Catherine Colon

About

Catherine began her career with CAPA in 1995. Her passion for study abroad developed as an undergraduate student at Santa Clara University when she spent her third year studying at Durham University in the north of England. After completing a BS, Catherine returned to the UK and earned an MA in Sociology and Social Policy at Durham University. Following a few years working in the US, including at the Museum of Tolerance in West Los Angeles and CAPA's former California office, Catherine returned to the UK in 1999 and has since been based at CAPA’s London Center.

As the Vice President of Global Operations, Catherine manages the operations of CAPA’s global program centers, including maintaining the standards for program and student services, relationship management with key overseas partners, and new center development. She is a co-editor of CAPA’s Occasional Paper series and provides leadership to CAPA's Health & Safety Committee which is responsible for the design, regular review and implementation of CAPA's practices and protocols.