Catherine Ford joined the Holmes Regional Medical Center Board just as Health First was being founded and has served the organization as chair of both the Health First Holmes Regional Medical Center and the Health First Palm Bay Hospital Board of Directors.

Ford is the headmaster of Holy Trinity Academy in Melbourne and has served the independent school community as a member of the Florida Council of Independent Schools Board of Directors and as President of Florida Association of Academic Non-Public Schools.

As an Episcopal school leader, she has served as a Trustee at Sewanee—The University of the South and as a member of the Governing Board of the National Association of Episcopal Schools.

Ford earned her bachelor of science and her master of science from Auburn University in Auburn, Alabama. An active volunteer in the community, she is a former president of the Junior League of South Brevard and of The Haven Board of Directors.