Carla holds a BA in Anthropology from Stanford University and a Master’s in Education from Boston University. Raised as a Catholic in California, she joined UU in 1986 in Milton, Massachusetts. In 1992 Carla was hired as the Director of Fundraising Consultation at the Unitarian Universalist Association. From there, Carla oversaw all church capital campaigns in the United States and Canada. From here, she trained and supervised a dozen fundraising consultants, while maintaining campaigns for fourteen (14) churches. After having served as a fundraising leader for over thirty (30) years, Carla retired in 2020 as Director of Development for Special Programs at Northeastern University.