Kathy received her Bachelor of Science in Education from UW-Whitewater and a Master’s Degree in Exercise Physiology from UW-La Crosse. It was there, while writing her thesis, that Kathy developed her passion for research. Kathy started in the clinical research industry in 1989 working as a coordinator at the VA Hospital in Madison, WI. From there she moved to the University of Wisconsin Hospital and Clinics working as a research coordinator on NIH funded asthma research studies. Kathy saw an opportunity to provide centralized business development activities for clinical research sites and was off and running having established one of the industry’s first Trial Management Organizations (TMO) in 1996. She continues to work that business model today and enjoys the reputation of being a trusted, connected, leader.
Kathy has two children, who are both graduates of the University of Wisconsin. She enjoys spending time with family, traveling, speaking at conferences, fishing an playing pickleball