{"id":1501,"date":"2017-11-30T15:47:38","date_gmt":"2017-11-30T15:47:38","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/buffkinbaker.wpengine.com\/?post_type=news&#038;p=1501"},"modified":"2021-04-20T19:58:36","modified_gmt":"2021-04-20T19:58:36","slug":"nat-sutton-partner-nonprofit-practice","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/buffkinbaker.com\/newscat\/nat-sutton-partner-nonprofit-practice\/","title":{"rendered":"Buffkin \/ Baker Names Nat Sutton Partner in Nonprofit Practice"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong><em>Former Heidrick &amp; Struggles vice chairman bolsters New York team<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>NASHVILLE, Tenn., Nov. 29, 2017 <\/strong>\u2013 Buffkin \/ Baker, a leading national retained search firm, is pleased to announce that Nathaniel J. Sutton \u2013 former partner and vice chairman of Heidrick &amp; Struggles \u2013 has joined the firm as partner and head of its nonprofit practice.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cNat has more than 17 years of executive search experience, and has been immensely successful in the nonprofit, higher education and philanthropic arenas,\u201d said Craig Buffkin, managing partner of Buffkin \/ Baker. \u201cNat is also an innovator in the banking industry, where he advanced leading-edge public affairs and customer service strategies for Citgroup. We are thrilled to have him leading our nonprofit practice.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>For seven years, he headed the education and non- profit practice of Heidrick &amp; Struggles, where he grew the practice from $3 million to $17 million in annual revenue.<\/p>\n<p>During his tenure at Heidrick &amp; Struggles, Sutton served major education, arts, cultural and philanthropic organizations, as well as leading corporations. His clients have included The American Red Cross, Make-A-Wish Foundation, Columbia University, Dartmouth College, Howard University, Yale University, the University of Connecticut, The Cleveland Museum, Jazz at Lincoln Center, Norton Museum of Art, the Miami Art Museum, as well as The John D. and Catherine T. MacArthur Foundation, the MasterCard Foundation, the Robin Hood Foundation and the Marion Ewing Kauffman Foundation, Ford Motor Company, Raytheon, Bank of America, Citigroup\/Citibank, and US Trust.<\/p>\n<p>Sutton also previously served as vice president and director of corporate communications for Citigroup. At Citi he oversaw the corporation\u2019s internal and external communications, investor communications, new media and creative services. As head of the corporate customer affairs group, he developed Citibank\u2019s first global customer service strategy and five-year public affairs plan. During his tenure <em>BusinessWeek <\/em>recognized the company\u2019s public relations group as one of the world\u2019s 10 best.<\/p>\n<p>He is a board member of the League of American Orchestras, the Community Anti-Drug Coalitions of America (CADCA) and the Harvard Business School Club. Sutton is a former board member of the American Folk Art Museum, former board chair of Opus 118 Harlem School of Music and a former trustee of the Metropolitan Opera Guild.<\/p>\n<p>Sutton holds a bachelor\u2019s degree from City College of New York, and a diploma from Centre d\u2019Etudes Industrielles in Lausanne, Switzerland. He is an alumnus of the Harvard Business School\u2019s Advanced Management Program (AMP).<\/p>\n<p>\u201cBuffkin \/ Baker has had significant growth as a retained search firm, and has bolstered its nonprofit, higher education, health care, digital, media and entertainment practices,\u201d said Sutton. \u201cThis success \u2013 especially in the nonprofit sector \u2013 was very appealing to me, and I am eager to join the leadership team to continue building the firm for the future.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Former Heidrick &amp; Struggles vice chairman bolsters New York team NASHVILLE, Tenn., Nov. 29, 2017 \u2013 Buffkin \/ Baker, a leading national retained search firm, is pleased to announce that Nathaniel J. 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