Carolyn Benthien

Carolyn Benthien Benthien Associates, Inc. 1015 Shirley Avenue Goffstown, NH 03045 carolyn@benthienassociates.comThis email address is being protected from spam bots, you need Javascript enabled to view it

" I think the future for the NH Center for Nonprofits is filled with endless opportunities.  I feel privileged to play a role in the "start up" activities of this organization which can and will strengthen the non-profit sector throughout the state."

CAROLYN BENTHIEN
More than 26 years of organizational leadership and management comprise Carolyn's professional experience, with sixteen years spent as President and CEO of three United Ways including 11 years as President of United Way of Greater Manchester.

In 1994 Carolyn joined her husband, Randy, as a partner with Benthien Associates, a Goffstown-based consulting firm focusing on leadership development, strategic planning, and organizational assessment and transformation for corporations, businesses and non-profit organizations. Benthien Associates is celebrating its 23nd  year of operations, having served over 800 clients in 33 states including the Virgin Islands.

Throughout her career, Carolyn has assisted several hundred not-for-profit organizations develop vision statements, mission statements, organizational structures, job descriptions, and management and evaluation systems. In the area of fund development, she has directed and/or designed strategies for fund raising efforts in annual appeals, endowment building and capital campaigns, raising more than $80 million for small non-profit organizations.

Carolyn has served on more than 37 boards of directors (both for profit and not for profit) and numerous committees and task forces.  She was a founding board member of Leadership Manchester, Leadership New Hampshire, and the Women’s Fund of NH, and is a recent past board member of Citizens Bank New Hampshire and the Elliot Health System. She is a current member of the boards of directors of the Manchester Area Regional Community Foundation, the Global Citizens Circle and The Society for the Protection of NH Forests.

Carolyn earned a Bachelors degree from Northwestern University, an M.Ed from Ohio University and has advanced management certificates from Harvard University and the J.F. Kennedy School of Government. Carolyn and Randy are the parents of two adult children, Josh and Jessie.