I’m an educator and Master Certified Coach (MCC) who holds four credentials/certifications in good standing. I have attained the gord standard of my profession (ICF Feb. 2023, 4% of world wide coaches have attained this gold standard credential). 

I offer classes that focus on physical skills, Master/slave relationships, dominance and submission, improving your sex life, personal development, house management, service, keeping relationships healthy, and a plethora of seminars.

I’ve served on both local and national boards, judged contests, staffed conferences in a variety of positions, emceed and produced fundraisers for charities and organizations. I’m currently the producer of SouthEast LeatherFest in Atlanta, GA., and I also serve on the board of Leather Archives and Museum where I am the first woman to be elected to the Executive Board. I’ve held memberships in FIST, MOB, LSM, NLA-I, BbD, Low County Leather Associate Member and a few other groups. I enjoy having the opportunity to interact with large groups as well as the one-on-one contact that smaller events offer. I was presented with Black Rose's Vaughn Keith National Educator Award in 2002, Pantheon of Leather Business of the Year award in 2006, Pantheon of Leather Southeast Region Service Award in 2006, Jack Stice Memorial Award 2016, MAsT-I Presenter of the Year 2016, and Lady Lynette Leadership Award 2018, Agent of Influence Award Dec 2022 from The Big Easy Sisters of Perpetual Indulgence. 

I’m a founder of the Women's Leather History Project, a charter member and organizer of FireBallsMC, and was on the advisory board of ClubKink. In addition, I organized events for "Tell Us Your Story" project during 1998-99. I’m also a founder of LoL in NYC (women's educational/play weekend in NYC from 1994-1998 350+ women). I co-founded MAsT-Long Island. 

I’ve written a safety manual in use by more than a dozen organizations scattered from coast to coast. You can download a copy here. I have been published by several magazines and interviewed.

In 1997, I created Servant's Retreat, an intensive weekend for those who serve, which focuses on the internal issues of submission and service. Several prototypes were run as private, vetted only learning experiences. One section of Servant's Retreat was written in 1989; that is the oldest portion of SR. Many iterations of this weekend event were run for private groups.  It is the longest running event for s-types that never included play.  When Butchmann's and later MTTA were formed, they each had between 4 to 8 play classes.  For the first ten years of Servant's Retreat the distinction people made between SR and the others was, "Ohhhh that's right, yours is the one where no one gets naked."  

The last prototype group which was also the first time Servant's Retreat was open to a local community who wished to attend was Oct. 18-20, 2002 in Atlanta, GA. First national open registration was Oct. 25-27, 2002 in South Carolina. As of 2021, more than 4300+ s-types have attended SR.  

Foundations in Mastery is for D-types engaging in D/s, M/s or power exchange relationships. This is the only evidence-based seminar weekend for D-types written directly from data, first hand accounts, and meant to expand the possibilities and satisfaction in relationships for even the most experienced of D-types.

In addition, my Nine Fold Path Seminar is a workshop on M/s and D/s relationship health.  As is the fun seminar, Inviting the Muse: Creativity in your D/s & M/s Life  

I also offer coaching sessions for couples/polycules and individuals in my private practice.

"Teaching provides me with great joy. I love seeing emotional and intellectual connections made in class discussions. We've all contributed to educating each other in many ways. It's my great fortune to participate in the creation of these moments."

I have taught classes at:

Below is a listing of events and groups I have had the pleasure to attend and present workshops/intensives.  This list is not exhaustive and does not reflect the number of classes and number of occasions I have returned to to present for these events/groups. Some of the groups/events have have hosted 60+ classes over the years.  I have amassed thousands of teaching hours in the last three decades. It is not my hobby, I am a professional presenter. (List is years

