St Catherine’s Association is under the strong leadership and guidance of Michael Ward, CEO. Michael joined St Catherine’s in 2011 as a Behaviour Support Worker on our frontline team, holding a MSc in Psychology (ABA), P. Grad Dip from Trinity College Dublin and BA in Psychology from NUI Maynooth. He also holds a MSc in Management from UCD Michael Smurfit School of Business. Michael has experience across many facets of the organisation having served as Children’s Services Manager of a designated residential centre before joining the Senior Management Team in 2015 as Quality Compliance & Training Manager where he is credited with driving significant improvements in quality and compliance across the organisation. He stepped into the role of CEO in April 2017 and has been instrumental in the development and expansion of services to include Adult Residential and Day Services and alternative Short Break service options.