For more than two decades, Caroline Nilsson Troy has been helping organizations inspire their donors to achieve transformational success. She is an experienced major gift officer, closing gifts up to eight figures and securing support from individuals, commodity organizations, corporations and foundations. She has extensive capital campaign experience including: building donor bases; identifying, recruiting and managing volunteers; case statement development; and post-campaign analysis and wrap-up activities. Caroline has led comprehensive fundraising programs from annual giving through principal gifts, to events and donor relations, to facilitating constituent, corporate and planned gifts programs. Under her leadership, the University of Idaho development team was nationally recognized by the 2004 Council for the Advancement and Support of Education (CASE) “Circle of Excellence Award” for overall improvement in fundraising – one of only eight institutions of over 1,600 considered nationwide to receive the honor. In addition, she has experience in brand definition, developing marketing plans and a wide range of public relations skills.
Primarily raised on a rural farm in Idaho, Caroline’s family also lived in Botswana, Africa for five years. Her life experiences include raising and showing registered cattle; growing wheat, barley, blue grass, garbanzo beans and hay; working for the County Extension Service in 4-H recruitment and retention; growing and preserving food from her gardens and orchards; volunteer involvement with numerous agricultural organizations; extensive international travel; and a life-long love affair with horses. She and her husband David Troy have 4 daughters, and live on a small farm with numerous dogs, horses, cats and chickens.
Primarily raised on a rural farm in Idaho, Caroline’s family also lived in Botswana, Africa for five years. Her life experiences include raising and showing registered cattle; growing wheat, barley, blue grass, garbanzo beans and hay; working for the County Extension Service in 4-H recruitment and retention; growing and preserving food from her gardens and orchards; volunteer involvement with numerous agricultural organizations; extensive international travel; and a life-long love affair with horses. She and her husband David Troy have 4 daughters, and live on a small farm with numerous dogs, horses, cats and chickens.
