Tuti Scott

As founder of Changemaker Strategies, Tuti B. Scott is a consultant and coach to high-achieving leaders and teams working on the front lines of social change. Tuti guides organisations in navigating growth, advising on strategic planning, succession planning, fundraising, and more. From strategic plans to annual reports, her firm develops fundraising materials to engage new audiences. Her clients have included ReflectUs, Women Moving Millions, Root Capital, Athlete Ally, Third Wave Fund, Equal Rights Advocates, Civil Liberties and Public Policy, and others. Tuti has coached founders like Geena Davis, Noreen Farrell, Serene Jones, and Jane Sloane.

After a 30-year career in women’s leadership, Title IX protections, and strategic philanthropy consulting, Tuti is now focused on engaging people in gender lens philanthropy and investing. She has written a gender lens giving guide for Slingshot’s community and a gender lens investing guide for the Women’s Funding Network and Tides.  

Tuti served as Interim CEO of Tides after nine years on the Tides Network Board, and is a founding board member of the Women Win Foundation. She has been a featured speaker/producer for the Women’s Funding Network, the Jewish Women’s Funding Network, and member funds of these networks. She enjoys learning with and elevating the voices of the next generation, women of colour and queer/non-binary leaders from all sectors wherever possible. 

Tuti is a long-time basketball point guard, a fierce redhead and spirited educator and activist. A life-long athlete, Tuti engaged thousands at the Women’s Sports Foundation where she raised $70 million over 15 years to support women’s leadership and equal access to sports for women and girls. After growing up working class in rural New Hampshire and “jumping class,” Tuti’s work is about helping women leaders get in the game of money, influence, and power. She uses a whole-bodied leadership approach and excels at coaching visionaries on how to lead and play team.