Dorothy Chen-Courtin, Ph.D.

Dorothy Chen-Courtin is a management consultant to nonprofits where she adapts and applies best practices from the for-profit sector to the benefit of non-profit organizations. For three decades, she had been working with foundations, cultural, educational, and human services organizations, and museums, both regionally and nationally. Projects she has worked on/is working on include organizational expansion and right-sizing, strategic/business planning, board governance and leadership transitions, market feasibility studies, and the implementation of project plans that follow the strategic planning process. In terms of strategic thinking and planning, Dorothy’s approach is to facilitate and guide the nonprofit through the thinking and development process, leading to the creation of a dynamic strategic com business plan that the nonprofit proudly owns. This plan becomes an adaptive roadmap to reach that desired destination in a timely manner. A Barnard College graduate, Dorothy earned her MA and PhD in Asian Art History from Columbia University and an MBA from Northeastern University. She served on multiple regional, national, and international boards. Currently, she is the Board President of the Worcester Art Museum and serves on the executive committee of the Greater Lowell Community Foundation and on the advisory board of the Arts Extension Service at UMass Amherst.