Thomas Beech

Tom Beech has held CEO leadership positions with The Minneapolis Foundation, the Burnett Foundation in Fort worth, Texas, and the Fetzer Institute in Kalamazoo, Michigan. He served on the national Boards of Directors of the Council on Foundations, Independent Sector, Funders Concerned About AIDS and the Institute for Community Peace. He has written and consulted extensively on non-profit governance and resilience and community development, building relationships based on candor, trust, mutual respect and integrity. Born in St. Paul, Minnesota, Tom received his undergraduate education at Carleton College and graduate education at Union Theological Seminary and Columbia University. He lives in Kalamazoo with his wife, Carol, an artist who creates large abstract oil paintings. They have two sons, Jerry and Michael.