During 2016, Cathy served as Secretary of The Digestive Disease National Coalition (DDNC) and was recently nominated in December to serve as Vice Chair of the DDNC.
She will be attending the Annual DDNC meeting March 5th and 6th where they will discuss strategies on how to build momentum for funding for the #CancerMoonShot2020.
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.