Expertise 

• Narrative gerontology and oral history
• Certified Healing Centered Engagement practitioner
• Home and community based services

Education

• MS in Gerontology, from VCU
• BS in Mass Communications, from VCU

Bio

Catherine MacDonald is a gerontologist based in Richmond. Since 2015, MacDonald has served as a gerontologist at Virginia Commonwealth University working to advance evidence-based research and scholarship. She brings together professionals from such diverse fields as victim advocacy, social services, the faith community, housing, health care, aging services, and more.