As a member of the Incentive Grants Committee, she played a key role in the Foundation's most vital mission ... allowing teachers to put innovative ideas into practice.  During her tenure, 86 grants totaling $64,000 were awarded.

     As the Foundation's liaison to Annie Bell Clark Primary School, she was instrumental in establishing and enhancing the Accelerated Reader program.  Cathy often volunteered her time to read with individual students.  She piloted a Spanish program with a second grade classroom and ended up doing weekly lessons with all five second grade classes.  This led to a grant for a native Spanish speaker to work with all the kindergarten second grade classes.

     Perhaps her greatest Foundation contribution was with the "Reading Capital of the World" campaign.  She not only focused the vision, but performed much of the real work.  She authored the major grants.  She did all the pilot testing and statistical analysis with adult literacy, migrant education, summer school and ESOL.  She lobbied for and shepherded through the summer and after hours AR programs.  Much of the success of the Reading Capital of the World effort belongs to Cathy Kvien.

     Cathy was a model board member who will be in many ways irreplaceable.  Thank you Cathy.  We will miss you.