Kathy was elected to the board as a trustee in 2019, 2022 and 2025. She worked for KPMG and Mercer Consulting Group in strategic planning, organisational development, and leadership communication in the US and UK before moving to Wānaka in 2002. Since then she’s held a variety of management roles, most recently at Community Link Upper Clutha.

Kathy is Chair of Sport Otago, Deputy Chair of the Wānaka Upper Clutha Community Board, and an elected member of the Local Government New Zealand Community Boards Executive Committee. Previous roles include ministerial advisory group Kāpuia, Wānaka Chamber of Commerce Board, Parenting4Life, Mainly Music, Alpine Community Development Trust, Wānaka Area Youth Trust, Wānaka Alcohol Group, two local schools, and Shaping Our Future. She is a Leadership New Zealand Fellow and a member of the Institute of Directors.

Kathy is involved in music, theatre, and education, and keeps active in the beautiful lakes and mountains of the region. She married into a West Otago family and is raising three children with her husband Phil. Kathy values the immense contribution volunteers and community groups make and feels privileged to be a part of Central Lakes Trust which supports them.