Cathy is Director of the Broward Center for Nonprofit Excellence at the Community Foundation of Broward, helping community nonprofits build capacity and strengthen their core mission work. Cathy has spent her career in nonprofit leadership and education. She holds a Masters in Education from Indiana University and a Bachelors in Elementary Education from Hanover College. She also completed the Graduate Certificate in Philanthropic Studies from Indiana University and certified as Associate Professional in Talent Development. She is a former classroom teacher, and is certified as a Training Consultant, a graduate of Ball State’s Indiana Economic Development Course, and has done additional coursework with the formerly named Center on Philanthropy at Indiana University, School of Public and Environmental Affairs at IUPUI, and Ivy Tech Community College. She has also served as an adjunct instructor for Ivy Tech Community College and Indiana University Lilly Family School of Philanthropy for many years.

Cathy serves on the Executive Board of Gildas Club South Florida and the Education Planning Committee of Grant Professionals Association South Florida. She has served on the boards of the Association of Fundraising Professionals Northwest Florida and Impact 100 Pensacola, as well as being a past board member of Leadership Hendricks County, Plainfield Chamber of Commerce, Ball State University’s Advisory Board, and has participated in several other state, university, and local groups and organizations, including the American Cancer Society’s Relay for Life and Strides for Breast Cancer events. She has co-chaired a workplace United Way campaign and the Outrun the Sun Race Against Melanoma Campaign. She is a member of the Association of Fund Raising Professionals (AFP), Grant Professionals Association (GPA), Florida Nonprofit Alliance (FNA), Association of Talent Development (ATD) and Florida Philanthropic Network (FPN).