ADG Austin, TX	American Brotherhood Weekend
APEX Albany, NY	APEX Phoenix, AZ
Atlanta S/M Solidity	Atlanta Women's Group
Baltimore at Ease	Bash on the Bay
Beyond Vanilla	Black Rose
Bound by Desire	Boys Camp
Brimstone	Bucks County Power Exchange
Baltimore Playhouse ( first class1995- most recently 2021)	CAPE Montgomery, AL
CAPEX Charlotte, NC	Carnality
Colorado Leather Fest	Charm City Fetish Fair
Dykes MC	Dom Con
Dominants Group Philadelphia, PA	DomSubFriends
Dreams to Reality	Dressing for Pleasure
Dykes and Dolls Fort Lauderdale, FL
Exiles SF	Fantasm
Fem Dom Circle	FIST
Flame Conference	Floating World
Folsom Fringe	Fountain City Fetish Fest Kansas City, KS
Frolicon	FTM International
GLOVE NY	Good for Her - Toronto
Great Lakes Leather Alliance	House of Kush
Houston PEP
GWNN	International Puppy & Trainer
Huntsville Fetish Ball	Kinky Kollege
Just Play	Ladies Tea and Adoration Society
LA RAWW	Latinos in Leather
Leather & Lace
Laura Antoniou's Marketplace Weekend	Leather Heat
Leather Bash	Leather Reign
Leather Leadership Conference	Leather University
Leather Uniform club	Life in Nassau
LeatherFest Palm Springs, CA	Lesbian Sex Mafia
LILNR
Lion's Pride XII	LoL in New York
Living In Leather by NLA-I	The Love Shack
Love and Leather (Atlanta)	Leather History Conference
Long Island Leather and Roses	Masters Retreat TX
LSM in NY	MATRIX
Marcy's Playground	MOB Boston, MA
Master/slave Conference	M/s Gathering
Menamore Run	Mufasa's Leather Pride Weekend
MAsT Chapters (100+ chapters)	NLA Atlanta, GA
Ms. Nevada Leather Contest	NLA Nashville, TN
NLA Ft. Lauderdale, FL	NLA Portland, OR
NOBLE New Orleans, LA	North Carolina Tarheel Run
Northeast Leather Weekend	Northwest Leather Celebration
Orlando Bash	PALS
PAK- SC	PACE
Pantheon of Leather (New Orleans)	Pantheon West
PEER Cincinnati, OH	PEP Atlanta, GA
PheerFest	Planet Out
Rochester Kink Society	San Diego Leatherfest
ROPE Richmond, VA	Service Oriented Conference
Sin In The City
SC LOCK	SLLAP
Sinsations	SMPEX
SM Odyssey	South Plains Leather Fest
Snowbound	SouthEast LeatherFest
Southeast Eat 'n Beat	Southwest Leather Celebration
Southern Comfort	SPICE Pompano Beach, FL
Spankuary NY	SWPE
Spring in the South	TALON
Tarheel Leather Club	TES
T3WD	The Center for Sex Positive Culture
TES Fest	The Hunt
The Chattanooga Exchange	The Society
The Eugenspeil Society	Together in Leather
The Sanctuary Atlanta, GA	Toronto Women's Group
The Submissive Scene	Tribal Fire
Toronto Leather Pride	True Spirit Conference
Touch of Leather	Trident Knights Run
Twisting Culture	VAMP
Vancouver Edge	The Warehouse
Westcoast Bound	Westward Bound
WOLF Fort Lauderdale, FL	Women's International Leather Legacy

"After lunch we had the delightful pleasure of attending Catherine Gross’ begging class. There wasn’t a dry seat in the house as we listened to her lusty rich voice ‘demo’ both giving and receiving great begging.  Our only regret was the lack of a time machine to allow us to see more." LEATHERATI, MARCH 13, 2013

BOARDS/Projects/Fundraisers I have SERVED:

Atlanta Boys of Leather	Founding board member of True Spirit Conference (1997-2001)
ClubKINK	Community-Academic Consortium for Research on Alternative Sexualities (CARAS)
CyberThorns (founding)	FireBallsMC
InterPOL	Leather Archives and Museum (2010 - present) Executive Board (2022 - present)
Leather Literary Project (Founding Executive Director)	Lesbian Sex Mafia
LoL in NYC (Founder)	Masters And slaves Together (MAsT)-Long Island, NY
MOB by laws formation	New York Leather Pride Night
PlanetOUT	SouthEast LeatherFest (2003 - present)
Take Back the Night (1985-1987)	Tell Us Your Story
The Sanctuary of a Dark Angel	Upstate Women's Project
Women's Leather History Project/Program (co-Founder)

