Catherine has always had a passion for developing innovative projects and bringing them to life to make a positive contribution. Prior to joining AND, Catherine worked in the Commonwealth Public Service leading teams on diverse projects including social security policy and payments, support for people with disability to participate in the employment market, workplace health and safety, healthy workplace policy, chronic disease prevention and safety monitoring for medical devices.
Catherine has extensive experience working with a wide range of government and non-government stakeholders, individuals and organisations, insurers, industry groups, unions and health care providers, and researchers to implement complex programs.
Catherine is a qualified lawyer with a strong interest in disability and health and holds a Bachelor of Laws, a Graduate Diploma in Legal Practice and an Honours degree in Sociology. Catherine enjoys cycling around Canberra with her family, riding horses or painting.