Cathy Basterfield leads Access Easy English with a team of 6 staff. She is a speech pathologist with 36 years’ experience engaging with people with complex communication needs. 

For the last 20 years, Cathy has been at the international forefront of the development of Easy English, writing the initial guidelines in 2005 with updates and revisions ongoing. A new guideline is due for release later this year. Her team received 5 national and international awards in 2022 for their work.