Todd Pickens

PTP & Associates

Woodland St., Hartford, CT 06105 | (317) 418-1218 | ptpickens@gmail.com
Works in: Connecticut, Maine, Massachusetts, New Hampshire, New York, Rhode Island, Vermont

Last updated:
Tuesday, Feb 20, 2024

Strategic planning and organizational effectiveness specialist with over 15 years experience helping nonprofits evolve in an ever-changing marketplace toward their greatest potential. Expertise in organizational and program assessment, operations efficiency, policy and program development and implementation, development and grant management, human resource management, and coaching and training for all employee levels. Successful track record helping not-for-profits of all sizes define and achieve mission-driven long and short-term strategic goals. The hallmark of my consulting methodology is building operational capacity in client organizations and their staffs at every stage of the consulting project's development.

Areas of Expertise:

Board assessment, structure, training, performance

Program evaluation

Diversity, equity, inclusion (DEI), Executive coaching, Human resource assessment and planning, Leadership training and development, Performance management

Business / financial models, Business plan development, Collaborations and mergers, Managing change, Organizational assessments, Strategic planning, Organizational development

Deep expertise in these issue areas: Arts and Culture, Diversity / Anti-Racism, Economic Development, Higher Education

Past Clients:

  • Organization: Trinity-On-Main, New Britain, CT
    Name: Executive Director & Board of Directors
    Description of services provided: Organizational Assessment, Strategic Plan, Business Model, Business Plan, Branding, Communications, Grant Management, Executive Coaching, DEIB Issues Management, Board Development, Board Training
    Year services provided: 2006-2007
  • Organization: Cathy Beatty School for Gifted Children, Henderson, NV
    Name: Founder/Principal
    Description of services provided: Strategic Plan, Mission Statement, Organization Goals, Communications, Marketing, Fundraising, Executive Coaching, General Consulting
    Year services provided: 2009-2010
  • Organization: Center for Contemporary Printmaking, Norwalk, CT
    Name: Executive Director & Board of Directors
    Description of services provided: Board Training, Board/Staff Relations, Executive Coaching, Mission Statement and Organization Goals Development, Conflict Resolution
    Year services provided: 2008
  • Organization: Sankofa Kuumba Cultural Arts Consortium, Hartford, CT
    Name: Founder/Executive Director & Board of Directors
    Description of services provided: Board Development, Board Training, Mission Statement, Organization Goals, Organization Profile, Fundraising
    Year services provided: 2008-2009
  • Organization: Artwell Gallery, Torrington, CT
    Name: Founder/Executive Director & Board Officers
    Description of services provided: Mission Statement and Organization Goals development, Organization Profile Development, Fund-raising, Board Development, Executive Coaching
    Year services provided: 2007-2008
  • Organization: Black Rock Arts Center, Bridgeport, CT
    Name: Founder/Executive Director & Staff
    Description of services provided: Strategic Plan, Organizational Development, Executive Coaching
    Year services provided: 2006
  • Organization: Windham Textile & History Museum, Willimantic, CT
    Name: Executive Director
    Description of services provided: Strategic Plan, Organizational Development, Board Development, Communications, Marketing, Executive Coaching, Exhibit Space Allocation
    Year services provided: 2008-2009
  • Organization: Fairfield Theater Company, Fairfield, CT
    Name: Executive Director
    Description of services provided: Executive Coaching, Conflict Resolution
    Year services provided: 2010
  • Organization: Greater Middletown Chorale, Middletown, CT
    Name: Board of Directors
    Description of services provided: Strategic Planning, Organizational Development, Board Development
    Year services provided: 2010-2011
  • Organization: Norwich Historical Society, Norwich, CT
    Name: President of the Board & Treasurer
    Description of services provided: Financial Reporting, Conflict Resolution
    Year services provided: 2011
  • Organization: Mystic & Noank Library, Mystic, CT
    Name: Executive Director & Development Committee of Board
    Description of services provided: Grant Management, Grant Writing
    Year services provided: 2011
  • Organization: Brown University, Providence, RI
    Name: Office of Institutional Diversity & Inclusion
    Description of services provided: Strategic Planning, Diversity & Inclusion Issue Management, Program Development & Implementation, Executive Coaching, General Consulting
    Year services provided: 2016-2017
  • Organization: Greater Hartford Arts Council, Hartford, CT
    Name: Regional Manager
    Description of services provided: Workshop Development & Implementation, One-On-One Consulting for Artists
    Year services provided: 2010
  • Organization: CT Department of Economic & Community Development, Offices of Culture & Tourism, Hartford, CT
    Name: John Cusano, Program Manager
    Description of services provided: Nonprofit Management Consulting
    Year services provided: 2006-2017
  • Organization: St. John's Episcopal Church, West Hartford, CT
    Name: The Rev. Joseph Pace, Rector
    Description of services provided: Strategic Planning, Communications, Marketing
    Year services provided: 2012
  • Organization: Classical Magnet High School, Hartford, CT
    Name: Office of College Guidance Counseling
    Description of services provided: College Application Counseling
    Year services provided: 2015
  • Organization: Leadership Greater Hartford, Hartford, CT
    Name: Program Director, Hartford Decide$
    Description of services provided: Project Team Facilitator
    Year services provided: 2015-2016
  • Organization: Connecticut Historical Society, Hartford, CT
    Name: Executive Director
    Description of services provided: Mission Statement, Organization Goals, General Consulting
    Year services provided: 2005, 2019
  • Organization: Trinity Academy, Hartford, CT
    Name: Principal
    Description of services provided: Program Development and Implementation, Guest Lecturing
    Year services provided: 2015
  • Organization: Citizens for Quality Sickle Cell Care, Inc., New Britain, CT
    Name: Executive Director
    Description of services provided: Mission Statement, General Consulting
    Year services provided: 2015
  • Organization: The Puppet Company, Chicago, IL
    Name: Co-Founder/Director of Development & External Affairs
    Description of services provided: Mission Statement, Organization Goals, Organization Branding
    Year services provided: 2017
  • Organization: Hands Up For Haiti, New York, NY
    Name: Board of Directors
    Description of services provided: Mission Statement, Organization Goals, General Consulting
    Year services provided: 2012
  • Organization: Battell Arts Foundation, Norfolk, CT
    Name: Board of Directors
    Description of services provided: Organizational Assessment, Board Assessment, Development
    Year services provided: 2007
  • Organization: Morehouse College, Atlanta, GA
    Name: Office of Institutional Advancement
    Description of services provided: Development
    Year services provided: 2001, 2005, 2024
  • Organization: Ministering In Excellence, Hartford, CT
    Name: Maria Cameron, Founder & CEO
    Description of services provided: Public Speaking, Executive Coaching, General Consulting
    Year services provided: 2015-2016
  • Organization: reSET Social Enterprise Trust, Hartford, CT
    Name: Director of Operations
    Description of services provided: Entrepreneur and Business Start-Up Mentoring
    Year services provided: 2015-present
  • Organization: Harriet Beecher Stowe Center, Hartford, CT
    Name: Executive Director
    Description of services provided: General consulting; house museum tour assessment; "Creative Writing for Social Justice" workshop assessment
    Year services provided: 2018-present


