Tad has dedicated thirty years of his career to partnerships and innovation across a broad range of public and private sectors. Prior to joining the Burnham Center as its founding President and CEO, Tad headed Parzen Civic Solutions, providing strategic vision, management and implementation services to philanthropy, government and non-profits—work that specialized in in cross-sector public-private collaboration to enhance communities and lives.
Formerly a partner at the San Diego law firm of Hillyer & Irwin, Tad pivoted to public service and philanthropy in 2000. Since then, he’s served as General Counsel for the San Diego Unified School District, Executive Vice President of Price Philanthropies, Founder and Executive Director of the City Heights Partnership for Children, co-architect and counsel to the Partnership for Los Angeles Schools, education reform consultant to Los Angeles Unified School District, and design-builder of the Oceanside Promise, among other positions and civic board and committee affiliations. He holds a B.A. in Philosophy from UCLA and a J. D. from University of the Pacific, McGeorge School of Law.