Larry Butler

Larry Butler has been a professional consultant for over 30 years. He got his start with The Boston Consulting Group where he was senior manager responsible for a variety of strategy and organizational development assignments on behalf of corporate and institutional clients. In 1973, he and a colleague left BCG to establish Institutional Strategy Associates through which he assisted a broad range of clients in addressing governance, marketing, organizational and financial issues in a strategic context.

Over the years, he has facilitated planning and change management processes in organizations ranging from small family businesses to large Fortune 500 companies as well as a broad array of nonprofit institutions. Most recently, he was a principal with The Ross Group where he focused on leadership development, team-building and culture transformation. His earlier business experience included positions in the advertising and publishing fields. Larry is a Senior Fellow and former Chairman of The Cheswick Center, an organization dedicated to improving the practice of corporate and nonprofit governance.

As an outgrowth of that work, he assists organizations in improving the communicative power of governance and senior management information. His writings on this subject include: A Guide to Board Information Systems, Association of Governing Boards of Universities and Colleges, 1999; and A New Tool for the Board's Kit: Board Information Systems and DashBoard Reports, The Governance Institute, 1999. He taught "Management of Social Issues and Business Ethics" at Northeastern University and has been a featured speaker at numerous seminars and conferences under the auspices of institutions such as: Harvard Business School, Harvard School of Public Health, Association of Governing Boards of Universities and Colleges and The Governance Institute.

An accomplished illustrator and caricaturist, Larry was for several years an editorial cartoonist with The Boston Herald and Boston Phoenix. He currently pursues these activities through his design studio DrawingPower on behalf of business clients seeking visually creative ways to build their customer and donor bases. Larry holds an MBA from Harvard Business School and a BA magna cum laude from Harvard College.