Tiziana Dearing is CEO of Boston Rising, a new grant-making organization focused on breaking the cycle of generational poverty in Boston. Prior to joining Boston Rising, Dearing was the president of Catholic Charities for the Archdiocese of Boston. Dearing was responsible for the leadership and operation of a social service agency with a budget of $40 million, serving nearly 200,000 of the Commonwealth's poor and marginalized each year.
Prior to joining Catholic Charities, Dearing was executive director of the Hauser Center for Nonprofit Organizations at Harvard University. Dearing managed the organization's operations, as well as writing, speaking, and doing research on nonprofit organizations and civil society. Prior to joining the Hauser Center, Dearing was a consultant for 10 years, to senior managers in both nonprofits and private corporations. She started her own consulting company in 1997, and specialized in strategy development and implementation, executive decision-making and coaching, and large and small group facilitation for nonprofits.
Dearing has a master's in public policy from the Harvard Kennedy School, with concentrations in international security policy and negotiation and conflict resolution. She received an undergraduate degree in English from the University of Michigan. In January 2010, the Greater Boston Chamber of Commerce awarded her its Pinnacle Award as Emerging Executive. The Boston Business Journal named her one of the "Top 40 Under 40" business leaders in Boston in 2008, and the New England Women's Leadership Awards gave Dearing their Community Spirit Award in 2009.