WASHINGTON — The National Institute of Building Sciences has promoted Catheren “Cathy” Gill to vice president of strategic programs and services, elevating the longtime engineer and former U.S. Army Corps of Engineers leader to oversee the organization’s strategic initiatives and program delivery.
Gill, a licensed professional engineer, brings more than 30 years of experience in engineering, construction, infrastructure and military programs. Before joining NIBS, she served as chief of the Engineering, Construction, and Planning Division for the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers’ Wilmington District, where she managed an annual portfolio averaging $1 billion in military, civil works and interagency projects.
Since joining NIBS, Gill has helped lead strategic initiatives focused on innovation, resilience and sustainability within the built environment. She also served as program director for the Sentinel Infrastructure Design Criteria project, where she led program execution and stakeholder collaboration.
In her new role, Gill will oversee strategic programs, partnerships and project delivery in support of the institute’s congressionally authorized mission. She will work with public- and private-sector stakeholders to expand the organization’s efforts to address building and infrastructure challenges.
“Cathy is an extraordinary leader with deep expertise across the AECO industry as well as the public sector,” George Guszcza, president and CEO of the National Institute of Building Sciences, said in a statement. “Her exceptional ability to bring teams together in solving our nation’s most complex challenges has been proven throughout her impressive career.”
Gill said she looks forward to building on the organization’s work to strengthen the nation’s built environment.
“I am honored for the opportunity to serve in this new role and to build on the important work already underway at NIBS,” Gill said in a statement. “I remain committed to advancing innovation, supporting industry collaboration, and helping deliver solutions that improve the resilience, sustainability, and performance of the built environment.”
During her career with the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, Gill led multidisciplinary teams and managed engineering and construction programs supporting all six branches of the U.S. Armed Forces, as well as federal agencies and international partners. Her assignments included leadership positions in Japan, Micronesia and the Corps’ South Atlantic Division, where she oversaw engineering and construction programs valued at up to $2 billion annually.
Gill holds bachelor’s and master’s degrees in civil engineering from the Georgia Institute of Technology and is a graduate of the Federal Executive Institute’s Leadership for a Democratic Society program.
