About Caroline Mauldin Dhane

Caroline is a strategy and communications leader who has spent her career helping mission-driven organizations tell powerful stories, translate strategy to outcomes, and mobilize resources for impact.

Today, Caroline serves as Senior Director of Brand Marketing at Blue Meridian Partners, where she leads brand and content strategy to showcase their pioneering approach to philanthropy and to engage partners in the mission of transforming the lives of young people and families living in poverty around the United States.

Previously, Caroline founded and led Happy and Bennett, a national strategy and communications consultancy focused on social impact. She started her career at Accion, a global leader in microfinance, and the U.S. Department of State, where she was a speechwriter and special assistant to the Under Secretary for Civilian Security, Human Rights, and Democracy. In addition to leading Happy & Bennett, Caroline was also a co-founder of the Southern Equity Collective, a consultancy specializing in inclusive leadership, equity-centered organizational transformation, and multi-cultural consulting for the modern workforce. 

Caroline's work has been featured in Stanford Social Innovation Review, The Economist, CNN.com, The USA Today, The Wall Street Journal, The Post & Courier, and The State Newspaper. She holds a BA in International Relations from Tufts University, a MPA from Harvard Kennedy School, where she was a Zuckerman Fellow with the Center for Public Service, and a MBA from MIT Sloan, where she was a Forte Fellow. She is a fellow with the British American Project and the Truman National Security Project. A native of South Carolina, Caroline serves on the Board of Trustees of The Nature Conservancy of South Carolina; Eckerd Connects, a national leader in workforce development; and was a founding board member of Charleston Legal Access, a nonprofit law firm serving low-income clients.