Catherine McGraw

Cathy is a civic volunteer following a career in advertising and sales with Young & Rubicam and CBS Television Network, where she was an account executive and director of sales and planning. She is the board chair of the Lake Placid Institute and the Jupiter Island Club Library and is a past co-chair of the Skidmore College Parents Association and the Boys and Girls Clubs of Martin County’s annual gala. She is also a past president of the Short Hills Garden Club and the Milburn Short Hills Township Beautification League. Cathy studied communications at Northwestern University. She has been coming to Lake Placid for over 40 years since meeting her husband, Scott, drawn by four generations of family and friendships bonds. Cathy and Scott have a daughter, Carolyn (the fifth generation of Lake Placid connection), and son-in-law, Max Walker, both avid hikers and climbers.

Photo by Lisa Godfrey courtesy of Adirondack Land Trust.