Catherine Merrill Williams is President and Publisher of Washingtonian Magazine Inc. which publishes The Washingtonian—the leading city magazine for the Washington D.C. region.   

From 2002 to 2007 Ms. Williams served as Director of Operations for ACS Transportation Solutions, a subsidiary of Affiliated Computer Services (ACS), a Fortune 500 provider of business process and information technology outsourcing. ACS’s Transportation Solutions division is the world leader in electronic toll collection, collecting 60% of the nation’s tolls—$2.7 billion a year—including the majority of the E-ZPass network in the northeast. Prior to joining ACS, from 1995 to 2002 Ms. Merrill was a partner at Mercer Management Consulting, a world-wide management consulting firm.

She holds a B.A. from Cornell University and an M.Sc. from the London School of Economics.

Ms. Merrill resides in Washington D.C. with her husband, Paul and two sons. She serves on the boards of the University of Maryland School of Journalism, Starlight Children’s Foundation Mid-Atlantic, and the Socrates Society of the Aspen Institute.  She is a member and incoming chapter chair of YPO (Young President’s Organization), is on the executive committee of the Washington D.C. Federal City Council, serves on the Presidential Council of Cornell Women and is a member of the Economics Club of Washington.  She enjoys sailing, skiing and travel.