Cathie J. Vick assumed the role of President and Chief Executive Officer of the Virginia Chamber of Commerce on April 1, 2025. Before joining the Chamber, Cathie served as Vice President of Corporate and Government Affairs at Transurban, one of the world’s leading toll-road operators. Prior to that, she served as Chief Development and Public Affairs Officer for the Port of Virginia – one of the nation’s largest ports – for a decade. While there, she worked with elected and appointed officials at all levels of government and partner organizations to drive economic growth for the Commonwealth.

She has also served as Deputy Director for energy policy in the Virginia Department of Mines, Minerals and Energy, where she helped to implement the Governor’s energy policy initiatives in the Commonwealth.

Cathie takes an active role in political and civic life. She serves on various Boards, such as the Local Initiatives Support Corporation, TowneBank Virginia Beach, and Virginia Clean Cities, among others. Cathie was named as one of the region’s Top 40 under 40 in 2005, Top Women in Business in 2010, was awarded the Julian Hirst Alumni Leader Award by Lead Hampton Roads in 2014, received a Virginia Business Women in Leadership Award in 2022, was named the Women’s Transportation Seminar Hampton Roads Woman of the Year in 2022, and was named the Women’s Transportation Seminar Central Chapter Woman of the Year in 2023.

Cathie is also a member of Beta Gamma Sigma, a 2005 Fellow of the Sorensen Institute of Political Leadership, a 2009 graduate of LEAD Hampton Roads, a 2015 graduate of LEAD Virginia, and a 2019 graduate of AAPA’s PPM program.

Cathie holds bachelor’s degrees, magna cum laude, in both communications and political science from James Madison University; a juris doctor, with honors, from Georgia State University College of Law; and a master’s degree in business administration, with honors, from William & Mary Raymond A. Mason School of Business.