Dr. Cathy S. Banks is an Entrepreneur, CEO, Educator, Author, Recording Artist, and Philanthropist with a passion for leading others into living their fullest lives. She is driven by purpose to fulfill her role as a strong bridge builder of authentic spiritual, and socio-economic relationships via a national and global platform. As a public speaker, life coach and certified counselor, Banks has a knack for providing people with tangible insights and tools for attaining financial freedom, personal independence, and career elevation across multiple fields.
Cathy Banks and her husband of 30 plus years, have founded churches in the United States and abroad. All her endeavors are centered around either women’s empowerment or leadership/community development.
Dr. Banks has her Doctorate degree in Divinity and Christian Theology from Life Christian University near Tampa, FL. She also earned a Master’s in Pastoral Studies from the same institute. Then in 2022, she added a second Bachelors in Christian Counseling and then went on to become a certified Counselor.
While reaching her educational achievements Dr. Cathy has been serving as the CEO of Liberty Plaza Properties, a commercial leasing company, since 2005.
- She has founded multiple non-profits that have all received state/federal approvals as qualified 501c3 charitable organizations; that are still active today.
- In 2019, she was selected by Thomas Nelson Publishing, a leader in Christian Publications, to contribute to its first Daily Devotional for Women.
- Then in 2020, she became a certified John Maxwell Life Coach.
- In 2022, she and her husband founded a new church and a business center in Monrovia Liberia (West Africa). During a July economic relief visit, the Vice President of Liberia revealed that a new Elementary through Middle School was to be named in her honor of Dr. Cathy Banks.
- In April of 2023 she returned to Liberia to host a global leadership conference in conjunction with other women leaders from Nigeria and West African countries.
- Upon returning from this expedition, Dr. Banks was honored to help launch a Empowerment Training Center for Women in Monrovia, Liberia which opened its doors in May 2023. This center specializes in training courses teaching sewing, tailoring, and clothing design skills, cooking/catering skills and hair design with the purpose of creating first generation female business owners.
- Later this year (2023) Dr. Cathy is releasing an autobiography with Leeds Publication and has been asked to help develop more Christian broadcasting programs.
Despite the project, Dr. Cathy will tell you herself that she is simply a servant of Christ first, a devoted wife to her husband Dr. Joseph Banks & mother to their son Kirkland Banks (her pride & joy) second, and a champion for women third. Everything she does is to advance one of these roles in her life.