Ms. Virginia O'Brien Record

biography

Virginia O’Brien Record has been with Sterling Martin Associates in the firm's Washington, DC office since 2009. In addition to possessing strong subject matter expertise in the overall nonprofit management arena, she spent many years in the education and healthcare sectors.



After 20 years of management leadership at Rutgers-The State University of New Jersey, Virginia served as Senior Vice President for Development at Robert Wood Johnson University Hospital in New Jersey where she also directed the Hospital’s Foundation for ten years. She later served for three years as a member of the senior management team as a vice presidential equivalent in development and public affairs at The American Hospital of Paris. After returning to the U.S., Virginia saw philanthropy from the other side of the table while serving as a Program Executive with a Maryland-based family trust. The trust’s grantees focused on children, youth and families.



Virginia has served on dozens of governing boards over the course of her career, including the Salvation Army (Newark, NJ) and the Girl Scouts Council of New Jersey, among others. She served for six years as Treasurer of the New Brunswick Development Corporation, dedicated to revitalizing the City of New Brunswick, NJ. Virginia also served for two terms as an elected Councilwoman for the Borough Council of Highland Park. Virginia was honored by both the Governor of the State of New Jersey and the joint New Jersey Legislature for her outstanding community service and leadership in 1999, and during the same year, was honored by New Jersey’s largest Chamber of Commerce as a Community Leader of Distinction.



Virginia recently completed two terms as a member of the Board of Directors of the Lyndon State College Foundation in Vermont, where she also served as a member of the Campaign Cabinet for the College’s (successful) $10 million Centennial Campaign. She also recently completed two terms as President of the Board of Directors of the Dunbar Alexandria-Olympic Boys & Girls Club where she was named 2009 Board Member of the Year.



Virginia received her BA in French from Dunbarton College, and she holds a master’s degree in higher education from Rutgers-The State University of New Jersey.