Cathy Card Sterling, Vice President – Cathy Sterling has spent 20 years in development and managing arts and education organizations. She brings to Schultz & Williams a range of skills that includes strategic planning, institutional advancement, managing in transition and results-oriented communication. Her areas of focus include capital campaign planning and implementation, recruitment, major gifts fundraising, planned giving, communications and Board building.

Cathy has served as Vice President for Development at WETA, the flagship public broadcasting station in Washington, D.C. At WETA, Cathy successfully established a new major gifts program, which included planning and implementation of WETA's Campaign for the New Century; establishment of a new and aggressive planned giving program; development of a new communications stream, which included major donor events; expansion of the WETA Leadership Circle programs; and significant growth in Board and volunteer leadership. Cathy’s extensive experience also includes Director of Development for Alexandria Country Day School; Director of Corporate and Foundation Relations for The Phillips Collection; and Administrative Officer and Exhibitions Manager, The Corcoran Gallery of Art.

Cathy is a member of the Board of Trustees of Alexandria Country Day School and serves on the Board of The Fund for Arts and Culture in Central and Eastern Europe. In addition, she speaks widely on fundraising topics and was a Master Teacher within the national Public Broadcasting System. She has conducted seminars in Russia, sponsored by The Fund for Arts and Culture, on public sector management and fundraising issues. Cathy holds a bachelor's degree from Wheaton College, Norton, Massachussetts and an MBA in marketing and arts management from American University. She attended The International School of Brussels and is a graduate of The Hockaday School, Dallas, Texas.