Executive Leadership

Chad Anderson joined Blackbaud in March 2013 and was promoted to CFO in April 2025. He is responsible for the company’s financial reporting and controls, and investor relations. Prior to his role as CFO, Chad served as Blackbaud’s Chief Accounting Officer, overseeing accounting operations and ensuring the company’s financial health and compliance, and as corporate controller, overseeing global financial operations. During his tenure, Chad has successfully led many key and impactful projects to mature, modernize, and improve the efficiency and accuracy of the company’s financial systems, processes, and organization.

Before Blackbaud, Chad was an executive at Brightpoint Inc., a global provider of mobile device lifecycle services to the wireless industry. There, he served as vice president of finance for international operations and then chief financial officer of the Europe, Middle East, and Africa region.

Chad has a degree in finance from Indiana University and is an active member of the Charleston, SC, community where he resides.