have an irrational fear of: Rodents, the way they can squeeze into the smallest place & multiply quickly
  • What is the best dish you can cook: Despite not having an ounce of Italian blood, homemade pizzas. I make the dough & assemble the pizzas, my husband cooks them in our Ooni pizza oven