Karen Lindsey

Director

Karen Lindsey brings more than 15 years of fundraising and nonprofit administration experience to the firm. As a director, Karen consults with clients on fundraising strategy and best practices, conducts development assessments, writes campaign case statements and brochures, and manages new business development for the firm. Her past and current clients include the Atlanta Community Food Bank, the Atlanta Police Foundation, Camp Southern Ground, Children’s Healthcare of Atlanta, Covenant House Georgia, Georgia Music Accord, the Foundation of Wesley Woods, King University, Literacy Action, Reinhardt University, Skyland Trail, Trinity School, Unitarian Universalist Congregation of Atlanta, and Whitefoord, Inc.

Prior to joining Coxe Curry, Karen served as Associate Director of Corporate Philanthropy for the Woodruff Arts Center where she managed the annual corporate campaign and was instrumental in the integration of fundraising efforts among the Alliance Theatre, Atlanta Symphony Orchestra, and High Museum of Art. Previously, she was the Grants and Annual Fund Manager for Visiting Nurse Health System/Hospice Atlanta. In this role, she was responsible for all aspects of grant proposal development and stewardship, while overseeing annual fund solicitations and employee giving. She began her fundraising career in the Foundation at Children’s Healthcare of Atlanta, where she worked on the annual fund and the 1998 Society before joining the grants team.   

Karen earned her Bachelor of Arts degree in sociology from the University of Georgia and a Master of Public Administration degree with a focus in nonprofit management from the Andrew Young School of Policy Studies at Georgia State University. She is active in her children’s school and has volunteered with the National Multiple Sclerosis Society, the Philanthropy in the Classroom initiative of the Association of Fundraising Professionals, and the Cobb County Foster and Adoptive Parents Association. She and her husband, both Marietta natives, live in Cobb County with their two children.

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