Back to the team…
Meet Cathy Holt
Director of development
Cathy joined TOSA in August 2020 as Development Director. A Utah native and University of Utah graduate, Cathy and her husband moved to the San Francisco Bay Area to raise their three sons. After 17 years, their love of family and the outdoors brought them back to Utah. Her career includes financial management, project management, grant writing, grant management, and nonprofit fundraising. In addition to her work experience, Cathy’s family history of substance abuse combined with her passion to empower others by building avenues of inclusivity, accessibility, diversity, and equitability spurred Cathy’s decision to join the TOSA team. Ms. Holt is an accomplished grant writer and manager having worked for a wide range of nonprofits with budgets ranging from two to twenty-five million dollars annually. Her fundraising accomplishments include grant awards totaling in the millions from local and national foundations, corporations, and city, state, and national government funders. Cathy enjoys stewarding mutually beneficial partnerships to support deserving people, programs, and projects across Utah.
“TOSA’s students, staff, and board are the most diverse bunch I’ve ever had the honor to work alongside. And we are stronger because of those differences. All are welcome in our community; the dysfunctional, the criminal, the substance abuser, liar, cheater, thief. Our doors are open to the homeless, the addict, and those pushed aside as undeserving. We are stronger together as a family and we are saving lives by changing behaviors. Our students work to support each other while forging new lives filled with integrity, honesty, and genuine connection to others. I’m grateful to play even a small part in building the context in which these critical lifesaving changes take place. These are truly my people, and I am grateful to be part of this incredible TOSA community.”
In her spare time, Cathy and her family love Utah’s outdoor scene and spending time together. She’s a winter skier and snowshoer and spends the other three seasons paddle boarding, hiking, cycling, running, swimming, and water skiing. Cathy also serves on the Board of the Utah Museums Association’s Fundraising Committee.