Staff Profile
Director of Institutional Relations
tisha_stima@harvard.edu / 617-495-3273
Graduate Certificate (Arts Management), Boston University
B.A., Indiana University, Bloomington
Tisha Stima plans and executes the museums’ institutional philanthropy program to meet annual fundraising goals and support established priorities and special projects. She focuses on the museums’ relationships with corporate, foundation, and government supporters and serves as the liaison with Harvard University’s Office for Sponsored Programs. With more than 20 years of experience in fundraising and management, Stima has worked in Greater Boston and nationally in a range of fields, including education and health and human services, and in major cultural institutions. A lifelong museum-goer and dabbler in the arts, Stima relocated from the Midwest to Boston to pursue graduate studies in arts administration at Boston University.