Cathy Paper, M.A. is the founder of RockPaperStar, a consulting firm that specializes in coaching and training for individuals, business owners, and executives by offering creative programs to improve process and performance. Cathy has coached leaders at Best Buy, Paramount Pictures, John Deere, Apple, and Zappos as well as many Minnesota-based privately held companies and service firms. With energy and enthusiasm, Cathy shares her networking savvy, change management expertise and marketing skills to guide dedicated leaders to define and reach goals for their teams and organizations. Her naturally competitive nature —Cathy runs, played rugby and was a Minnesota State Tennis Doubles Champion— is inspiring and contagious. Cathy earned her BA at Williams College and holds a Master’s Degree in Organization Development from the University of St. Thomas. She is a national speaker, a columnist for the American City Business Journals; a winner of the National Association of Women Business Owners “Woman on the Way” award, given to a woman business owner who has demonstrated ahead-of-the-curve achievement for herself and her company; and Minnesota Business Magazine’s “Real Power 50.”