Type: Senior Team

Jeremy brings two decades of experience educating, communicating with, and encouraging others to be involved and make a difference in their communities. For the past seven years, he has utilized his experience with gift planning, lead gift cultivation, prospect identification, campaign fulfillment, and board development to help his clients achieve their goals. Jeremy is detail oriented and approaches each project strategically and analytically.

Over the past few years Jeremy has focused his efforts on how to create a gift planning mentality with each client he works with. Jeremy has presented on the ever-evolving topic of gift planning at regional workshops and with CCS Leadership groups. He is a member of the National Association of Charitable Gift Planners, has participated in gift planning conferences, and is a Gift Planning Officer at CCS.

Jeremy specializes in taking on complex projects and bringing them back to the basics to realize success. He has significant operational experience and has been recognized for his ability to explain complex ideas and processes in a way that makes sense at any level.  Jeremy has also proven to be a team player by building others up and helping them achieve their goals and dreams while working toward common team objectives.

select client partners

• Boys and Girls Clubs of Greater Milwaukee
• St. John’s Northwestern Academies
• Archdiocese of Chicago
• Archdiocese of Milwaukee
• Lourdes Academy, Oshkosh, WI
• Catholic Services Appeal Foundation – Saint Paul/Minneapolis

Erin has worked to advance the missions of nonprofit organizations for over eight years. During this time, she has worked with organizations of all types, including a focus on arts and culture, health, education, religious, and human services causes. She specializes in fundraising, strategic planning, creative case messaging, donor communications, and volunteer management.

Erin’s experience in major gift strategy has been exhibited through her campaign management work with project goals ranging from $5 million to $100 million. Additionally, each of Erin’s managed feasibility studies have resulted in over $70 million raised in subsequent campaigns. Erin lead several successful major gift efforts during the COVID-19 pandemic, navigating rapid change and uncertainty.

Erin holds a Master of Business Administration degree in Entrepreneurship from The University of Louisville and a Bachelor of Science in Community & Nonprofit Leadership and Entrepreneurship degree from The University of Wisconsin – Madison. Originally from Milwaukee, Erin currently resides in Chicago where she loves all aspects of living in the Midwest – including the snow! Erin enjoys playing tennis, traveling, cheering on all Wisconsin sports teams, and exploring the unique neighborhoods that Chicago has to offer with her husband, Jake, and Boston Terrier, Woody.

Select Client Partners

• Cincinnati Symphony Orchestra, Cincinnati, OH
• St. Paul Academy and Summit School, St. Paul, MN
• Christ Church Winnetka, Winnetka, IL
• B’nai Jehoshua Beth Elohim, Deerfield, IL

Elizabeth joined the firm in 2017 after spending a decade supporting non-profits in New York, New York. Professionalism, diligence, curiosity, and dedication to hard work fuel Elizabeth’s passion for working with nonprofit organizations to help them achieve their goals. In her role, she brings operational and strategic leadership to CCS’s more complex engagements and partnerships with a focus on the health sector. She has worked across the spectrum of health institution and project types, led the planning and management of campaigns over $1 billion, directed the forming of collaborative philanthropic models, and has guided clients in securing multiple nine-figure gifts.
 
A lifelong learner and dynamic professional, Elizabeth’s clients appreciate the trust, organizational fluency, sense for opportunity, clear direction, and candor she brings to each of her engagements. Her areas of expertise include assessments and growth plans, strategic planning, campaigns, principal gift programs, and capacity building. Her goal with every client engagement is to elevate the organization’s overall capacity and efficacy to fundraise in support of its mission.
 
Within CCS, Elizabeth is a member of the CCS Board of Directors Innovation Sub-Committee. She also serves as the Executive Sponsor of CCS Elevate, the firm’s thought leadership incubator designed to apply CCS best practices to the next big questions in philanthropy – an initiative Elizabeth served as the founding Co-Chair of. She also regularly partners in speaking engagements with the Association for Healthcare Philanthropy and the Woodmark Summit.

Originally from San Diego, California, Elizabeth currently resides in Chicago, Illinois. She earned her bachelor’s degree from Columbia University, where she was elected Captain of the Field Hockey team. Outside of work, she enjoys cooking, fitness, and spending time outdoors with her 115-lb Rhodesian Ridgeback, Judd.

select client partners

• Boston Children’s Hospital
• Children’s Health
• Children’s Wisconsin
• Communities Foundation of Texas
• Massachusetts Institute of Technology
• National Marrow Donor Program
• Northwestern Medicine
• Obama Foundation
• University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center
• Vanderbilt University Medical Center

Liz Carroll has always had a passion for the philanthropic sector. She has worked for and with nonprofits for nearly a decade prior to joining the firm in 2018, including five years in development with Habitat for Humanity.

Liz currently provides leadership to the Central US team’s internal strategy and operations, with a focus on sales, executive support, and new hire onboarding. The ability to support a variety of organizations and missions across the nonprofit sector is what drives her enthusiasm and work at CCS. She is thoughtful in developing tailored scopes of work and is driven by the ability to think creatively about the services that will provide the most impact and benefit to each of our client partners.

Additionally, Liz develops custom onboarding plans and supports each new hire joining the Central US team through their first few weeks with the firm. She enjoys playing a role in building a welcoming and intentional onboarding experience. With a passion for coaching and mentoring, Liz also manages the Central US’s internships, practicum students, and fellowship program.

Liz is particularly passionate about advancing DEI in philanthropy. She works closely with the executive team to further the firm’s work in creating a more inclusive and equitable field of philanthropy.