Ted Lord
Seattle, USA
Associate Fellow
Ted Lord describes his current consulting work
with nonprofits and foundations as Philanthropic Sherpa.
Some of the roads he has traveled as guide and porter include
serving as Executive Director of Humanities Washington, the
statewide affiliate of the NEH, from 2006-2008.
For the previous five years he served as a partner in
Philanthropy Northwest's Giving Practice, working with foundations,
families and businesses as they established or retooled their
giving programs. Key clients included Starbucks and Microsoft, the
Gates Foundation, and the Foundation for Early Learning.
He previously served as Interim Director of the Masters in
Nonprofit Leadership at Seattle University, where he taught as
adjunct faculty in the Masters in Public Administration. Other
Interim CEO assignments include Camp Fire USA, DAWN, and
Hedgebrook.
From 1992 through 2000 Ted was Executive Director of the Pride
Foundation where he helped increase grants and scholarships from
$35,000 to over $600,000 annually. Ted has served on community
boards including 501 Commons, United Way, The Alliance of
Nonprofits, Funders Concerned about AIDS, and the Northwest
Development Officers Association.
The Greater Seattle Business Association named him Community
Leader of the Year in 1999, and he was an inaugural New Ventures in
Philanthropy Fellow for 2003.
A practicing poet, his work appears in over 40 literary
magazines.