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Corporate Boards

Current Corporate Board Member:

runcoach, Burlingame, CA
alioth Talent, Austin, TX
Union Social Clubs, Durham, NC

Current Advisory Board Member:

Barnraiser, San Francisco, CA
Founders Den, San Francisco, CA
Waggl, Mill Valley, CA
RoundPegg, Boulder, CO
RevUp, Menlo Park, CA
Vertigo Music, Raleigh, NC
Yol, San Francisco,CA
Cuseum, Boston, MA
workboard, Redwood City,CA
SkyHive – Vancouver, Canada

Fishbowl – New York, New York

Feed Media – San Francisco, CA

CrossChq – San Francisco, CA

HyperNetwork – Palo Alto, CA

Athlete Network, Kansas City, Mo

Relode, Nashville, TN

 

 

Former Corporate Board Director:

All Covered, Inc, Redwood City, CA (2001-2006) – acquired by Konica Minolta
Sports Potential, Redwood City, CA (2003-2007)
SNOCAP, Inc., San Francisco, CA (2005-2008) – acquired by imeem
ItzBig, Austin, TX (2006-2008)
HireVue, Salt Lake City, UT (2009-2015) – acquired by Carlyle Group for $510MM
ReThink Books/BookShout!, Dallas, TX (2010-2015) – acquired by Ambassador Group
1-Page, San Francisco, CA (2013-2017)
workboard, Redwood City, CA (2014-2018)

Glassdoor, Marin, CA (2007-2018) – acquired by Recruit/Indeed for $1.2B

Angel Investments

Current Angel Investor:

Addoway, San Francisco, CA
ne timeas Restaurant Group, San Francisco (Central Kitchen, Salumeria, Trick Dog)
runcoach, Burlingame, CA
Democracy.com, Brooklyn, NY
Motiv (formerly known as Mechio), San Francisco, CA
Galaxie Restaurant, Louisville, KY
Foxsister Restaurant, San Francisco, CA

Former Angel Investor:

Scout On Demand, CA – Acquired in 2015 by CoachSource
Artify.it, San Francisco, CA – Shuttered
UrbanTag – Acquired in 2012 by Tagged
Progenitor Cell Therapy – Acquired in 2011 by NeoStem. Later acquired by Hitachi
Togetherville  – Acquired in 2011 by Disney
Amorcyte – Acquired in 2011 by NeoStem. Later acquired by Hitachi
SNOCAP – Acquired in 2008 by imeem
Sports Potential – Mothballed
BusinessElite.com – Shuttered
Rethink Books/bookshout!, Co-Founder, Dallas Texas – Acquired in 2015 by The Ambassador Group
Groupiter, San Francisco, CA – Shuttered
BandPage, San Francisco, CA – Acquired in 2016 by YouTube

Philanthropic and Service Boards

Current Philanthropic and Service Boards:

Presidential Appointee to the President’s Advisory Committee for the Arts for The Kennedy Center, Washington DC
Purdue University: President’s Champions Committee (2013- Present) & College of Liberal Arts Dean’s Advisory Board, (2003-Present), West Lafayette, IN
T4A.org, Co-Founder and Executive Committee Board Member
(2013-Present), San Francisco, CA
The Centrist Project, Founders Circle (2014-Present)
American Conservatory Theater, Trustee (2016- Present), San Francisco, CA
The GRAMMY Music Education Coalition Founding Board, Nashville, TN (2015-Present)

Past Philanthropic and Service Boards:

Purdue Foundation, Director, West Lafayette, IN (2008-2012)
American Conservatory Theater, President of the Board, San Francisco, CA (2003-2013, President 2010-2013), Coordinating Co-Chair, The Strand Capital Committee (2013-2015), Emeritus Trustee (2013-2016)
Dallas Theater Center, Trustee (1994-1997), Dallas, TX
Happen, Inc, Founding Board Member, Cincinnati, OH
Sage International Theatre Group, Founding Board President (1999-2002), Taos, NM
The GRAMMY Foundation, (2007-2015),Chairman (2013-2015), Los Angeles, CA

worKING: Finding the Purpose in Your Work Life

worKING

Finding the Purpose in Your Work Life

After co-writing the book Talent Force and hearing from lots of people about their own journey to find the meaning and purpose within their work, it got me thinking about what would be the most important thing we are supposed to be doing with the 40, 60, 70+ hours of week that we spend “in the office”.

