Tyson has been managing successful advancement strategies for over 20 years, having served in a variety of leadership and management roles with Advancement Offices and Foundations. He has experience leading and managing all direct reporting areas of advancement: annual giving, major gifts, corporate and foundation relations, planned giving, alumni relations, and database management. He has shaped policy in areas as diverse as board governance, endowment management, scholarship management, financial aid, stewardship, comprehensive budgeting, marketing, branding, and athletics.

Tyson holds a Ph.D. in Higher Education with a specialization in Human Resource Management. Notably, his dissertation research focused on leveraging databases to analyze the relationship between a student’s engagement and future alumni giving. This positions him as one of the few researchers in the country with expertise in this specific area.  His research findings provide valuable insights for optimizing annual giving and major gift strategies.