Chris Shuff

Chris has overseen TCG's research efforts, field communications and various professional development programs and events since 1998.  Prior to TCG, Mr. Shuff was a consultant to the Saint Thomas Church Concert Series in New York City.  He moved to New York from San Francisco, where he spent 13 years working in the not-for-profit performing arts service field.  His last position was as director of ticketing services/community relations for Theatre Bay Area.  Mr. Shuff was a jurist for the Business Arts Council Awards, served on the Diversity Coalition Planning Committee in New York and for over 20 years has been involved with the Association of Performing Arts Service Organizations (APASO), where he served on advisory committees, led sessions and panels at national conferences and coordinated four conferences.  For many years, Mr. Shuff was a member of INTIX, the international ticketing association, where he served as a peer consultant and led sessions at annual conferences.  His volunteer affiliations include serving as treasurer on the board of Streetside Stories, Inc, an arts education program in San Francisco middle schools; working with God’s Love We Deliver, a New York-based charity that provides meals and nutritional counseling to people living with life-altering illnesses; and volunteering at various not-for-profit organizations and events.  He received his bachelor of arts in international relations from Lake Forest College and studied in the former Yugoslavia at the Filozofski Fakultet in Zagreb, Croatia.