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Contact: Jamie Herring
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Email: jherring@columbiabooks.com

Bethesda, MD. – Carolyn Mollen, CFO, Independent Sector, has been named the 2016 Nonprofit CFO Rising Star of the Year. She will be honored at the 2016 Nonprofit CFO of the Year Awards Luncheon, February 5 at the Grand Hyatt Hotel in Washington DC.

“We are thrilled that Carolyn has been honored with the Rising Star Award,” said Candy Hill, interim co-CEO and vice president of communications and marketing at Independent Sector. “She has had a lasting impact on Independent Sector, not just in finance, but across the entire organization. She truly is an inspiration and an excellent example for her colleagues.”

Carolyn Mollen is the chief financial officer at Independent Sector, the leadership network for nonprofits, foundations, and corporate giving programs. She specializes in nonprofit accounting and management issues, with an emphasis on financial reporting, budgeting, and grants management. Prior to joining Independent Sector in 2011, Carolyn was a manager with LarsonAllen LLP in their outsourcing department where she gained broad experience with a variety of nonprofit organizations. Carolyn is a member of the AICPA’s Not-for-Profit Advisory Committee and previously served as a member of the FASB Resource Group on NFP Financial Reporting—Other Financial Communications. She is an active member of the Greater Washington Society of CPAs, where she serves on the Nonprofit Financial Accountability Task Force and previously served as chair of both the Not-for-Profit Section and the Not-for-Profit Symposium. She also received the 2015 GWSCPA Outstanding Member in Business & Industry Award. In addition to her professional memberships, she serves as treasurer for Travelling Players Ensemble, a nonprofit theater camp, and as a member of the finance committee for Adventure Theater.

In her free time, she enjoys sharing her love of theater and practicing yoga with her seven-year-old daughter.  Carolyn earned her bachelor of arts at the College of William and Mary, a certificate in accounting from the University of Virginia, and her master of public administration from George Mason University. She is a licensed CPA in the Commonwealth of Virginia.

The 2016 Nonprofit CFO Rising Star of the Year will be honored at the Nonprofit CFO of the Year Awards Luncheon, February 5 at the Grand Hyatt Hotel in Washington DC. Also to be honored are the 2016 Nonprofit CFO of the Year and Nonprofit CFO Transformational Leader. For more information visit www.NonprofitCFOAward.com.

About the Nonprofit CFO of the Year Awards: Each year the CFO Awards recognize the often unsung leadership role CFOs have in the important works nonprofits do, working generally behind the scene as a key supporter of the executive director, to keep the organization moving forward. The program is hosted in joint partnership with Association TRENDS, Tate & Tryon and West, Lane & Schlager Realty Advisors.