Kristen Brown

Overview

Kristen Brown is a Managing Consultant at AmPhil, where she advises clients on fundraising best practices. She specializes in growing and sustaining major gifts programs, helping clients manage grants programs, and planning and executing capital campaigns. She has also led Herzog Foundation trainings for school leaders, equipping them to plan and launch capital campaigns. Since joining AmPhil, she has served nearly fifty nonprofit organizations, raising over $194 million annually.

Kristen’s Story:

A forward thinker, Kristen pairs an upbeat spirit with exceptional organization to anticipate what her clients need before they ask. Before joining AmPhil in 2021, she was a staff member to both an Illinois governor and a U.S. Senator. She also held various roles in development operations, political campaigns, and communications.

Kristen’s experience in both development and politics has given her a passion for helping values-driven nonprofits succeed, and she is gratified to see the impact they have on individual lives far beyond the organizations themselves. Over the past five years, Kristen has helped clients clarify fundraising goals, build stronger development operations, and lead capital campaigns that equip schools and ministries to serve the next generation.

An enthusiastic supporter of faith-based education, Kristen graduated from Wheaton College in Wheaton, Illinois, where she earned a bachelor’s degree in political science. She now lives in northwest Illinois with her husband, a farmer. The couple enjoys slow Sundays watching football in a house divided between the Chicago Bears and the Green Bay Packers.