Carter Sterling
Board of Directors

Carter Sterling is a long-time presence at Sterling — he and his brothers are third-generation leaders of this family-run company. As the former CEO and current Executive Advisor at Sterling, he credits his father/mentor, John Sterling, and his time as an Eagle Scout for giving him the determination and tenacity needed to lead the site access industry to a more efficient, sustainable, and safer solution.

Carter takes pride in the Sterling commitment to deliver a best-in-class customer experience, developing the TerraLam^® CLT mats with his brothers as a response to customers who were looking for access mats that offered consistent quality, as opposed to non-standardized timber mats. Years of research and development — combined with the resolve he learned from his parents — ultimately led to TerraLam, the innovative, lighter-weight, environmentally friendly CLT mat that is transforming site access in the power, oil and gas, and civil construction industries.

Under Carter’s leadership, Sterling evolved and grew to where it is today. He spearheaded the expansion of Sterling’s operations when the company relocated to Phoenix (IL), led the development of a second manufacturing facility in Lufkin (TX), and made Sterling a leader in the mass-timber construction industry

Carter earned a bachelor’s degree in entrepreneurship and small business management from the University of Colorado – Boulder.