Kate Curtin Lindsey
Owner/Chair and Chief Executive Officer, Alpha Corporation
Kate Curtin Lindsey (Kerr) is the current Chairwoman and Chief Executive Officer of Alpha Corporation a top 100 civil/structural and project management firm headquartered in Dulles, Virginia. Kate inherited the firm from her late husband, Jeffrey, who died in 2013. In addition to its headquarters, the firm has offices in Baltimore, MD, Virginia Beach, VA, Alexandria, VA and Miami, FL. Alpha’s work includes design and project management for a diverse client base – both private as well as public ranging from Princeton University to National Institute of Health to the DOTs throughout the region. Alpha has done extensive project management for the National Park Service working closely with the Denver Service Center. Included in these award-winning projects are the St. Louis Arch as well as the Washington Monument and turf restoration of the National Mall.
With her team of professional engineers, project managers and technologists, Kate has broadened and expanded the firm’s services to include new and innovative technologies to support the built environment. Partnering with a variety of software, AI, and design firms, Alpha is one of the industry’s leaders in developing and introducing creative solutions for data collection and management, drawing/as-built designs replication, and cost and space efficient data centers.
Kate began her career at Morgan Stanley in New York City Working closely with the Management Team, Kate was promoted to senior associate and worked on the Strategic Planning Task Force helping to shape Morgan’s future through acquisitions and expansion. Using the team’s plan, Morgan expanded significantly over the next four years going global and diversifying their portfolio of services. In 1979, Kate moved to American Security Bank in Washington. Kate took the bank to the rating agencies – securing an A1/P1 commercial paper rating and
expanding the bank’s investment alternatives for their clients by over $500 million.
In 1985, Kate shifted gears and became the first Chief Financial Officer at Georgetown Day School, a large co-ed day school located in DC. Kate led the team in the project management of three major school programs – the acquisition/financing of the new High School on Davenport Street, the extensive renovations of the Lower School and the renovation and expansion of the High School before moving to The Hewitt School in New York City in 2009. At Hewitt, Kate also acquired adjacent property and began the design for the expanded middle and high school footprint. When her husband was diagnosed with advanced cancer, Kate returned to DC and took the position of Assistant Head of School at Sidwell Friends. Kate left Sidwell in 2018 to take the helm fulltime at Alpha.
Kate has taught nearly 1000 business officers of independent schools both here and abroad. As a founding member of NBOA, the National Business Officers Association, Kate was instrumental in the development of its Summer Institute for new business officers and school heads. She has been the recipient of the Ken White Award for excellence along with several other business-related awards. She has mentored both CFOs and Heads of School to ensure they understand the complexities of school finance, the scope involved in school construction and helped shape their fundraising efforts. She has served on several boards supports the Boys and Girls Club of DC, Memorial Sloan Kettering, Lombardi Cancer Center, and the Children’s Inn at NIH. She currently serves as President of the Coop Board in New York City where she and her current husband, Eamonn Kerr live.