Founder of Hawthorne Financial Advisors LLC, Nancy Hawthorne currently is Chairman for First Eagle Alternative Capital BDC, Inc. Ms. Hawthorne is also on the board of Avid Technology, Inc. (former Chairman), Brighthouse Funds Trust II, CRA International, Inc. and THL Credit Secured Floating Rate Debt Ltd. and Partner at Hawthorne Financial Advisors LLC and Member of The Financial Executives Institute.

In her past career she occupied the position of Chairman & Chief Executive Officer of Clerestory LLC, Chief Executive Officer & Managing Partner at Hawthorne, Krauss & Associates LLC, Chief Financial Officer & Treasurer of Continental Cablevision, Inc. and Executive Vice President of Media One, Inc.

She received an undergraduate degree from Wellesley College and an MBA from Harvard Business School.