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Alan Tuck
Senior Advisor, The Bridgespan Group
- More than 40 years experience in strategic and operating leadership.
- Works with clients on issues of strategy and scale across a wide range of fields; particularly active with national networks serving disadvantaged youth populations, public education, and voluntary health networks.
- Has worked with more than 30 networks, including Boys and Girls Clubs of America, Big Brothers Big Sisters of America, YMCA, America’s Promise Alliance, Communities in Schools, NatureServe, Alzheimer's Association, Salvation Army, National Academy Foundation, Public Education Network, and United Way Worldwide.
- Joined Bridgespan after 13 years in the biotechnology industry – as chief strategic officer of Organogenesis, the first company to successfully develop a living human skin replacement product; president and CEO of T Cell Sciences; VP marketing and business development for Biogen; EVP and chief strategic officer for Biocode; and chief strategic officer for ImmuLogic.
- Before entering the biotech industry, Alan was a manager at Bain & Company and spent 13 years in the diesel engine industry.
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Optimizing Alignment, Impact and Sustainability of Nonprofit Networks
Senior Advisor, The Bridgespan Group
Defined Terms
- Affiliate
- A local office of a national nonprofit network, for example the YMCA of Oakland, CA.
- Alignment (in relation to a nonprofit network)
- When all leaders in a network (management and boards) have a common understanding of the vision and mission of the network; agree on the target beneficiaries, key programs and outcomes needed to reach the vision; and share a clear and consistent understanding of the roles and responsibilities of each part of the network.
- Internal consultants
- Consultants who are hired from within the national network. For example, someone hired from a local office to advise the national office on a certain topic.
- Mission statement vs. vision statement
- Typically a mission statement expresses whom the organization intends to support (target beneficiaries) as well as what the organization will do to accomplish that. A vision statement expresses the values or beliefs that underpin the organization's work, as well as the "big picture" of what the organization aims to accomplish.
- Nonprofit network
- A network of nonprofits that share the same brand. Usually a nonprofit network includes a national office that provides overall coordination leadership, and local affiliates that deliver services.
- Performance management
- A process by which an organization aligns its budget, priorities, programs, and staff with explicit strategic priorities.
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