Catherine Ford is the former headmaster of Holy Trinity Academy in Melbourne, Florida and has served the independent school community as a member of the Florida Council of Independent Schools Board of Directors and as President of  Florida Association of Academic Non-Public Schools. She joined the Holmes Regional Medical Center Board just as Health First was being founded and has served the organization as chair of both the Health First Holmes Regional Medical Center and the Health First Palm Bay Hospital Board of Directors.

As an Episcopal school leader, For has served as a Trustee at Sewanee—The University of the South and as a member of the Governing Board of the National Association of Episcopal Schools.

Catherine earned her Bachelor of Science and her Master of Science from Auburn University in Auburn, Alabama. As an active volunteer in the community, she is also a former president of the Junior League.