So, I started my own personal journey in 2006 to find out how we can make our work, what I would call “Kingdom Work” with the belief that God has put us here for a purpose and we must find that purpose within our work as well as the rest of our life.
In 2006, 2008, 2010 I read the Bible all the way through and did my own annotation of the verses of the Bible that relate to work. On October 1, 2008 I began a Monday – Friday workday devotional blog called Purposed worKING.Please check it out, subscribe and share it with friends.
purposedworking.com

Talent Force: A New Manifesto for the Human Side of Business
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Talent Force

A New Manifesto for the Human Side of Business

Hank Stringer and I wrote this book and it was published by Prentice-Hall. We wrote the book because of what we perceived a need in the marketplace for education on how to truly attract the best people to organizations and with all the change in technology, industry, globalization, we felt the time was right to commit ourselves to the project. It has been very gratifying to see the global reception to the book.

From the back cover:

Only one thing really differentiates your business from your competitor: your people. Do you have the right talent in the right place at the right time? It’s no longer enough to have a ‘workforce’: you need a high-impact Talent Force. The authors first identify the massive social, cultural, and economic shifts that are transforming hiring as we know it. We are a smaller, closer, and more competitive world, as Baby Boomers are retiring in the US, India is flourishing due to outsourcing and educational development, and China is a strong new economic force. Add to that the fact that today’s best people have radically new expectations and approaches to work; this book reveals what they want and how to meet those needs while building your business. Learn how to develop and implement a worldclass talent plan that aligns with business objectives, and define metrics to track and optimize success. Discover how candidates are using technology to evaluate new opportunities, benchmark compensation, and create new back-channels of communication about worklife. Maximize these new technologies to grow Talent Force, tap into new sources of competitive intelligence and stay ahead of the pack.

Patti and Rusty Rueff Foundation

Created in 2010, Patti and Rusty Rueff have committed to growing a family foundation that supports non-profit organizations (501c3s) that match their passions for the visual and performing arts, education reform, innovation in healthcare delivery and civic improvements.

We are pleased that in 2015 we made social impact investments to these organizations:

  • Happen, Inc – Cincinnati, OH
  • American Conservatory Theater – San Francisco, CA
  • ArtSpan – San Francisco, CA
  • Mills-Peninsula Hospital Foundation – Burlingame, CA
  • The GRAMMY Foundation – Santa Monica, CA
  • California Shakespeare Theater (CalShakes) – Orinda, CA
  • The Kennedy Center – Washington, DC
  • American Film Institute – Los Angeles, CA
  • Peninsula Family Service – San Mateo, CA
  • National Corporate Theater Fund – New York, NY
  • Purdue University – West Lafayette, IN
  • BayKids – San Francisco, CA
  • National Theater of the UK – London, UK
  • Switchboard Music – San Francisco, CA
  • Namaste Direct  – San Francisco, California/Gautemala
  • T4A.org – San Francisco, CA
  • Community Gatepath — Redwood City, CA
  • Caminar for Mental Health – San Mateo, CA
  • Bay Area Children’s Theater – Oakland, CA
  • 826 Valencia – San Francisco, CA
In 2015, we also started The Rueff Boardship Program (see below) with these two arts organizations:
  • ArtSpan – San Francisco, CA
  • Chanticleer – San Francisco, CA

For 2016, and beyond, the Patti and Rusty Rueff Foundation will begin to focus their support more on developing the Rueff Boardship program as detailed below.

Recognized 501c3 organizations who would like to submit requests for the Rueff Boardship support in 2016, should send those requests to rusty@rueff.com, by October 15, 2016.

