about=Carolyn T. Thompson, MSOD - Founder and Principal
Carolyn founded CTThompson Consulting in order to pursue her passion for building the capacity of progressive organizations, thereby increasing their efficiency and impact. She has over eight years of professional nonprofit management experience and an additional ten years of professional training, facilitation and moderation experience. Carolyn works with a wide range of nonprofit and for profit organizations, from major corporations to small community groups, and leads capacity building workshops for audiences across the country.
In addition to running CTThompson Consulting, Carolyn is an associate consultant with the Nonprofit Center at La Salle University’s School of Business, an associate diversity consultant with The Kaleidoscope Group, LLC, an associate moderator with the Penn Project for Civic Engagement, and an associate leadership development and teambuilding facilitator with Fellowship Farm. Carolyn also serves on the board of the Alliance for Nonprofit Management, chairs the Delaware Valley Legacy Fund’s Outreach and Grantmaking Committee, and is a member of the Institute for Inclusion. She is a qualified administrator and interpreter of the Myers-Briggs Personality Type Indicator® (MBTI) assessment and is the author of the Nonprofit Organizational Model©, the first organizational assessment model designed specifically for nonprofit organizations. Carolyn is also the published author of The Struggles, Experiences and Needs of Children in LGBTQ Families.
Prior to entering the organization development field, Carolyn served as the executive director of Mountain Meadow, a diversity focused youth service organization. Mountain Meadow enjoyed unprecedented growth under Carolyn's six year tenure. She recruited and seated the organization's first board of directors; designed and implemented numerous structures and procedures; worked actively to increase the organization’s income by 150%25 in the first year alone; and with the resulting growth, expanded the organization's staff and programs.
Carolyn earned a Master’s Degree in Organization Development from American University, where she was awarded a Segal-Seashore Fellowship for her commitment to social justice, and a Bachelor’s Degree in Peace and Global Studies from Earlham College.