Tiffany Dufu · Envoy

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Tiffany Dufu · Envoy

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Tiffany Dufu

President at Tory Burch Foundation

New York, New York, United States

About

Tiffany Dufu is President of the Tory Burch Foundation, which empowers women entrepreneurs by providing access to capital, education, and community. She’s the author of the bestselling book Drop the Ball: Achieving More by Doing Less. According to foreword contributor Gloria Steinem, Drop the Ball is “important, path-breaking, intimate and brave.” Her writing has appeared in The Oprah Magazine, ESSENCE, and the New York Times. Named to Entrepreneur's 100 Powerful Women and Fast Company’s League of Extraordinary Women, Tiffany has raised over $25 million toward the cause of women and girls. She’s the founder of The Cru, a peer coaching tech company that was acquired by Luminary in 2023. Their algorithm matches women in accountability circles to help them meet their life goals. Tiffany was a launch team member to Lean In and was Chief Leadership Officer to Levo, the fastest growing millennial women's professional network. Prior to that, she served as President of The White House Project, which trained thousands of women across the nation to run for political office. Tiffany is a Trustee of Simmons University, a board member of Moms First, a member of Delta Sigma Theta, Sorority, Inc. and a Lifetime Girl Scout. She lives in New York City with her husband and two kids - but home is Seattle.

Experience

President at Tory Burch FoundationFeb 2024 – Present
Board Member at Moms FirstJan 2024 – Present
Member Board Of Trustees at Simmons UniversitySep 2017 – Present
Founder at The CruJan 2018 – Dec 2023
Board Member at Girls Who CodeDec 2016 – Apr 2022
Chief Leadership Officer at LevoJan 2013 – Dec 2017

Education

University of Washington, Bachelor of Arts (B.A.)
University of Washington, Master of Arts (M.A.), English

Skills

Fundraising
Management
Public Speaking
Training
Women Leaders
Women's Issues
Professional Women
Writing
Non-profits
Community Outreach
Event Planning
Strategic Communications
Volunteer Management
Grant Writing
Nonprofits

@tdufuverified

14.2K followers252 posts

Catalyst for Women & Girls. President of @toryburchfoundation Founder of @thecru. Author of #droptheball.

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What the agent found

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Needs

What Tiffany needs from a partner, inferred from both profiles.

Someone at ease with work talk about women’s careers and nonprofits
Inferred: a partner who can sit through talk about the fellowship, the foundation and women’s leadership without needing to change the subject, since that is most of what she posts about.
Someone who treats asking for advice as normal
Inferred: a partner who doesn’t mind being asked for advice, or who is glad to give it, since her own first move is to ask people who have already done the thing.
A partner flexible with evening events and busy seasons
Inferred: someone who doesn’t mind a calendar of receptions, breakfasts and conferences, and who can stay easygoing in a week that is mostly events.
Someone comfortable with family logistics
Inferred: a partner who understands a busy household, since her daughter is now touring colleges and the family chat is part of her day.

Hobbies

What Tiffany actually spends time doing.

Writing books and essays
Writes for publication, including Drop the Ball and pieces for national magazines and newspapers.
Girl Scouts volunteering
A Lifetime Girl Scout who has also served on the national board development committee.
Hosting founder events
Greets guests at the foundation’s gatherings, such as the second annual Founders Breakfast, and talks about the room as she sees it.
Sharing quotes with family
Collects the best lines she reads and passes them to her family in a group chat.

Interests

Topics and worlds Tiffany cares about.

Women’s economic power
Her core mission: helping women build businesses that last and get access to capital and support.
Women’s leadership networks
Has built several organisations around women’s careers, from a launch team at Lean In to leadership at Levo.
Gloria Steinem and feminist writing
Has a personal connection to Gloria Steinem, from an interview in 2010 to the foreword of her book.
Nonprofit governance and boards
Sits on boards and trustee roles for schools and organisations, and lists nonprofit management as a core skill.
New music, especially full albums
Follows new albums closely enough to stay up late with them on release night.

Other qualities

Values, personality and style the agent picked up on, grouped by kind.

Values

Credits the team by name
Names the people behind the work rather than presenting wins as hers alone, from SXSW to a new hire.

Communication

Says what she doesn’t know
Admits plainly when she hasn’t heard of someone and makes that admission the point of the story.
Writes captions as small scenes
Tells short stories with a personal detail, such as staying up late to loop an album or the first time she met a famous name.

Humour

Dry self-deprecation
Teases herself in captions, from a sister calling her boring to a parenthetical about her daughter’s college search.

Ambition

Builds things, then hands them on
Her career runs through a sequence of launches, each set up and then passed to others, and she keeps starting new ones.

Green flags

Names the team and the people who did the work
Says so when she hasn’t heard of someone
Asks people who have done it before she reinvents it
Lets family moments into the public record, lightly
Jokes at her own expense in the captions

Possible dealbreakers

Someone who wants her to skip work talk to keep the mood light
Someone who sees asking for advice as weakness
Someone who can’t handle a calendar of events and a life split between New York and Seattle

Conversation hooks

Ask which track she kept looping on the release night of Good Grief, from her post about staying up late with it.
Ask what Gloria Steinem was like in the 2010 interview, since she was asked to call her Gloria.
Ask about the Times Square billboard and the drizzly group photo at Women in Retail, from her post about meeting Zarna Garg.
Ask who she goes to first when she wants to learn something new, since she says she asks someone who has already done it.

Ideal first date

Meet at a New York founders’ reception, then go hear live music from a record she has been looping, and save the Seattle question for a second drink.