The Patti and Rusty Rueff Foundation Boardship Program

The Rueff Boardship Program was conceived in 2013 through the Patti and Rusty Rueff Foundation, to support the development and bolstering of 501c3 Boards in the Arts, Education, Health and Community Improvement. Having served on numerous non-profit boards, Patti and Rusty recognized their own value created by serving on a board and the need for boards to be filled with stronger members, and to foster the introduction and support of boards to a younger generation of interested and emerging philanthropists.

The following are the fundamentals of a Rueff Boardship:
  • A Rueff Boardship will be considered for qualified 501c3 organizations with missions in the arts, education, health and community improvement.
  • The Patti and Rusty Rueff Foundation will financially support, for the defined first board term, 80% of the defined Board fees.
  • The chosen person to receive the Boardship will commit to the following:
    • Pay 20% of the Board fees for the defined first term of service
    • Pay for and attend the organization’s annual fundraising gala/support event
    • Attend and participate on the Board and Committees in the same capacity, governance levels and expectation of all other Board Members (which means that the Board does not have a two-tiered structure that would limit the person from participation or governance opportunities)
    • Provide, at a minimum, annually, an update on their experience and learning from the Boardship opportunity
    • Become an ambassador of the organization with their peers and friends
    • Work towards full self-support for a second term on the Board
  • The ideal candidate for a Boardship will be:
    • Young in their career professionally
    • Up and coming professionally for financial and influence potential
    • Bringing technology, strategy, business experience to the Board
    • Passionate about the organization’s mission and service
    • Would love to pay full Board fees, but just not able to do so today
  • The Rueff Boardship can’t be done alone. In order for The Patti and Rusty Rueff Foundation to fulfill this program, there must be three other similar sponsorships created for the Board, so the sponsored Board member is not alone. The power of the “posse” is critical for success, so there must be a minimum of four total sponsored Board members joining at the same time. Consider this as a challenge to be met.

The Patti and Rusty Rueff Foundation is excited to pioneer this program. If your organization has the desire to apply for a Rueff Boardship, please submit your request by October 15, 2016.

And if you want to apply to receive a Rueff Boardship position, you can do so any time by emailing Rusty directly at rusty@rueff.com.

Visual and Performing Arts Profile

“Art is our one true global language. It knows no nation. It favors no race. It acknowledges no class. It speaks to our need to heal, reveal and transform. It transcends our ordinary lives and lets us imagine what is possible. It creates a dialogue between individuals, and communication between communities. It allows us to see and to listen to each other.”  – Richard Kamler

 
 
President’s Advisory Committee for the Arts for The Kennedy Center, Washington, DC (2014-2018)

Named benefactor of Patti and Rusty Rueff School of Visual and Performing Arts,
Purdue University, West Lafayette, Indiana (2004 to present)
 
 
Chairman Emeritus, The GRAMMY Foundation,
Los Angeles, California (Term July 2014 – June 2016)
 
 
          Board Member, The GRAMMY Foundation
             (2007 to 2016)
 
 
President, Board of Trustees, American Conservatory Theatre (A.C.T)
San Francisco, California (Term July 2010 – June 2013)
 
          Trustee, (A.C.T.)
             (2003 to 2013)
             (2016-Present)
 
           Emeritus Trustee, (A.C.T).
             (2013 to 2016)
 
 
Board President and Co-Founder, Sage International Theater Group,
Taos, New Mexico (1997 to 2001)
         Trustee, Dallas Theater Center,
            Dallas, Texas (1993 to 1997)
 
 
Founding Board Member, “Happen, Inc”.
Cincinnati, Ohio (1999 to 2002)
 
 
Executive Producer (American Conservatory Theater)
1776 by Peter Stone and Sherman Edwards
A Mother by Maxim Gorky adapted by Constance Congdon
A Number by Caryl Churchill
The Voysey Inheritance by Harley Granville-Barker adapted by David Mamet
The Rainmaker by N. Richard Nash
Boleros for the Disenchanted by Jose Rivera
Vigil by Morris Panych
Clybourne Park by Bruce Norris
Maple and Vine by Jordan Harrison
 
