Cat Pighini is a native North Carolinian who has lived in Jacksonville, FL and Chicago, IL and now resides in Lexington, NC with her husband of 19 years, Richard. She has one son, one stepdaughter and several grandchildren.
Cat joined the Carolina Thunderbirds in November 2016 as the Vice President of Ticket Operations and Customer Relations. She is also the Director of Merchandise, Office Manager and a Sales Account Manager. She brings with her a wealth of experience having worked as an Executive Assistant at Shultz and Chez, LLP, a Certified Public Accountants and Consultants business in Chicago, as a Business Officer/University Administrative Manager at UNC School of the Arts in Winston Salem and as a Sales Reservationist with US Airways, now American Airlines, in Winston Salem from where she retired in November 2016. She also has many years’ experience in the hospitality field.
In December 2015, Cat wanted to do something special to honor two of her friends that passed from breast cancer, so she decided to hold an 80’s concert reunion to benefit Susan G. Komen, NW North Carolina. Three months later, on February 19, 2016, more than 600 people attended the concert which featured 6 local bands from the 80’s, a comedian from South Carolina, and Robert Fleischman, former lead singer of Journey, as the emcee. With time and talent donated, she was able to present a check for $8,124 to Susan G. Komen, NW, North Carolina.
Cat loves to travel and has been to Mexico several times, Italy, Ireland, Costa Rica and many destinations across the US. She is an adventurist and has been parasailing, white water rafting, zip lining, hiked the south rim of the Grand Canyon and visited an active volcano. Though she does not ice skate, she looks forward to learning while working with the Carolina Thunderbirds!
