Cathy Isaacson

Cathy Isaacson has spent the last decade focused on smart investment in developing and low income communities. She
is Vice Chair o the Middle East Investment Initiative which delivers innovative finance and technical assistance to small
and medium sized enterprises throughout the Middle East, as well as on the the boards of Idea Village, a startup accelerator operating in New Orleans and the Gulf South; the Greater New Orleans Foundation; and the Link Stryjewski Foundation. She has been a regional judge for the White House Feillows, a member of the Bezos Scholars Selection Committee and on the boards of Maret School and the Washington Area Women’s Foundation.

Cathy worked for over 20 years as an attorney in private practice. She practiced at Hemenway & Barnes in Boston Casey, Haythe & Krugman in New York and Wright, Manning, Rips & Maloney in New York. She received her BA from Smith College and JD from Boston University School of Law.