Cathy Wasserman

Cathy is a leadership coach, organization development consultant, licensed master social worker, and ‘social experimentrice’ dedicated to re-imagining what’s possible for individuals, organizations and society. For more than 20 years, she has helped hundreds of people develop their leadership and manifest their ideas — from CEO’s to activists, artists to non-profit professionals, and social entrepreneurs. She also advises nonprofits, start-ups, and fellowships including The Roddenberry Foundation, Charles and Lynn Schusterman Family Foundation and The Wexner Foundation. Additionally, she facilitates staff retreats, game-changing conversations, workshops and conflict mediation.

Cathy brings a deep background in community organizing, youth programming and management consulting. Her writing is included in Frontline Feminism, Sh’ma: A Journal of Jewish Responsibility and she wrote the ‘Ask Cathy’ column for Idealist.org. She has also been featured as an expert in The Washington Post, Working Mother magazine, Super Girls Speak Out and in the Idealist Guide to Nonprofit Careers.

Cathy has an MSW from Smith College and a BA in Psychology from Wesleyan University. She trained in mediation with the New York Peace Institute and in Marshall Rosenberg’s Nonviolent Communication. A committed meditator for over 20 years, Cathy has lived on an ashram, an experience, which taught her a great deal about self-empowerment. She has taken regular sabbaticals to travel the world, visiting more than 40 countries. She is also an artist who writes poetry and creates what she calls ‘social installations,’ integrating writing, visual art, community building and social change. Her first book, On Rendering Heartbreak Obsolete, was published in 2004. More about her work can be found at cathywasserman.com.