Producer (American Conservatory Theater)
The Black Rider: The Casting of the Magic Bullets  by Edgar S. Burroughs, Tom Waits and Robert Wilson
 
 
Visual and Performing Arts Investor:
Stranger – a developing musical by Bruce Hornsby
Artify – (Shuttered)
Bandpage – Acquired by YouTube
Song Publishing Ownership: “Ocean” by Lamont Heibert, “Disobey” by Lamont Heibert
 
 
Professional Experience:
CEO, SNOCAP, Inc. (2005 to 2008)
EVP, Electronic Arts (EA) (1998 to 2005)
VP, PepsiCo, Inc.  (1988 to 1998)
Pratt & Whitney/United Technologies  (1986 to1988)
Radio Air Personality (1981 to 1986)
Education:
MS, Purdue University (1984 to 1986)
BA, Radio and Television, Purdue University  (1982 to 1984)
Hanover College, Hanover, IN  (1982 to 1984)
Jeffersonville High School, Jeffersonville, IN  (1976 to 1980)
Other Arts Related background/experience:
Actor – college and high school
Ballet dancer with the Louisville Ballet’s production of The Nutcracker  (1968-1970)

Patti and Rusty Rueff School of Visual and Performing Arts
Pao Hall

552 West Wood Street, West Lafayette, Indiana

Phone

(765) 494-3056

Fax

(765) 496-1198

Email

the_arts@sla.purdue.edu

Patti and Rusty Rueff School of Visual and Performing Arts

The home of the Divisions of Art and Design, Dance, Music, and Theatre.

The School of Visual and Performing Arts was formed on September 1, 1966 and is currently composed of four divisions: Art and Design, Dance, Music, and Theatre. It serves other departments and schools through elective course offerings as well as granting Liberal Arts based undergraduate degrees. On the graduate level, the school grants Master of Arts, Master of Fine Arts, and Ph.D. degrees. The school has the distinction of being a double faceted program, and it serves a wide-ranging group of students while also serving Purdue University and the Lafayette community as the primary cultural resource for the community.

The school at this time has approximately 600 undergraduate majors and 60 graduate students. Beyond the undergraduate majors and graduate students, several thousand students enroll in practical, theoretical or historical art courses within the school.

The faculty of the school is composed of nationally recognized individuals who continue to practice their arts and do research while still interacting with students in the classrooms. The publications, art shows and performance-related activities bring wide-spread attention to Purdue University and the presence of the arts on our campus. These academic and artistic activities also serve the University by being a prime recruiting tool for improving graduate training programs. These teacher/scholar/arts in many instances also serve the community through leadership and participation in community organizations dedicated to the arts.

 

Art & Design

Currently, the Art and Design Division offers undergraduate concentrations, majors, and minors in seven areas: Art Education, Art History, Fine Arts, Industrial Design, Interior Design, Photography and Visual Communications Design. The masters of Art degree is offered currently in all areas except Art History and Interior Design, and the Ph.D. program in Art Education offered in conjunction with the School of Education. These degree programs offer students who wish to concentrate in the visual arts at the undergraduate and graduate levels an extensive range of focused investigations into the making, studying and teaching of the visual arts in their various dimensions. Art and Design consistently educates approximately 500 undergraduate majors and 35 full-time graduate students in these programs.

Dance Division

The Dance Division offers courses in modern, ballet, jazz and ethnic dance; the choreography of dance movement; dance performance; and dance appreciation. Students may chose a minor in dance or select courses to fulfill a School of Liberal Arts curriculum requirement. Many students look to dance as a meaningful elective in their education, or take dance to enhance their performing skills if they are involved in related programs. Through their studies, students in the Dance Division gain an appreciation for dance as an art form, of its history, and cultural influences. Each semester culminates with their Purdue Repertory Dance Company Concert, one of the finest productions of dance in the area.

