Meet Leigh

Leigh Tucker, Your Nonprofit Guru

Leigh Tucker, Principal at CLA, has more than 25 years of experience in accounting and financial management. He has spent the majority of his career providing financial and consulting services to the nonprofit community. His experience includes 14 years with two of the Big 4 public accounting firms, primarily as a senior audit manager, before heading up two privately owned businesses serving the NFP community. He joined CLA as a Principal upon CLA’s acquisition of Accounting Management Solutions (AMS) where he was the Managing Director of the Nonprofit Practice.

Leigh’s technical expertise includes all areas of the nonprofit arena, including higher education, health care and other 501(c)(3) organizations that receive federal and state funding in accordance with Uniform Guidance. His main responsibility is to represent CLA’s vast array of services to the nonprofit community (including outsourced accounting, interim financial management, search and consulting) through his extensive Business Development activities.

Leigh is the founder of Nonprofit Executives, a national networking group focused on linking professionals committed to the nonprofit sector to each other. Whether in transition, looking to be a sector switcher, service provider to the nonprofit industry, or interested in board involvement, Nonprofit Executives is the group for all. As a result of the group’s growth, Leigh started a separate but affiliated national program called From Bored 2 Board, which is unique in that it is a self-matching site for individuals seeking new board roles, and nonprofit organizations seeking new board talent..

Leigh is a super networker who has adopted as his personal tag line, “I am your Nonprofit Guru. If I can’t help you, I will find someone who can” He is an active member of several Executive Committees of the National Networking Group (www.Provisors.com) as well as membership in the Nonprofit Consultants Network (NCN), Social Impact Action Network (SIAN), and several others. He has served as member, treasurer, and fundraising chairman on several boards of directors and is a sought after speaker on various nonprofit topics s; as well as on LinkedIN and LinkedIn’s Sales Navigator utilization and maximization of impact.

If you would like to learn more about Leigh’s expertise or the services offerings of CLA, Nonprofit Executives and/or From Bored 2 Board, please do not hesitate to reach out to him at 617.549.2399, Leigh.Tucker@CLAConnect.com, or Leigh@nonprofitexecutives.org.

Leigh holds a B.B.A. degree from the University of Massachusetts/Amherst and is a member of both the American Institute and Massachusetts Society of Certified Public Accountants.

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