As the President of Breakthrough Results, she has partnered with leadership at many global corporations, across 15 industry segments and the military.

Cathy holds a BS in environmental science/wastewater engineering, an MS in environmental toxicology from NYU Institute of Environmental Medicine (GSAS) and a JD in environmental law.

Cathy is a certified Malcolm Baldrige examiner and holds nine trainer certifications in quality and six sigma approaches. Cathy is also a certified CSR practitioner, Certified ESG Board Advisor and a BCSP Certified Safety Management Professional.

She was awarded the 2010 Woman of the Year in the Safety and Health Field from the National Association of Professional Women, and one of the Top 100 Women in Safety Engineering from the ASSP.

Cathy’s extensive education and real world, practical leadership experience enable her to analyze challenges and risks from a broad perspective. She is also wise enough to seek input from those most involved in the target process.  So, the solutions are the most efficient and effective.  

Company-wide cultures were created to drive injury and risk prevention.  Breakthrough results of these efforts at these companies translated into a 90% reduction in incident rates, unprecedented insurance premium reductions, increases in business productivity and employee morale.  For instance, at American Standard, 22,000 injuries were prevented and cost avoidance of $152 MM in seven years. 

Cathy is a published author and frequent guest speaker at business, safety (SHE) and academic conferences on such topics as safety culture, sustainability, financial investment assessments, leadership engagement and six sigma.

Cathy was the nominated US delegate to the EU-US Joint Conference on Occupational Health and Safety in Portugal, the International Sustainability Conference in the Canary Islands, and the Safety professional exchange with China.

Cathy has co-sponsored and presented at sustainability symposia in London (2012), Guangzhou, China (2013), Rome (2014), Denmark (2014), Toronto (2015), and Naples, Italy (2018) and the US (2022, 2023, 2025). 

Cathy was also an adjunct professor at the West Virginia University, College of Engineering. She is also the creator, executive producer and host of the Safety and Sustainability Breakthroughs and Safety Breakthrough Talk Radio shows