Tim Fish is the founder and partner at Two Chairs Studio, a strategy and design firm focused on doing deep work with purpose-driven organizations. Before forming Two Chairs in 2024, he was the Chief Innovation Officer at NAIS. Tim has worked closely with over 500 independent schools in the last 25 years. He has conducted board retreats at over 150 schools, given hundreds of presentations, and talked with thousands of school leaders about their challenges and opportunities. While at NAIS, he led internal innovation efforts and was a member of the Strategy Lab team. The team develops deep partnerships with member schools to co-create tools and frameworks that build capacity for designing and implementing strategy and innovation. Tim was a member of the Jobs To Be Done research team and served as the host for the New View EDU podcast. 

Tim has deep roots in the independent school community and a long history at McDonogh School (Maryland) where he served as the associate headmaster for many years. While at McDonogh, he oversaw the academic program, strategic planning, admissions, and campus planning, and served as the interim CFO.  Tim was also the founding president and CEO of the FolioCollaborative, a nonprofit community of more than 175 schools worldwide, focused on working together to build a flexible faculty/staff development process grounded in strong relationships and meaningful conversations. 

Tim is the co-author of the book Leadership and Technology at Independent Schools.  He started his career as a 4th-grade teacher and has served as a founder, board member, and consultant for a variety of schools, organizations, and companies.  He has served on six non-profit boards and recently completed his service on the board of Viewpoint School, a 1,200-student PreK-12 school in Los Angeles.  Tim has an undergraduate degree from St. Francis University and an M.Ed. from George Mason University.  Tim is also the father of four children (The Four Fish Sticks).  Tim and his wife, Diane, live outside Baltimore, Maryland.