Training & Workshops:

  • Name: Conflict Resolution
    Duration: 4 hrs.
    Fees Negotiable: Yes
    Minimum Audience Size: 2
    Maximum Audience Size: 10
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  • Name: Building The Right Board For Your Organization
    Duration: 3 hrs.
    Fees Negotiable: Yes
    Minimum Audience Size: 2
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  • Name: Developing Programs That Promote Mission and Goals
    Duration: 4 hrs.
    Fees Negotiable: Yes
    Minimum Audience Size: 2
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  • Name: Interacting With The Marketplace: Effective Communications, Marketing & Development
    Duration: 4 hrs.
    Fees Negotiable: No
    Minimum Audience Size: 2
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  • Name: Developing A Strategic Plan That Works
    Duration: 3 hrs.
    Fees Negotiable:
    Minimum Audience Size: 2
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  • Name: Drafting The Perfect Organization Profile
    Duration: 2 hrs., 30 min.
    Fees Negotiable:
    Minimum Audience Size: 2
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  • Name: How To Find & Apply For Grants
    Duration: 4 hrs.
    Fees Negotiable:
    Minimum Audience Size: 2
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  • Name: Managing Diversity, Inclusion & Equity Issues
    Duration: 3 hrs.
    Fees Negotiable: Yes
    Minimum Audience Size: 2
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  • Name: Roles & Responsibilities in Nonprofits
    Duration: 3 hrs.
    Fees Negotiable: Yes
    Minimum Audience Size: 2
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