“Information services have grown exponentially more sophisticated, but the numbers are meaningless without an organization-appropriate perspective. I’ve worked as a program manager, frontline development officer, and strategic planning and analytics consultant, and I help clients leverage their data and systems to drive strategic planning and campaign management.”
Carrie Dahlquist brings over 25 years of development and analytics experience to Campbell & Company, and she founded Campbell & Company’s Strategic Information Services practice. Pairing effective communications skills with quantitative expertise, Carrie helps organizations understand how data can drive strategic planning and campaign management and provide accountability and transparency. Her experience gives her a unique understanding of how complex information can impact the big picture and inform the decision-making process.
Prior to joining Campbell & Company, Carrie worked at the University of Chicago in a variety of leadership roles in advancement, including strategic planning, campaign management, annual giving, and major gifts. Earlier in her career, she served as the Vice President of Benchmarking and Analysis for an international advancement consulting firm. Carrie began her career at Lincoln Park Zoo, focused on individual giving.
Carrie holds a Master of Business Administration from the University of Chicago’s Booth School of Business with concentrations in Econometrics, Strategy and Economics, and a bachelor’s degree in Human and Community Development from the University of Illinois at Urbana – Champaign. Carrie serves on the Board of Giving USA Foundation and as the Co-Chair on the Advisory Council on Methodology for the annual Giving USA report, the country’s longest-running running report on philanthropy. Carrie is dedicated to making the world a better place, one data point at a time!
Advanced Analytics, Benchmarking, Campaign Management, Strategic Planning