Music Division

The Music Division is committed to providing high quality instruction to a range of Purdue students, broadly distributed across most schools of the University. Course offerings may be grouped in three categories: 1) A course required for the Elementary Education degree which introduces prospective teachers to the skills, resources, methods and repertory for instructing classroom music. 2) A sequence of courses designed to lead progressively through the principles and parameters of Music Theory. The goal of expanding individual skills is complemented by enhanced awareness and understanding of the Western musical tradition. 3) A group of courses focused on the literature of music. The first, introduction survey (appreciation), additionally emphasizes the listening experience itself.

Theatre Division

There are three readily identifiable components of the Theatre Division: the undergraduate program, the graduate program and the production program. The latter also serves as a laboratory for the whole division. Each program has distinct goals, although the objectives of all the programs are inter-related. The undergraduate program supports the broad-based liberal arts education of the bachelor of art degree candidates. The graduate program offers specialized academic training. Productions serve as a major cultural resource for the University as a whole and for the Lafayette-West Lafayette community.

Speaking Engagements

Sampling of Upcoming and Past Engagements

Recruiting Trends 2019 Conference Opening Speaker: Las Vegas, NV (February 2019)

Inklings Gathering: Menlo Park, CA (September 2018)

Waggl Harvest Keynote Speaker: Marin, CA (September 2018)

St. Andrew Lutheran Church Weekend Speaker: Charlestown, RI (August 2018)

Eli Lilly Worldwide Technology Summit Opening Speaker: Indianapolis, IN (April 2018)

“HRSymposium Conference: Keynote: San Jose, CA (April 2018)

General Atlantic CHRO Summit: New York, NY (May 2018)

Sovereign’s Capital Annual Meeting Keynote: Jakarta, Indonesia

HireVue Digital Disruption Conference: Park City, Utah. Watch here.

Glassdoor Talent Summit: San Francisco, CA

Pizza Hut Executive Leadership Forum: New York, NY and New Orleans, LA

KPIX TV: Eye on the Bay

OnRec National Recruiting Conference Keynote and Session

SpeakerFellowship Forum: Palo Alto, CA

KGO TV: View from the Bay

Business Connect Program: San Francisco, CA

Belmont University: Los Angeles

Hewlett-Packard Senior HR Team Global Meeting: Palo Alto, CA

CIGNA Insurance Global HR Meeting: New Orleans, LA

Purdue University Presidential Inauguration Panel Moderator: West Lafayette, IN

Profiled on ClubENetworks — Pro Series

Cornerstone Church, San Francisco, CA
www.cornerstone-sf.org / Go to Media Player and look for dates of speaking

InnoTown, Speaker: Norway

Milken Institute: Los Angeles, CA

Music Expo: Los Angeles, CA

Guest Speaker, Nettwerk Music Senior Management Retreat: San Diego, CA

Guest Speaker, Walmart.com Company Meeting: San Francisco, CA

War on Talent Presentation/Panel: Palo Alto, CA

Graduate Ministry Department: UC Santa Cruz, Santa Cruz, CA

Prentice-Hall, National Collegiate Webcast: Co-host

National Association of Industrial and Office Properties (“NAIOP”)

PeopleClick National User Conference, Keynote Speaker: Amelia Island, FL

Play Conference, Keynote Speaker: Berkeley, CA

Dallas Chamber of Commerce, Keynote Speaker: Dallas, TX

Men in Gold, Silvia Blocher Exhibit, SFMOMA, Interviewee: San Francisco

Mortar Board National Leadership Conference, Keynote Speaker: Columbus, OH

South by Southwest Music Conference, Seminar Host: Austin, TX

Technology for Obama Innovation Series: click here for video ‘Grammy Foundation: Innovation & 2012 Election’ & click here for video ‘Innovation and President Obama’.

Reinventors Roundtable: For more on them click here.

CEA Strategic Immigration: click here for video.

GRAMMY “Play it Forward” event 2013: Los Angeles, CA

One of Hacking Work’s 100 Disruptive Heroes: click here for video.

Purdue University, Krannert Business School Series:  click here for video.