Tim Phillips

Tim Phillips

Tim Phillips is general counsel for American Cancer Society and leads a team of legal and compliance professionals to assure that the organization develops, implements and maintains its mission, fundraising and strategic research strategies and operations in accordance with all applicable laws governing public charities. Phillips also provides strategic legal counsel to the organization’s board, program and operations leadership.

He is a member of the NonProfit PRO editorial advisory board.
A Steward's Perspective: A Culture of Compliance Is More Important Than Ever

Mature charitable enterprises operating in today’s challenging environment view their compliance obligations through the lens of stewardship. They see risk and opportunity as two sides of the same coin. An organization that effectively manages its compliance risk is almost certainly, by definition, an organization poised to take expedient advantage of available opportunity...