Cath Thompson

Managing Director

Cath Thompson (she/her/hers) brings her expertise in conflict transformation, design thinking, network-building, and group facilitation to her work as PSFG’s Managing Director. She supports PSFG’s programming, member stewardship, and organization-wide operations. She’s the person to talk to if you’re interested in membership or if you’re curious about PSFG’s programs or our commitment to diversity, equity, and inclusion.

Cath has worked for and served on the board of nonprofit organizations that support peacebuilding, progressive national security, and charitable sector capacity-building. She also founded and ran a program for community building and education in the wake of conflict, burnout, and trauma. Cath’s work in peacebuilding and post-conflict rehabilitation have brought her around the world, including to West Africa, Northern Ireland, Iraq, and Morocco, where she was a Fulbright Scholar.

Cath holds an M.A. in International Relations from Queens University Belfast, in Northern Ireland, which she attended as a George Mitchell Scholar, and undergraduate degrees from the University of Wisconsin. Cath lives with her family in England and enjoys putting her formal culinary training to good use.