Cathy has served as the Chief Executive officer of Nurses Specialized in Wound, Ostomy & Continence Canada (NSWOCC) for the past 17 years and was also the first Executive Director for the Operating Room Nurses Association of Canada (ORNAC) for 5 years. She served on the Canadian Nurses Association’s (CNA) Advisory Committee to the Canadian Network of Nursing Specialities for two terms and is currently on the Advisory Committee for Nursing Specialties which reports to the CNA Board.

Past experience includes serving as the Director of Global Strategic Marketing, Wound Care Core Business for ConvaTec division of Bristol-Myers Squibb in Skillman, New Jersey and Business Unit Manager for Wound and Skin Care based in Montreal Quebec prior to that. As an International Healthcare Consultant, she facilitated strategic business planning for the Board of Directors of the World Council of Enterostomal Therapists (WCET) in Hong Kong, Ostomy Canada Society and the International Skin Tears Advisory Panel (ISTAP). She has published on topics relating to wound, ostomy and continence in peer reviewed journals.

A Registered Nurse with a neurosurgical ICU clinical background, she completed the International Interdisciplinary Wound Care Course (IIWCC) at the University of Toronto, studied post graduate business and completed a post graduate program in Not for Profit Board Governance at the Telfer School of Business University of Ottawa and Rotman School of Business, University of Toronto.