Cathy Coleman currently serves as a Scioto County Commissioner. She was appointed to this position in 2016 and re-elected later that year. She is serving her 2nd full term. She previously served as a member of the Washington-Nile School District Board of Education for 2 terms. She previously served as vice president of the governing board.

Cathy previously worked in a financial and office management role at Boone Coleman Construction.

Cathy is from West Portsmouth, where she still lives today. She is a widow to her husband, Doug. She has 1 daughter. She is a member of the Nauvoo United Methodist Church.