Catherine Dolan – Urban Promise
 Catherine is a native Delawarean. She attended St. Joseph on the Brandywine elementary school, Ursuline Academy high school, and the University of Delaware where she earned a BSEd. in Elementary Education. She taught 2nd, 3rd, and 6th grades, taking time off to raise 4 children; two sons and two daughters. She earned an M.Ed from Wilmington University in Instruction and Leadership and has been the leader of five very different schools i.e. Pike Creek Christian School, the Camden Forward School, Kuumba Academy Charter School, Christ Church Episcopal Preschool, and currently the Urban Promise School on the East Side of Wilmington. These experiences total 18 years as an educational leader, and 7 years as a classroom teacher. She is best known for being a visionary who dreams dreams for kids and then manages to put ‘legs’ under those dreams. She says that having a background in theater and being an enthusiastic storyteller are the keys to her success.