MY FUNDRAISERS HAVE BENEFITED:

AIDS Project	Atlanta Mission
CARAS	Leather Archives & Museum
Leather Heart Foundation	Leather Literary Project
Ms. World Leather	National Coalition for Sexual Freedom
Nicholas House	PALS
Quilt Project	Susan B. Komen
Welcome Home	Women's Leather History Project/Program
and many more...

CONTESTS I have JUDGED, EMCEED, OR WAS STAFF:

Butch Review San Diego, CA (Emcee)	Georgia Leather Contest
Great Lakes Leather Alliance Contest	Head Judge Master/slave Conference for NE Master/slave
International Master/slave contest	International Ms Leather (workshops)
Head Judge International Trainer & Puppy Contest	Leather Leadership Conference Philadelphia 2014 (co-Emcee)
Head Judge Northwest Leather Celebration in their inaugural year	Twisting Culture (emcee)
Master/slave Conference	Women in Leather International
North Carolina Leather Contest (Emcee)	South Plains Leatherfest
Mr. & Ms. Fantasy Leather Contest San Diego, CA	Ms. Nevada Leather
Southeast Leather Alliance	Leather Archives & Museum 25th Anniversary (Friday Emcee)
Key Historian of Leather History Perservation Weekend 2017	Philly Leather Pride
Incomplete...more to come.

I have been published in:

Queer Ramblings, Leather Journey Magazine, Dungeon Digest,  Submissive's Review, Submissive Service, The Link and Informed Consent in 1997.

Submissive Guide: Simply Service Jan 2005, vol. 1, issue 1, p. 2

I wrote the Preface for the book BDSM: The Naked Truth by Dr. Charley Ferrer, 2011

 

I have given speeches FOR:

New York University
City University New York - Queens, NY
Keynote at Floating World
Keynote for Latinos in Leather
Keynote at Leather Reign (1st & 10th years)
Keynote SINSATIONS
APEX 27th Anniversary Keynote
SELF 20th Anniversary
M/s Gathering Keynote

For more information/Archives
please see the following:

 

 

• • • • Catherine was Dr. Gloria Brame's hot guest for the month of November 2002. Dr. Brame's site is no longer active. If you are interested in reading the topics, please click the link below for a PDF version of each subject/page from her original site.
        • All about Catherine Gross
        • Body Image
        • D/s Families
        • Discipline and Goals
        • Dominance
        • Emotional Edge Play
        • fetishauctioneer.com
        • Helpless Bottoms?
        • Heirarchal Structures
        • Old Guard
        • Public vs. Private/ Etiquette...and Manners
        • Sub HubbyCame Out to me
        • The Challenge
        • to be a good top
        • Using Conditioning
        • Vaughan Keith National Educator Award
      • Interview with Sensuous Sadie for SCENEprofiles (also available to view HERE) 2003
      • The Full Wiki
      • Answers.com
      • Quoted in IMsL Blog Where Are the Leatherwomen? Feb. 1, 2011
      • Interview with Dr. Charlie Glickman for Good Vibes Jan. 29, 2010
      • Interview in Verboten Magazine June 2014, p. 14
      • NCSF: Kink Aware Professionals Directory
      • Panhandle Alternative Lifestyles Society Blog Post Nov. 24, 2011
      • Princess of Pout Blog Post June 1, 2008
      • House of Void Blog Post Mar 25, 2009
      • Interview in Standard Deviation, Winter 2010, Issue 11
      • Interview with Royal Kink on the role of education in BDSM - June 2016

Dungeon Vox Interview 

Over the next months, I will be going through my files and adding information. If you notice a location is not on my list, please contact me and I will add it.

Please don't hesitate to contact me if you have questions.