Sherry Cathcart Chavis

Sherry has been studying The Urantia Book since high school. She is a business professional with over 20 years in international and domestic development and fundraising in the non-profit sector. She holds a master’s degree in liberal studies from Duke University. She has led strategic planning and business development at Duke University Medical Center, Duke School of Medicine, and the Duke Clinical Research Institute. She currently works as a business development manager at a Fortune 500 IT company. Among many other service assignments, Sherry worked as editor of UAI’s Tidings and The Journal and served on the education committees of the Urantia Book Fellowship and Urantia Association International. Sherry is married and lives in Durham, North Carolina. Her daughter, Erica, is a third-generation reader. She became an associate trustee in 2016 and a trustee in 2022.