As President of Ketchum, Bob Carter leads the firm’s sales and marketing teams and provides senior-level development, management and campaign counsel to a broad cross-section of gift-supported organizations throughout the United States.

Among recent clients served by Mr. Carter are: Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences Foundation; Ave Maria University; American National Red Cross; Flight 93 National Memorial; American Horticultural Society; The National Aquarium in Baltimore; California State University, Monterey Bay; USS Missouri Memorial Association, Hawaii; The National Park Foundation; All Children’s Hospital in St. Petersburg; John Muir Health System; 12th Man Foundation of Texas A&M University; The Children’s Home of Pittsburgh; Sunset Center for the Arts; Pennsylvania State Museum; Cleveland Museum of Art; University of Texas at Dallas; Shady Side Academy; Baltimore Zoo; McDonogh School; Smithsonian Institutions; Diocese of Wilmington, Delaware; Westtown School; Stevenson School; Cathedral of the Incarnation; Baltimore Symphony; Casady School; Monterey Jazz Festival; Mote Marine Laboratory; and Texas Children’s Hospital.  In addition, he has served numerous youth agencies, in addition to many other schools, colleges/universities, and hospitals/medical centers.

Mr. Carter has recently been elected to serve a three-year term as an Educational Partner on the Industry Advisory Council for the Council for Advancement and Support of Education (CASE). Additionally, Mr. Carter was appointed to the International Association of Fundraising Professionals (AFP) Board of Directors and is also serving on its Governance Task Force charged with shaping that organization’s future in philanthropy.  He also chairs the Industry Partners Council for AFP.  Mr. Carter is a Board member of several nonprofit organizations, including The Malcolm Parcel Foundation, the ePhilanthropy Foundation as Vice Chairman, Gateway Rehabilitation Center as Board Chairman, the AFP Maryland Chapter and the Lacrosse USA Foundation.  He also served as Chairman of the Board and is a Trustee Emeritus of The Boys’ Latin School of Maryland.  He serves on the Advisory Board for the Goucher College Fundraising Program and is a former member of the Board of Directors of the American Association of Fundraising Counsel (AAFRC) and the AFP Foundation.  Mr. Carter frequently serves as a presenter for the Council for Advancement and Support of Education (CASE), AFP and the Association for Healthcare Philanthropy (AHP) and has published articles for professional journals.

Prior to joining Ketchum in 1981, Mr. Carter served as Vice President for University Advancement at The Catholic University of America; Director of Development for Arts and Sciences and Engineering and Associate Director of Annual Giving at The Johns Hopkins University; Assistant to the Headmaster at the Gilman School in Baltimore; and both taught and organized the development office at The Boys’ Latin School in Baltimore.  He has 37 years of experience in sales, management, development and capital/endowment campaigning.

Mr. Carter is a graduate of the Boys' Latin School and Johns Hopkins University.  He is a resident of Pittsburgh, PA and Anna Maria, Florida. His wife, Carol, serves as Vice President for University Advancement at Duquesne University.