Jeanne Townsend is currently the Database Administrator at Thayer Academy, a grade 5 – 12 independent day school in Braintree, Massachusetts. Over the past 20 years, Jeanne has worked with a wide range of Blackbaud education and fundraising products at various independent schools in New England. Her steadfast belief in the power of data guides her work in helping school decision-makers implement positive and productive change.
Jeanne holds a Bachelor of Science in Physics from the University of Rochester and a Master of Engineering Management from the Thayer School of Engineering at Dartmouth College. When not tackling a tantalizing data analysis challenge or improving an inefficient workflow, Jeanne can be found swimming, paddling and body surfing the south shore of Massachusetts.