Norbert K.C. Tan
MBA, CPC
About
Norbert has served on the faculty of the Board Leadership Institute since 2019. He is a nonprofit consultant, certified executive coach, and certified interim leader who works with senior leaders, teams, and boards of directors to optimize peak performance. As a thought partner, Norbert helps organizations build capacity to maximize their missions and community impact, whether he is guiding strategic planning, boosting philanthropic revenue, or fine-tuning operations.
Norbert brings over 25-years of leadership and management experience from the non-profits, performing arts, higher education, entertainment, advertising, and legal fields. Norbert has facilitated numerous board and staff strategic retreats, moderated expert panels, press briefings, and political candidates’ forums, and emceed special events.
Norbert currently serves as the Deputy Director for AAPI Equity Alliance, which is the founding coalition partner of the Stop AAPI Hate national incident reporting center. Along with his executive coaching clients, Norbert’s recent local consulting clients include the Conejo Schools Foundation, the Ventura Fire Foundation, and Cabrillo Economic Development Corporation.
Norbert’s prior regional experience includes serving as the Associate Vice Chancellor for Institutional Advancement at Antioch University, Executive Director for the Ventura College Foundation, and the Managing Director of Rubicon Theatre Company. He has been directly involved in raising over $50M over his career for non-profit organizations.
Norbert earned his MBA in Non-Profit and Arts Management from UCLA’s Anderson School and his BS in Business Administration from UC Berkeley’s Haas School. Norbert was selected to join the Kennedy Center for Performing Arts in Washington D.C. as an Arts Management Fellow.