In March, 2016, Cathy was named the Secretary of The Digestive Disease National Coalition (DDNC).
The DDNC was founded in 1978 and is headquartered in Washington D.C. They are an advocacy organization made up of several major national voluntary and professional societies that focus on raising awareness and support for digestive diseases. The DDNC in particular deals with improving public policy related to digestive diseases and works to increase public awareness about the many diseases of the digestive system.
