Kristin Harkey

An accomplished development, admissions, marketing and fundraising professional, Kristin has more than eighteen years of nonprofit experience in raising private dollars from individuals, corporations, foundations and philanthropic organizations. She has effectively led board committees in public relations and fund development in the fields of public humanities, land conservation, and local independent education.

After earning two undergraduate degrees from College of Charleston, one in English Literature and the other Sociology, Kristin attended the University of South Carolina for graduate school. While there, she helped to land nationally acclaimed educational exhibits with the Columbia Museum of Art and then later worked for the Smithsonian Institute’s Museum on Main Street. In 2008, she and her husband moved to Fairview where, during recession years, she doubled membership, surpassed revenue goals, and secured legacy gifts for Conserving Carolina in Hendersonville. She then created an admissions and development position for Odyssey School where - over the course of nine years - she nearly tripled enrollment and established the school’s cash reserve endowment. Kristin has additional certification in fundraising and professional writing.

 When not at BPR, Kristin can be found on her porch, with her nose in a paperback of short stories, surrounded by her daughter, two dogs, and husband. She collects vinyl, fancies herself a birder and secretly memorizes poetry.