Carlo Laurore is the Senior Vice President of Development for Scouting America, where he has worked for almost the past decade. Currently, he leads the national fundraising efforts for the BSA Office of Development. Carlo also provides leadership for grant administration, restricted funds management, and fundraising educational initiatives for the organization.  Carlo is a current Executive Committee member of the National Association of Charitable Gift Planners Board and a current board member of his local North Carolina Planned Giving Council Board.  He is the chair of the CGP National Conference for 2024 hosted in Orlando, Florida.
 
Previously, Carlo worked in higher education fundraising at NC State University and NC A&T University.  Of note, he is responsible for starting the gift planning program at NC A&T, where he helped close the largest gift from a non-alum individual at that time.  Afterwards, at NC State he led a complete revamp and expansion of their gift planning marketing efforts. The outcome, a 150% increase in closed gifts from marketing-related leads.
 
Prior to his work in fundraising, Carlo worked for 8 years in the financial services industry for BB&T, where he held the title of Vice President and managed a $50+ million-dollar portfolio of business loan clients. He holds numerous financial planning and fundraising designations, including his CFP®, CFRE, and CAP®.
 
Carlo is a proud member of Kappa Alpha Psi® fraternity and a graduate of UNC-Wilmington with degrees in Economics and Leadership.  He, his wife (Catherine), and his two teenage children (Trey and Tori) currently reside in Raleigh, NC.  Most importantly, he has a heart for philanthropy, youth development, and helping non-profit organizations big and small maximize their fundraising efforts through soliciting gifts of non-cash assets and optimizing their gift planning program.  He has been featured speaker at various local CGP Councils, FPA chapters, and at the 2022 National CGP Conference.

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Conference Chair
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