Cathey Park

Cathey Park is the Director of Student Programs. She oversees the 17 programs and works closely with the student advisory committee executive leadership team. Cathey works collaboratively with students on a wide variety of projects and initiatives. Prior to her current role she managed the Conferences and Special Projects portfolio which included signature IOP seminars: Newly Elected Mayors, Newly Elected Members of Congress, and the Presidential Campaign Managers Conference. She has been involved with many IOP programs, including Fellows and Study Groups, Women's Initiative in Leadership (WIL), and the JFK Jr. Forum. Before joining the IOP, she was a staffer for Harvard Kennedy School Dean Joseph S. Nye, Jr. 

Cathey was born in Seoul, South Korea and grew up in Portland, Oregon. She received her BA in political science from Boston University.