Karrie is the Director of Development at Civic Consulting Alliance, a nonprofit that provides pro bono consulting services to government sector clients, in collaboration with private sector partners. Karrie is building a major gifts program at Civic Consulting Alliance, raising revenue to help the organization advance systems-level solutions that untangle the Chicago region’s interconnected issues like economic and educational opportunity gaps, violence, and injustice that affect many residents.

Karrie has over a decade of experience in the nonprofit sector in Chicago, with expertise in fundraising and a focus on community building. Before joining the Civic Consulting Alliance, Karrie built the first-ever major gifts program at Mikva Challenge, a nonprofit that focuses on youth engagement in democracy and participatory civic education. She also helped build relationships, fundraise, and increase overall revenue for global affairs organizations including the Chicago Council on Global Affairs, an international relations think-tank, and Upwardly Global, a nonprofit that helps skilled immigrants and refugees find professional work in the U.S.

Karrie has a social purpose MBA from the Baumhart Scholars program at Loyola University Chicago and a BA in International Affairs from George Washington University. She enjoys reading fiction, cooking & trying new foods, scuba diving (or any water adventure), and maintaining a sense of wonder through travel.