Vice President for Resource Development

Boi (pronounced BO-ee) Carpenter is the vice president for the Office of Resource Development, serving as a central advisor to President Sally Kornbluth on the Institute’s fundraising strategy. 

She joined the team in March 2026 after 25 years at Johns Hopkins University, where she helped set the philanthropic vision, guide fundraising strategy, and direct the execution of multiple fundraising campaigns as vice president of development. In this role, she oversaw more than 350 staff and managed an annual budget of $70 million for the development and alumni relations program. 

Born in England, her mother’s home country, Carpenter early on spent time in Sierra Leone, where her father grew up. She moved with her family to the United States when she was 10 and spent her formative years in the Midwest. She earned a bachelor’s degree in sociology and criminal justice from Purdue University and a law degree from Tulane University. Her work in fundraising began right after law school, when she was recruited for a director of development role at the University of Memphis’s law school. Two years later, she took a position at the University of Tennessee as director of development programs for its Memphis-based Health Science Center. 

Carpenter began working for The Fund for Johns Hopkins Medicine in 2000, becoming its associate vice president (AVP) 11 years later. As AVP, she provided strategic direction and planning for private sector fundraising in support of several Hopkins medical and scientific institutes and centers, and she helped direct the fund’s $2.4B campaign. At the same time, Carpenter worked with the Johns Hopkins University Development and Alumni Relations executive team on the university’s $4.5B campaign.

In 2016, Carpenter moved to Hopkins’s Development and Alumni Relations team, first as senior associate vice president and then, in 2023, as vice president, responsible for overseeing all non-medicine fundraising programs and for the organization's overall vision, growth, direction, and capacity. 

Carpenter describes herself as a lifelong learner and “neuroscience geek” who values family, health, authenticity, integrity, and compassion.