Kathleen Ash currently serves as the Executive Director of the Catholic Education Foundation (CEF) in Los Angeles, California. CEF provides tuition assistance to the most financially deserving students attending Catholic elementary and high schools within the Archdiocese of Los Angeles. This year CEF supported over 10,000 students, providing more than $12M in scholarship funding.Before joining CEF in January, 2015, Kathy was the Associate Dean for Business Services in the School of Education at Loyola Marymount University. She has also held the positions of Vice President of Operations at the Braille Institute of America, Director of Finance and Operations at Marlborough School, and was also the Executive Director, Administrative Services for the School of Engineering, and the Chief Financial Officer for the School of Cinematic Arts at the University of Southern California.Kathy earned her B.A. in Political Science from the University of California, Berkeley, a Master’s in Public Administration from the University of Southern California, and a Master’s in Special Education from Loyola Marymount University.