Katherine "Katie" Blackburn is Executive Vice President of the Cincinnati Bengals

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, an American football

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 team in the National Football League

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. Her responsibilities for the Bengals' front office includes negotiating all player contracts.

Personal

Blackburn played women's ice hockey at Dartmouth College

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. Blackburn is a graduate of University of Cincinnati College of Law

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. She is married to Troy Blackburn who is the Bengals director of business development. They have two daughters.

Blackburn is the daughter of Bengals owner Mike Brown.