Ms. Ackenhausen is an Associate Consultant at BAI. She received a Bachelor of Science Degree in Business Administration with a concentration in Finance and minors in Economics and German from Truman State University in 2002. Ms. Ackenhausen also earned a Master of Business Administration Degree, again with a concentration in Finance from the University of Missouri-St. Louis in 2007.

Prior to joining BAI, Ms. Ackenhausen was employed by Nexstar Financial Corporation. In this position, she assisted first-time home buyers and existing borrowers with obtaining mortgage financing. She also assessed the net worth of her clients’ financial assets.

Ms. Ackenhausen joined BAI in 2004 and she has been involved in various electric, natural gas and water regulatory issues in the field of cost of capital, capital structure, financial integrity, merger evaluation, commodity risk management, energy procurement, depreciation studies, revenue requirement and rate base evaluation.