Cathi Coridan is president and chief executive officer of Network4Nonprofits, LLC, specializing in providing consultation, project management, training and technical assistance for human service and education programs to enhance the effectiveness of fund development, human resource development, risk management, transition management, leadership training and Board development.

Cathi has more than 30 years of experience in all facets of human services and education and faith-based agencies. From 2002 through 2007, she served as the executive director and member of the board of directors of Mount Saint John, Inc., a comprehensive residential treatment center for adolescent males located in Deep River, Connecticut. Prior to her work at Mount Saint John, Cathi held a variety of national behavioral health policy and program development positions in Connecticut and the Washington, D.C. area. These included director of corporate development at ETP Inc. in East Hartford, Connecticut; senior director for substance abuse programs and policy at the National Mental Health Association in Alexandria, Virginia; and associate director of the National Association for Children of Alcoholics in Rockville, Maryland.

Cathi has provided consultation, writing and training services for the Center for Media Literacy, the National Federation for Catholic Youth Ministry and the National Council of Churches. Her early professional background was as a counselor, clinician and educator in the areas of youth and adult behavioral health. She worked in residential, community mental health and outpatient settings in the Washington, D.C., and Columbus, Ohio, areas from 1974 until 1995. Additionally, she conducted student assistance groups in the local school district and developed and taught the pastoral counseling curriculum for graduate students attending the Pontifical College Josephinum in Columbus, Ohio.

She holds a master’s degree in psychology from Catholic University of America and a B.S. in psychology from The Ohio State University. She is currently enrolled in the Nonprofit Management Executive Certificate Program at Georgetown University’s Center for Public and Nonprofit Management in Washington, D.C.

Cathi is an outspoken advocate for children and families—especially those whom the system forgets. She is a board member of the Connecticut Association of Nonprofits. Cathi is also a member of the Connecticut Chapter of the Association of Fundraising Professionals. 

She and her husband, Ned Hogan, reside in Portland, Connecticut, with their two Westies, Chippy and Zoe. Cathi is active in her local parish and loves to travel, especially on cruises, and is an avid reader.