Yr Athro Catherine Farrell, Y Gyfadran Busnes a Chymdeithas, Prifysgol Morgannwg, sydd wedi cyhoeddi llawer ar lywodraethu ysgolion, ac sydd ar hyn o byd yn gwasanaethu fel rhiant-lywodraethwr.  Roedd yn gynghorydd arbennig i’r Pwyllgor Dethol ar Faterion Cymreig ar y Gorchymyn Cymhwysedd Deddfwriaethol ar lywodraethu ysgolion a arweiniodd at Fesur Addysg (Cymru) 2011.
Professor Catherine Farrell, Faculty of Business and Society, University of Glamorgan, who has published extensively on school governance, and is currently a serving parent governor. She was a special adviser to the Welsh Affairs Select Committee on the proposed Legislative Competency Order on school governance which led to the Education (Wales) Measure 2011.