Skip to content

Tom Borrup

TOM BORRUP, Ph.D., is a planner, educator, and nonprofit arts leader with over twenty-five years of experience consulting with cities, foundations, and nonprofits across the United States and internationally. His books include The Power of Culture in City Planning and The Creative Community Builder’s Handbook.

Borrup holds a Ph.D. in Leadership and Change from Antioch University, an M.A. in Communications and Public Policy from Goddard College, and a B.A. in Liberal Arts from Goddard College. He is Senior Lecturer and Director of Graduate Studies for the University of Minnesota’s Master of Professional Studies in Arts and Cultural Leadership.

When not writing, Borrup leads Creative Community Builders, the consultancy he founded. He previously served as executive director of Intermedia Arts, a multidisciplinary, multicultural community arts center in Minneapolis, from 1980 to 2002.

Tom lives in Minneapolis.

Tom Borrup’s books are published by Fieldstone Alliance, an imprint of Turner Publishing.

Browse more: New Releases · Award-Winning Books