Andy Tarsy has spent thirty years building relationships, coalitions, and institutions that produce outcomes others can't replicate — measured in reach, relevance, results, and revenue; measured in access and impact. His approach is rare: Andy listens first and then helps you get aligned — your vision, your values, your operation. What follows is an uncommon and collaborative effort to build the relationships and connections that turn your alignment into impact and advantage.
Andy brings deep executive and advisory experience to his work, with true immersion in business, nonprofit organizations and the public sector. At the start of his career, Andy worked for a boutique consulting firm focused on improving critical public infrastructure, producing research that was cited in a U.S. Supreme Court opinion. After law school, he joined the Civil Rights Division of the U.S. Department of Justice as a Trial Attorney, where he investigated and litigated discrimination cases across the country. Andy later served as Civil Rights Counsel and then Executive Director of the Anti-Defamation League of New England, where he strengthened a pre-eminent organization by fortifying its strategic focus, attracting a new generation of leaders, and innovating with new ideas and re-imagined legacy programs. He also made an internationally recognized public stand on Armenian genocide recognition that cost him his job and cemented his reputation for doing what principled leadership actually requires.
Andy co-founded and led the Alliance for Business Leadership, growing an informal network to a community of more than 200 business leaders into learning and taking action on public policy issues that were rarely on the agenda of traditional industry groups.
He served as President of the Edward M. Kennedy Institute for the United States Senate, leading the effort to get a landmark institution built, open, and ready to serve at a critical moment for American democracy.
Since that time, Andy launched two consulting practices, and served as Senior VP of Strategy and Business Development for Everseat, a health IT start-up focused on increasing patient access and provider efficiency which was acquired by Relatient. Later he co-founded the Massachusetts Business Immigration Coalition, and led a strategic initiative to deepen the Boston area commercial real estate sector's connection to Black and Latino investors and contractors, leading to millions of dollars in new opportunities and a web of new relationships.
Andy created Emblem out of a firm belief that our important choices should be emblematic of our vision and values. He offers direct counsel and honest guidance that puts the client in a position to succeed on their own. He can work alone or custom build the right team via the Emblem Network: a carefully assembled group of deeply aligned colleagues with different kinds of expertise and social capital.
Recently, Andy has taught MBA and undergrad students at Boston University's Questrom School of Business. He currently serves as a Trustee at Benjamin Franklin Cummings Institute of Technology — in addition to acting in community theater and coaching youth soccer and softball.
