Kate Rubenstein is a Managing Director and the Chief Operating Officer of North America Private Credit for Blackstone Credit and Insurance (BXCI) based in New York. Ms. Rubenstein serves as Chief Operating Officer of Blackstone Private Credit Fund (BCRED) and Blackstone Secured Lending Fund (BXSL).

Since joining Blackstone in 2015, Ms. Rubenstein created and led the GSO Advantage platform (now Blackstone Credit Value Creation program), which brings Blackstone’s broad set of capabilities to drive operational efficiencies and growth for BXCI’s portfolio companies. She subsequently created and led the Blackstone Advantage program, focusing on building networks and expanding access to resources for portfolio companies across Blackstone business units.

Before joining Blackstone, Ms. Rubenstein originated senior secured loans and equipment finance opportunities in the industrial, consumer, and retail sectors for GE Capital and prior to that worked in brand management at World Kitchen.

Ms. Rubenstein received an MBA from The Johnson Graduate School of Management at Cornell University, where she was a Roy H. Park Leadership Fellow, and an AB from Dartmouth College. Ms. Rubenstein is on the Blackstone Charitable Foundation Leadership Council and on the Board of Let’s Get Ready, a non-profit organization that provides low-income and first generation to college students support to gain admission to and graduate from college.