About the author

Andrew J. Troup is Director of Corporate Giving & Engagement Strategy at Blackbaud. In this role, Andrew helps organisations develop a comprehensive corporate giving & engagement strategy aimed at building authentic collaborative relationships with nonprofit partners, aligning philanthropy and engagement efforts with the core values of the business, fostering active executive support, designing programs that resonate with customers, attracting & retaining top employee talent, measuring impact, and leveraging technology to ultimately share a story of success using data, results, and a shared language. Andrew is also currently leading efforts toward mapping employee engagement efforts to measurable outcomes, and is participating in collaborative efforts to map overall employee giving and volunteering impact in relation to the Sustainable Development Goals.

When he’s not working on developing strategies and solutions that power the greater ecosystem of good, he can be found performing as a freelance artist in the New York metropolitan area. Andrew is regular tenor soloist with Musica Viva NY, a professional choir and nonprofit based in NYC driven by a desire to share the transcendent power of choral and instrumental music with audiences in New York City and beyond.