Chill Fire Productions

Chill Fire Productions helps nonprofit clients build capacity to achieve their goals. Specialties include: Event Planning, Program Development and Management, Fundraising/Grant Writing, and Evaluation/Reporting.

Carolyn Hill, owner of Chill Fire Productions, has over 20 years of experience working with businesses, nonprofits, and government organizations. She helps clients build capacity to achieve their goals.

Carolyn focuses on what matters most, providing clear, insightful thinking, candor, and a positive outlook to organizational and business challenges. She helps clients develop and run effective programs that deliver measurable benefits; and develop relevant competencies such as fundraising, grant-writing and collaborating with purpose.

Prior to starting Chill Fire Productions consulting firm, Carolyn was the Director, Grants and Programs, for the National Park Foundation, the Congressional partner to the National Park Service. She played a vital role in helping the Foundation exceed its $350 million Centennial Campaign. She developed programs implemented by hundreds of national parks and thousands of local park partners, which positively impacted tens-of-thousands of park visitors. She played a key role in shaping donor proposals, grant applications, evaluation and monitoring systems, and in developing stewardship outreach materials.

In addition to her experience in the nonprofit and government sectors, Carolyn also has a wealth of experience in the tourism and meeting planning sectors, having worked as a travel agent, wholesale tour operator, meeting and event planner. Clients have ranged from the US Fish and Wildlife Service and US Forest Service, to Coca-Cola, Energy Publishing, Bank of America, Discovery Channel, and Toyota USA.