On a Mission for Nonprofit Leaders is a podcast that provides inspiring advice for solving the issues nonprofits are facing. In this episode, John Gillespie and Kim Bulger interview Warren Tranquada, President and CEO of the AT&T Performing Arts Center in Dallas. He shares how his arts organization made strategic mid-year adjustments to close a significant budget shortfall. He takes us behind the scenes, from the moment they realized the budget gap to the steps they took to steer the organization back on course.
Warren Tranquada is the President and CEO of the AT&T Performing Arts Center in Dallas. Under his leadership over the past three years, the Center has prioritized growing audiences, diversifying programming, deepening customer engagement and the customer experience, and strengthening finances. Previously, he led strategic planning and business operations for the New Jersey Performing Arts Center as its Executive Vice President and Chief Operating Officer where he was responsible for its $50M annual budget.
Prior to NJPAC, Warren was Co-Founder and Partner with the social sector consulting firm Aperio, a Vice President with Chase Manhattan Bank, and a consultant with Bain & Company Canada. He has a Bachelor of Commerce degree from McGill University and MBA from Harvard Business School with a focus on nonprofit business structures and social-purpose investment vehicles.