Monthly Meeting: Mastering the Business Side of Photography with Cat Threadgill, CPP

📍 Pellissippi State Community College
JL Goins Administration Building, Room 151A
10915 Hardin Valley Rd, Knoxville, TN 37932

Join us for PPETN’s April Monthly Meeting featuring Cat Threadgill, CPP — a North Texas-based photographer, bookkeeper, tax advisor, and financial expert with more than 40 years of experience helping creatives gain confidence in their business finances.

In this session, Cat will share practical strategies for bookkeeping, tax organization, and financial management tailored specifically to photographers. You’ll learn how to simplify your systems, track your numbers effectively, and strengthen your business foundation — so you can focus more on what you do best: capturing incredible moments.

Whether you’re just starting your photography business or looking to sharpen your financial knowledge, this meeting will provide real-world tools and insights you can immediately apply.

Meet the Speaker:

Cat Threadgill, CPP

Cat Threadgill is a North Texas-based photographer, bookkeeper, tax advisor, and financial expert with over four decades of accounting and business management experience. While pursuing her passion for photography, she also worked as a Family Law Paralegal, Certified Divorce Financial Analyst, and Mediator.

A published author and contributor to The Photographer magazine, Cat blends her business and creative expertise to help photographers thrive both artistically and financially. A dedicated member of Professional Photographers of America (PPA) since 2009, she joined the Dallas Professional Photographers Association (DPPA) in 2023, earned her Certified Professional Photographer (CPP) designation in 2024, and is currently pursuing her Master of Photography and Photographic Craftsman degrees.

Her teaching style is practical, encouraging, and easy to follow — perfect for photographers ready to gain clarity and control over their business finances.