ProFile: Christine Carroll

FundRaising Success: How have you seen the field of fundraising evolve over time?

Christine Carroll: One of the main changes I've seen is that it's become more of a professional field. When I started fundraising right out of college, there were really no college and university degrees in philanthropy or fundraising. The Center on Philanthropy at Indiana University was just getting started. Now there are specific programs at a number of universities in fundraising and nonprofit management. That's been really good for fundraising and good for the nonprofit sector overall, sort of professionalizing it more.