Catherine Povalitis

As a Vice President at Chartwell Agency, Catherine leads the communications team and is responsible for managing staff and client relationships, along with leading marketing and communications efforts that strategically align with clients’ business goals.  

Catherine helps to best tell client stories and connect them to their key audiences through various means including highly targeted digital campaigns, search engine optimization, video production, marketing, media relations, advertising and more. Some of her greatest accomplishments, to-date, include securing coverage in Fortune, the Wall Street Journal, Barron’s, USA Today, Fox Business, CNBC, and the Chicago Tribune, in addition to managing website projects from the ground up, and developing highly targeted digital marketing campaigns that have helped increase business for Chartwell’s clients.  

Catherine has nearly 20 years of experience in relationship management, communications, and marketing. Prior to Chartwell, she was the director of development at Discovery Center Museum where she was responsible for overseeing, designing, and executing a comprehensive fundraising program through corporate participation and individual relationships, in addition to launching the museum’s signature fundraising event. Catherine also worked for the American Cancer Society where she raised nearly $2 million and led dozens of fundraising events.  

Catherine serves as vice president on the board of directors for Severson Dells Nature Center, helping to connect people to nature through education and research. She holds a B.S. in Liberal Arts and Sciences from the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign.