Cathy Yen is the recently-appointed Executive Director of the Oak Park River Forest Chamber of Commerce.  She has lived in Oak Park for 19 years and done business locally for the past eight years, first as a retailer and then as a small business consultant.  With previous careers in large corporate finance, budgeting and strategy she brings a broad perspective to local business issues.  Cathy holds degrees from the Unversity of Chicago (MBA), UC Berkeley (MA) and Princeton (AB).  She spends her free time devoted to her husband Scott and her two high schoolers, Erin and Chris.