Jodi McLaughlin & Kara Getkin

Jodi McLaughlin

As Director, Prospect Strategy & Management at Carnegie Museums of Pittsburgh, Jodi oversees prospect development, data analytics, and the collaboration of institutional fundraising priorities with donor strategy. One of her career highlights was creating an automated reporting system for CMP fundraising that is easily accessible to museum leadership and fundraising staff. Jodi earned her Masters of Information and Library Science from Dalhousie University (Halifax, Nova Scotia) with a focus on information behavior and a BA in theatre from the University of Houston. When she’s not knee-deep in spreadsheets or building dashboards, Jodi is hanging out with her family, doing yoga, or making a quilt.

Kara Getkin

As Director for Engagement Strategy and Advancement Services at Carnegie Museums of Pittsburgh, Kara gets to be both process oriented and creative at the same time. She oversees the gift processing, direct mail production, stewardship, and events teams, as well as general operations of the advancement department. Kara is a proud member of a team that in 2018, pushed the member household count over the 30,000 mark for the first time in organizational history.  Kara earned her Masters of Public Administration with a focus on Nonprofit Management at the University of Pittsburgh and her BAs in History and Political Science from The Pennsylvania State University.