Beth Tuttle Email & Phone Number

Global

Washington Dc-Baltimore Area

Alexandria, Va

Entrepreneurial leadership and executive coach, author, and organizational strategy consultant to social benefit enterprises, especially arts, culture and media, philanthropy, and issues advocacy. • Founded and lead profitable woman-owned business generating up to $1 million in annual client billings.• Coach and counsel boards and senior executives towards leadership goals; develop successful strategic and business plans; facilitate transformational vision setting; develop powerful brands, communications strategies, and audience engagement initiatives.• Clients include: National Museum of American Jewish History, Hirshhorn Museum and Sculpture Garden, Newseum, Crocker Art Museum, World Chess Foundation, Smithsonian Center for Education and Museum Studies, National Academies of Science, Andy Warhol Foundation for the Visual Arts, Gordon and Betty Moore Foundation, TKF Foundation, Priceline.com (now Bookings.com), Prodigy Services, and Microsoft Network.

United States

Oversaw 20,000-member national nonprofit organization dedicated to advancing the art and practice of horticulture in service to creating healthy and sustainable communities and environments. • Guided organization through strategic re-envisioning and stabilized financial core to ensure a sustainable future as the Society approaches its centennial. • Conducted market research and forged new value proposition, program offerings and national and local partnerships to more fully engage key stakeholders and audiences in securing a strong future for horticulture. • Led $3 million budget organization, including a 25-acre historic home and public garden, with a 16-person team to unmodified audits and modest surpluses through sound financial and operational management.

Philadelphia, Pa

Founding President for DataArts (formerly the Cultural Data Project), a national nonprofit serving more than 16,000 cultural nonprofits and hundreds of public and private grantmaking partners annually by empowering the arts sector with high-quality data and resources to strengthen its management performance, vitality, and impact. • Guided organization through transition to independent nonprofit status, and developed strategic, technology, and business transformation plans to ensure a scalable and sustainable organization following spinoff from The Pew Charitable Trusts, culminating in successful merger with Southern Methodist University National Center for Arts Research. • Forged value proposition, brand identity, and strengthened relationships with diverse stakeholders, including arts nonprofits, public and private grant makers, and local, state and federal arts agencies.• Operated $4.5 million budget organization with a 35-person team to unmodified audits and created operating and technology enhancement reserves as part of a capitalization strategy in first four independent years. Established new sources of earned income to create access to more flexible capital. • Secured $3.89 million in transformation campaign funding, and developed a state-of-the-art technology platform that combines data collection for grant application, research and advocacy purposes, with educational resources and data-driven finance and business analytic tools for cultural management and strategic philanthropy. • Built a diverse national board, motivated staff team, and forged a powerful public-private network of local and regional arts funders, researchers, advocates, and arts managers dedicated to building the sector’s capacity to seize the benefits of data-informed nonprofit management in the twenty-first century.

Washington, Dc

Directed successful effort to refocus, revitalize and re-­brand the Smithsonian’s museum of modern and contemporary art. • Played key role in Board and National Leadership Council development, engagement, and stewardship, creating the then-highest per-capita giving advisory Board within the Smithsonian.• Raised $3 to $5 million annually. Developed blueprint for $40 million capital campaign and secured $15 million in commitments during initial phase. • Led development of a five-year strategic plan, which aligned and invigorated staff and Board around an emphasis on stakeholder, donor and visitor engagement with contemporary art and living artists.

Alexandria, Va

Led communications, marketing, resource development, and information technology divisions for national nonprofit alliance for youth, founded by General Colin L. Powell and U.S. Presidents Ford, Carter, Reagan, G.H.W. Bush, and Clinton. Managed three divisions and staff of 20.• Stewarded and solicited national Board of Directors, government, foundation, corporate and individual funders. Exceeded $5 million fundraising goal in 16 months and established $1.2 million operating reserve. • Conceptualized and managed Congressional Awards Gala and Promise of America Honors ceremony and dinner at the White House, raising more than $2 million in two events. Worked closely with Capitol Hill and White House staff. • Completed five-year strategic plan and initiated implementation, institutional repositioning and operational reorganization.

Washington Dc-Baltimore Area

Oversaw worldwide external relations for billion-dollar foundation and integrated communications across four international journalism centers, The First Amendment Center at Vanderbilt University, The Freedom Forum Diversity Institute, and the Media Studies Center at New York University. Served on master planning team and led communications, marketing, advertising, group tour sales, and retail operations for the $70 million Newseum. Managed departmental budgets in excess of $2 million and teams of up to 25.• Repositioned and rebranded The Freedom Forum following its separation from the Gannett Foundation and led international communications over a decade of programmatic expansion. Guided audience research, brand development, marketing and communications for the Newseum, attracting nearly 500,000 visitors annually to its Rosslyn, VA location. • Chaired planning team for the museum’s expansion and relocation to the District of Columbia; helped secure Pennsylvania Avenue site and garner support for the $500 million, multi-use development; and developed inaugural membership marketing strategy. • Served as a primary foundation and museum media spokesperson and led crisis communications team.• Over 11 years was promoted from Director of Media Relations (1991-1997), to Vice President of Communications (1998- 2000) to Senior Vice President, Communications (2000-2002).

Directed communications, fundraising and membership programs for 300,000-­‐member national constitutional liberties and civic-­‐engagement organization, founded by television producer Norman Lear. Oversaw national media relations, advocacy advertising, publications, and media production.

Managed advertising, promotional marketing, and consumer research for national advertising agency clients. Administered budgets up to $25 million for consumer services and package goods clients.

Directed fundraising and membership programs, raising up to $5 million annually, for 300,000-­‐member national constitutional liberties and civic-­‐engagement organization, founded by television producer Norman Lear.

Ba, American Studies

E-Co Leadership Coaching Certification, Executive And Leadership Coaching

Certificate, Strategic Foresight