Biographies:
Carolyn A. Pelzel
 Carrie Pelzel was appointed vice president for development in January 2001, having served Dartmouth College for the previous four years as director of development. She is responsible for a staff of more than 160 and for planning and executing the college's current $1.3 billion Campaign for the Dartmouth Experience.
Pelzel began her career in fund raising at Northfield Mount Hermon School in 1975. During her years there she worked in alumni relations, served as director of development, directed a capital campaign, and eventually became director of external affairs. She then assumed the post of director of development and information services at the National Association of Independent Schools (NAIS). After NAIS, she became executive vice president of The Williamson Group, a computer systems company with a vertical market expertise in providing information systems in fund raising to schools, colleges, museums, and hospitals. During these years, she was also a partner in The Franklin Group, a fund-raising consulting firm specializing in campaign services for independent schools.
In 1986 Pelzel joined the development staff of Harvard University. She spent 11 years at Harvard, became associate director of university development, and participated in the planning and kickoff of the university's $2.3 billion campaign, completed in 1999.
A graduate of Northfield Mount Hermon School and Trinity College, she is a former trustee of Trinity and the recipient in 1989 of Trinity's alumni medal for excellence.
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