Office of Student Life | Portsmouth Abbey School, Rhode Island

Cat graduated from Portsmouth Abbey School in 2010, and she returned to work at the Abbey in 2014 due to the wonderful experience she had as a student. As Director of Student Life, Cat works with student leaders, houseparents, and all other members of the community. Cat leads the advising, clubs, and residential life programs, and she creates a Student Life Curriculum each year that focuses on important topics like social media use, stress reduction, time management, goal setting, etc. Cat also serves as a Praesidium Guardian, and she teaches US History to Fifth Form students. In 2024, Cat won the Dom Peter Sidler Award for making exceptional contributions across multiple areas of school life, and she considers that moment to be one of the highlights of her career. Cat has been a houseparent for ten years, and she currently is the head houseparent in St. Mary’s, where she lives with her husband, Daniel ‘10, her two sons, Westley and Walker, and her dog and cat. In her free time, Cat loves to read, go to the beach, spend time with her family, and go on walks with Amelia Tracy '10, her former roommate at the Abbey and current coworker.