Catherine Hicks is a 15-Year Pixar Veteran | Animation Leadership. Colleagues describe her as "Catherine (Cat) Hicks was never my lead while we worked at Pixar, but after the layoff cost her and a number of us our jobs, it was Cat who opened up her home, her heart and her ears for everyone that was impacted. Animators junior and senior to her were all welcomed to share a meal, drinks, and to connect with one another. As the saying goes, anyone can captain the ship when the seas are calm, and when our lives were in turmoil it was Cat who showed the kind of leadership that isn't fabricated. Whatever your enterprise if you're looking for an intelligent, creative, empathetic person to bring a team together I suggest you speak to Cat. - Graham Finley"