About Our Founder, Robin Harding

Robin has always been a strong believer in helping others and giving back, so after more than 25 years of progressive, successful leadership experience in the non-profit and corporate arena, she founded Behind the Scenes ® (BTS) Productions, Inc. During her most recent tenure as Executive Vice President and COO of the Juvenile Diabetes Research Foundation (JDRF) International, she is credited with leading the organization's development programs resulting in more than $200 million annually in revenue. She launched JDRFs $1 billion five year global philanthropic campaign, From Research to Reality-the Campaign to Accelerate the Cure for Diabetes, which successfully concluded in 2009 at $1.13 billion.

With her keen sense of what it takes to help organizations achieve their financial, fundraising and philanthropic goals, she has that rare ability to not only work independently and effectively, but as a partner and collaborator too. Robin is known for quickly gaining the respect and support of chief executives and key stakeholders, while assessing programs and operations and developing strategies that help organizations succeed.

She holds a bachelor of art degree in liberal arts and sciences from the University of Illinois at Chicago and is a graduate of the Northwestern University Kellogg School of Management's Advanced Executive Program.

Throughout my career, I was struck by the number of people who would refer to me as the person who was behind the scenes, making sure the job got done. In thinking about my own firm, I realized that as a consultant, I wanted to continue in that vein, keeping my clients front and center, but always being there for them, behind the scenes.