Cate grew up in country NSW and now calls Hedland home! Starting as a rural high school teacher, she spent over 20 years in local, state and then federal public education leadership roles before moving to the NFP community sector about 8 years ago.

After moving to South Australia in 2018 to take up a RNTBC CEO role she concurrently completed a Diploma in Governance during her tenure which she ended in 2022.

Her role at KNAC since then has highlighted this experience, her change management, strategic planning and capacity building skills. Cate is committed to ensuring that KNAC continues to provide more and more benefit to Nyiyaparli people now and into the future by championing partnership, community and governance approaches that all our members can be proud of.