Sherrie Streit Ager

Vice President of Development

Joined CSS: 2025

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Bio

Sherrie Streit Ager is Vice President of Development at the Community Service Society of New York. Sherrie is an accomplished fundraising executive, strategist, and team leader with nearly two decades of experience driving multimillion-dollar philanthropic initiatives across global nonprofits, including education, international policy and development, conflict resolution, and social advocacy sectors. Known for securing transformative gifts, building high-performing teams, and scaling organizational impact, she brings deep expertise in major gifts and private philanthropy.

Sherrie has held leadership roles at iconic organizations including UNICEF USA, where she managed the New York regional market and later expanded fundraising nationally into new and emerging markets. She also served as Chief Development Officer at StreetWise Partners, leading the organization’s major and principal giving strategy; and held senior development role at the International Crisis Group and served as Chief Development Officer at Independent Diplomat. Earlier in her career, Sherrie held fundraising leadership roles at two independent schools in Manhattan and worked as an executive fundraising consultant with CCS Fundraising, where she managed major philanthropic initiatives and played a key role in the Archdiocese of Philadelphia’s $200 million capital campaign.

Before transitioning into fundraising, Sherrie worked as a reporter and producer in the media sector, covering international business, economics, and global politics.

She holds a Master of Arts in International Public Policy from Columbia University’s School of International and Public Affairs and a Bachelor of Arts in English Literature and Political Science from The George Washington University.