823 Advizers

Kelly

Salesforce Lead

Panthera

University of Arizona
Columbia University: Master's of Science in Nonprofit Management

Kelly Carton has over 8 years of experience in Salesforce administration and collaborating with cross-functional teams to design and build solutions that raise revenue, reduce operational costs, and solve other business challenges unique to the nonprofit industry.
University of Arizona

University of Arizona

Nonprofit, Foundations & Grantmaking
Technology
Data and Analytics
Marketing
Greek Life Member

Q1Career path

Salesforce Administration

Career Pivoting

Nonprofit Sector

3:38

"Not only finding a mentor, but keeping in touch with them is a good skill."

Q2Main responsibilities

Problem-Solving

Project Management

Technology

1:38

"We'll prioritize them and work on them from highest priority to least."

Q3Day in the life

Data Analysis

Automation

Teamwork

1:35

"Everyone jokes about not, you know, that no one does documentation, but it's really important."

Q4Most important skills - role

Problem-Solving

Communication

Process Design

1:50

"People, process, technology—this goes for any role in technology!"

Q5Favorite parts - role

Teamwork

Project Management

Problem-solving

1:02

"I'm learning every day"

Q6Biggest challenge - role

Marketing Technology

Project Management

Salesforce

1:05

"we could get a lot more done and release more features if there were more of us."

Q7Favorite parts - industry

Community

Continuous Learning

Technology

1:14

"Continuous learning is really important. It really keeps things interesting."

Q8Who thrives in industry

Communication

Project Management

Problem-Solving

2:01

"Understanding the problem and finding the best solution for it"

Q9Wish known before - industry

Problem-Solving

Communication

Project Management

1:10

"Just because it's possible and it can be built doesn't mean that it should."

Q10Entry-level positions

Data Entry

Salesforce Administration

Technology

1:49

"Honestly not the most exciting work, but it's important to understand data from every angle, starting with just entering it..."

Q11Significant lesson - career

Mentorship

Career Development

Networking

1:58

"Having a mentor is so important, um, in, in my career. Having someone to bounce ideas off of, um, and having that support is, is hugely important."

Q12College ideas for success

Networking

Leadership

Communication

3:16

"I was the president of the students association that taught me how to lead people, um, motivate people, um, communicate well, uh, design programming, um, all important things, you know, that would help me later run meetings, um, lead people, uh, in my organization and, uh, you know, kind of other relevant skills."

Q13How identity impacted career

Communication

Negotiation

Self-Advocacy

1:29

"advocate for yourself and don't be afraid to ask for what you want"