Jeanne Townsend

Database Administrator at Thayer Academy

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.

Articles by Jeanne Townsend

Data Management

Information: The Better Half of IT

We sometimes forget that IT stands for Information Technology. As a society, we have become obsessed with the “Technology” half—the [...]

April 17, 2024 | 5 min Read