Director of Development and Communications, Family Focus, Inc.
Carolyn Nopar is the Director of Development for Family Focus, a local area nonprofit dedicated to nurturing children and strengthening families. Carolyn oversees all marketing, branding and private fundraising efforts for the organization’s eight centers. Carolyn’s early sales and marketing career included positions as a Key Account Manager for Del Laboratories, Senior Account Manager for AT&T and Chicago Commercial Sales Manager for Cort Furniture Rental. After taking a break to raise her two daughters, Carolyn returned to the workforce to pursue a second career in the nonprofit sector. Her philanthropic experience includes launching a social enterprise for Habitat for Humanity, Associate Director of Corporate & Foundation Relations for the Greater Illinois Chapter of the Alzheimer’s Association, Chief Development Officer at the YWCA of Metropolitan Chicago, and as the Executive Director of the Enterprising Kitchen.
Carolyn Nopar received a Master of Management from the J.L. Kellogg School of Management at Northwestern University in Evanston, Illinois and her undergraduate degree from Michigan State University in Lansing, Michigan.