Lama Kathy serves at the Columbus Karma Thegsum Chöling Meditation Center as its practice coordinator and travels to other Buddhist centers throughout the country to teach.

Lama Kathy has been a student of Khenpo Karthar Rinpoche since 1977. She participated in the first three-year retreat led by Khenpo Rinpoche at Karme Ling Retreat Center in upstate New York, and thus earned the title of “retreat lama.” She is a graduate of Ohio State University with a bachelor’s degree in journalism and lives in Newark, Ohio with her husband, Michael.