Author Archives: Rusty Rueff

About Rusty Rueff

Rusty Rueff, author of purposed worKING. Rusty Rueff is the former Chairman Emeritus of The GRAMMY Foundation in Los Angeles. He most recently completed the successful 16 month leadership role as Coordinating National Co-Chair for Technology for Obama (T4O) for the reelection of President Obama and ten-years of Board service and President of the Board of Trustees of the American Conservatory Theater in San Francisco. Corporately, most recently Rueff was the Chief Executive Officer at SNOCAP, Inc. until the acquisition of the company by imeem, Inc. in April 2008. Before joining SNOCAP in 2005, he was Executive Vice President of Human Resources at Electronic Arts (EA) from 1998 until 2005. He was also with the PepsiCo companies for more than ten years, with the Pratt & Whitney division of United Technologies for two years, and in commercial radio as an on-air personality for six years. Rusty holds an M.S. in counseling and a B.A. in radio and television from Purdue University. In 2003 he was named a distinguished Purdue alumnus, and he and his wife, Patti, are the named benefactors of Purdue’s Patti and Rusty Rueff School of Visual and Performing Arts. He is a corporate director of Glassdoor.com and runcoach. He is the co-founder and Executive Committee Member of T4A.org, serves on the Founding Circle of The Centrist Project and a founding Board Member of The GRAMMY Music Education Coalition. He is also the co-author of the book Talent Force: A New Manifesto for the Human Side of Business. Rusty and his wife, Patti, reside in Hillsborough, CA and Charlestown, R.I.

day 3K154: A Different Way

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“God works in different ways, but it is the same God who does the work in all of us.”

I just happened to glance at the obituary section of the New York Times on Wednesday June 1st. What caught my eye was this picture.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

What I saw was a smiling face of a young man who in his smile felt like someone who was fun-loving, approachable and generous.  Come to find out, he was all of those things. Most notable was that he had a substantial impact for any of us who work with or support non-profit organizations.  Thomas Alfred Troyer was the tax attorney that wrote the draft tax legislation that allowed for the creation of a 501(c)(3) tax exempt organization.  Mr. Troyer had a significant impact on how our society here in the United States works. This was a good reminder for me that one person, using their talents and skills applied to a societal need, can make a difference.  The same can be said about anything; our work, our neighborhoods, our schools or our churches.  One person can make a difference and create a different way.

Jesus took a different way and modeled for us the importance of taking care of the poor, the widowed, the diseased, and those who are unjustly treated among us.  He and His Disciples did it without pay or earthly rewards.  He understood and lived the struggles of our broken humanity.  As the new media campaign says, “He gets us“.  If He could do all He did for us, then we can do our part to give back, sacrifice, and do our best to help those in need and to find our own different way to help.

Reference: 1 Corinthians 12:6 (New Living Translation)