Alumni in Residence with Elizabeth Blair J.D. ’92 of KCA Advisors, LLC

Tuesday, October 6, 2026, from 3:00 p.m.- 5:00 p.m. ET

The Alumni in Residence program connects current HLS students with accomplished HLS alumni for one-on-one career mentoring and advice. You’re invited to meet with Elizabeth Blair J.D. ’92 during their virtual office hours. Sign up for a 20-minute Zoom appointment.

Elizabeth graduated from HLS in 1992. At Cleary, Gottlieb, Steen & Hamilton she worked on securities and private equity transactions. Recruited to a KKR backed rollup as M&A counsel, after a year Elizabeth transitioned to the business side of M&A. Eager to ‘join the internet’ she moved west in early 1998 and joined Yahoo!, then 400 employees, as Manager of M&A. During the 2000 dot com crash she was assigned P&L ownership of a 9-figure revenue unit, which she managed for several years, and then transitioned to SVP of Business Operations reporting to the President. After cofounding an ad tech startup, she returned to private equity, where she served as CEO of 24 Hour Fitness and captained a successful $1.85B exit and CEO of SkyZone, which nearly filed for bankruptcy during COVID but she led to $100M+ in EBITDA in 2022, a debt refinancing, and successful transition to a continuation fund. Presently Elizabeth is a board member of Ignite Fitness Holdings, a PE backed owner of 145 Planet Fitness locations, and advises private equity firms on potential acquisitions in the consumer services sector.

On a personal note: Elizabeth just celebrated her 31st wedding anniversary with a 1L section classmate she started dating the last reading week of 3rd year. During her years at Yahoo!, Elizabeth gave birth to three daughters in six years, all now twentysomethings.