Carnegie Endowment Adds Top Fund Raiser to Aid Center’s Expansion Around the World

New job: Charles F. Gauvin, 55, joined the Carnegie Endowment for International Peace last month as its first chief development officer.

His task: To help the Washington nonprofit become a “global” think tank by opening centers around the world. Mr. Gauvin will lead a five-year capital campaign to increase the Carnegie’s budget by about $10-million a year, to $40-million. In the last four years, Carnegie has added centers in Beijing, Brussels, and Beirut, and hopes to eventually ; it hopes to open new ones in India and, eventually, Africa.

Previous jobs: job: Mr. Gauvin spent 19 years as president of Trout Unlimited, the conservation nonprofit. Before that he was a lawyer at a Washington firm, focusing on environmental issues.

Education: He graduated with a degree in European history from Brown University and received his law degree from the University of Pennsylvania.

Why he wanted the job: Mr. Gauvin says he’s always had a strong interest in national security and foreign policy.

Accomplishments that made him stand out: During Mr. Gauvin’s tenure at Trout Unlimited, he helped the group expand to nearly 2,000 the number of people who gave at least $1,000 a year.

His fund-raising plan: Much of the next few months will be spent traveling to meet staff members and potential donors overseas, says Mr. Gauvin. He sees a big opportunity to raise more money from individuals and from board members. Carnegie, which has drawn much of its money from its $250-million endowment, may expand its fund-raising staff to 10 or 12 people over the next five years, he says.

Salary: He declined to reveal it.

What he’s reading: As many books by Carnegie scholars as he can get his hands on. He’s starting with America’s Challenge by Michael D. Swaine and Dmitri Trenin’s Post-Imperium: A Eurasian Story.