Over the past twenty years, Cathy has led dozens of data, research, and knowledge mobilization projects focused on Canada’s charitable and nonprofit sector. She has also been involved with numerous public policy and government relations initiatives and led the creation of Imagine Canada’s National Standards Program. Cathy has a Ph.D. in political science from York University. Before moving to the charitable sector, she was an Assistant Professor at Wilfrid Laurier University. Cathy currently serves on the Board of the Association of Nonprofit and Social Economy Research, which allows her to straddle both the academic and nonprofit worlds.