Kathi Shea is the Senior Director of Repository Innovation at Azenta Life Sciences. She has over 25 years of experience leading biorepository programs and advising government, academia, pharmaceutical, and other life science companies on designing biorepositories, quality systems, and optimal methods for collection, preservation, and annotation of biospecimen collections. Kathi has been a member of the International Society for Biological and Environment Repositories (ISBER) since its inception in 1999 and served on the ISBER Board for eight years in various roles, including Director, Secretary-Treasurer, and President. She remains active in the society today through her participation in meetings, committees, and working groups. In addition to her roles within ISBER, Kathi served on the Advisory Working Group that developed the College of American Pathologists Biorepository Accreditation Program (CAP BAP) and was an active member of the CAP BAP Committee for six years.