Catherine Reid Day serves as Executive Director of Minnesota Campus Compact, a statewide coalition of college and university presidents with a vision to marshal the collective power, resources and knowledge of our campuses together with our partners-K-12 education, corporations, nonprofits-and our communities, to build a better Minnesota and strengthen our democracy. Her responsibilities include oversight and implementation of MnCC's strategic plan and to strengthen the capacity of MnCC to serve its stakeholders and partners.
Day served in leadership roles at four higher education institutions: Cornell College in Iowa, the Institute of Technology at the University of Minnesota, Carleton College and Macalester College where she served at Vice President for Development. She also served as Senior VP for Planning and Development for Public Radio International.
As a consult she worked with a wide variety of community clients including the 3M Foundation, the Minneapolis YWCA, Catholic Charities, legal aid, Hennepin County and the Neighborhood Revitalization Program. She has also served as Executive Producer for the national public television series Mental Engineering, a show that deconstructs national TV commercials.
A graduate of Beloit College, Catherine is also an artist whose paintings have been shown regionally including in the 2005 Minnesota State Fair, and she serves as a mentor to other artists through the Women's Art Registry of Minnesota program. She is active in her church as the co-leader for its strategic planning, a member of its stewardship task force, youth leadership council and as a singer in its contemporary band. As a parent of one daughter, she is inspired each day to embrace change and participate in creating a more peaceful, sustainable world.
