Campbell & Company - Marc P. Hilton, CFRE

Marc P. Hilton, CFRE

Vice President

Marc Hilton has over thirty years of professional development experience with higher education, cultural institutions and professional societies. Known for his energy and insatiable curiosity, Mr. Hilton brings considerable breadth and depth of experience to his clients. He has special expertise in developing strategies to secure pacesetting gifts, training and motivating volunteers and keeping campaigns on track and on schedule.

Now in his sixteenth year at Campbell & Company, Mr. Hilton joined the firm from the Chicago Historical Society, where he served for seven years as vice president of development. During that time, he successfully directed a capital campaign that raised more than double the original goal and helped the Society triple its members and donors. Previously, Mr. Hilton directed the development department at Illinois Institute of Technology, headed IIT/Chicago-Kent College of Law’s fundraising program and served on the development staff at Rush-Presbyterian-St. Luke’s Medical Center.

A Phi Beta Kappa graduate of Indiana University, Mr. Hilton also earned a master’s degree in history from the University of Chicago and taught American history at Illinois Institute of Technology. He is a director of Business and Professional People for the Public Interest, serves on the Advisory Council of the Institute for Clinical Social Work and is a member and former director of the Chicago Chapter of the Association of Fundraising Professionals (AFP). Mr. Hilton currently teaches in Northwestern University’s School of Continuing Studies’ philanthropy program and speaks often on philanthropy and nonprofit management issues.