Caralynn Sandorf

Executive Vice President, Chief Development Officer

As Executive Vice President and Chief Development Officer, Caralynn Sandorf is responsible for managing Sesame Workshop's Office of Resource Development, which is comprised of the Philanthropic Development and Corporate Partnership teams.  Sandorf oversees the department's comprehensive efforts to secure private funding from corporations, foundations, individuals, and government sources for operations and national and international programs serving children in the United States and across the globe.

With two decades of non-profit development experience, Sandorf was most recently the Senior Director of Campaign and Major Gifts at the American Museum of Natural History in New York City, where she managed the Museum’s $850 million fund raising campaign and oversaw the institution’s comprehensive major gifts effort.  Prior to her work at the Museum, Sandorf held leadership development positions with the Jewish Community Center in Manhattan, the Children's Health Fund/Children's Hospital at Montefiore, the Shoah Foundation, and the Franklin Institute Science Museum. 

Sandorf holds a Bachelor's Degree from Northwestern University and resides on the Upper West Side of Manhattan with her husband, Dr. Michael Perskin and son Aidan.