Catherine (Cathy) Aguilar is a Workers' Compensation Claims Manager for the California Self Insured Security Fund. She was formerly the claims manager for both the San Francisco Unified School District and the San Diego County Schools JPA.  Additionally she has done independent consulting in many areas of workers' compensation for both private and public employers as well as excess insurance carriers, assisting in settling difficult claims.

She has been active in the workers' compensation industry for over 28 years, working her way up in the Third Party Administration business from the mail room to claims examiner, supervisor, manager, director and Vice President of Claims for a National TPA. In addition, Ms. Aguilar worked for Costco Wholesale as their Regional Director for the East Coast workers' compensation program providing value experience in systems for multiple states.

Ms. Aguilar has instructed courses and frequently speaks at numerous seminars, workshops and conferences in the industry.