Joe Randel
5.0
(12)
Studied at University of Texas at Dallas
Works at Walton Family Foundation
Successful clients at
Not currently taking new clients
About Joe
I’ve built a global career at the intersection of creativity, leadership, and learning—leading teams and initiatives across universities, startups, and mission-driven organizations. As a coach, I help early-career professionals and emerging leaders make confident pivots, uncover purpose, and approach challenges with curiosity and imagination. Clients say I have a knack for reading the room and asking the questions that matter most.
Why do I coach?
I love to help interesting people like you do inspiring work. Feeling stuck? Unsure of your big goal and how to get there? Started a new job or school and feeling like you're drinking from the fire hose? Sometimes the next move isn’t doing more—it’s pausing, zooming out, and creating space for clarity. That’s where I come in. I help folks surface insights, spark their creativity, and build momentum. Think of me as your collaboration sherpa: focused, steady, and anchored in helping you reach your next summit. Through coaching, I help folks cut through complexity, clarify goals, and find real progress. The result? The spark that generates the momentum you need to move the needle.
Work Experience
Senior Program Officer
Walton Family Foundation
June 2016 - Present
• Build relationships with grantees, potential grantees, and other partners across multiple sectors to reach shared goals. • Influence the development and implementation of the Home Region’s 2025 Strategic Plan, with a particular focus on Inclusive Shared Spaces & Experiences, Community Leadership and Organizational Capacity-Building, and Arts & Culture. • Perform due diligence on proposals, shepherd applications through the foundation’s approval process, conduct site visits, provide guidance and work with grantees in any way that will achieve significant impact. • Manage a diverse portfolio of municipal and non-profit grantees across multiple sectors. • Collaborate with Strategy, Learning, and Evaluation Department to develop impact frameworks and monitor progress towards strategy goals. • Support a strong team culture that values partnership, respect, continuous learning, and inclusion through planning and facilitating team building activities and learning experiences. • Serve as a critical advisor and subject matter expert to principals and colleagues while demonstrating expertise and integrity. Facilitation
Director of Programming
Texas Performing Arts
March 2014 - June 2016
• Serve as commercial talent buyer for Bass Concert Hall (Capacity: 2,913), Austin’s highest ticket-selling venue and the #1 ticket-selling Theater in Texas (Source: Pollstar). • Exceed performance goals, including breaking single-season concert revenue record by 25% (2015) and record for number of commercial events by 16% (2015) with 30% of events resulting from new promoter partnerships. • Negotiate terms of artist contracts and co-pro agreements; Conduct sales data research, risk assessment, develop revenue forecasts, and align with broader organizational goals of increased diversity of both audiences and artists. • Identify and secure Latin American and Latino artists in music, theater, and dance for annual subscription season. • Maintain and cultivate relationships with booking agents, co-promoters, and other venues nationwide to maximize access to the top-tier, diverse programming. • Manage portfolio of up to six multi-year strategic initiatives, including international cultural exchange projects, citywide Classical Music Task Force, NEH-funded “Music Unwound” programs, and comprehensive student employment program (recruitment, training, and mentoring of 80+ paid student workers). • Manage cross-functional “Patron Experience Team” to identify and operationalize new earned revenue streams while improving patron satisfaction during all stages of the customer experience; Train team members in ideation techniques. • Work closely with production staff to develop show budgets, identify and advocate for capital purchases, monitor budgetary targets, and maintain cost competitiveness while ensuring the high production standards in a world-class venue. • Recruit, supervise and mentor a staff of up to 10. Facilitation
Professor of Theatre
The University of Texas at Austin
August 2013 - May 2016
• Graduate level internship courses for students in the Department of Theatre & Dance (TD 393: Graduate Internship). • Independent study courses in producing Latin American Theatre (TD 395T: Advanced Projects in Performance Studies).
Business Development Consultant
Glennz Tees LLC
February 2013 - June 2015
• Lead international business development efforts, including development of global marketing and promotional strategy, outbound wholesale, affiliate marketing programs, systems for lead generation/qualification/prioritization, and internal sales commission strategy. • Negotiate international wholesale and distribution agreements across cultures. • Orchestra strategic partnerships with global sourcing and distribution partners. • Develop event strategy to increase sales and brand awareness.
Principal Consultant
Independent Consultant
January 2008 - May 2016
• Develop project plans, manage deliverables, coordinate communication, and oversee diverse aspects of projects including an international performing arts festival of the Americas at the nation’s third largest performing arts center (Adrienne Arsht Center for the Performing Arts of Miami-Dade County), a professional development seminar in Mexico for a national membership organization of performing arts professionals (Western Arts Alliance), and a bi-annual, regional festival celebrating Latin American and U.S. Latino arts and culture in Phoenix, AZ (CALA Alliance). • In partnership with 3 Day Startup, develop and facilitate entrepreneurship education programs for performing arts organizations emphasizing sustainability through startup techniques and earned revenue business models. • Program and facilitate an executive leadership retreat in San Antonio for arts administrators, focusing on the impact of the emerging Latino majority on the field. • Create business and operations plans for the multi-venue Performing Arts Center at Palo Alto College (San Antonio, TX), balancing service to the academic mission with earned revenue goals to achieve financial sustainability. • Conduct strategic needs assessment, evaluate feasibility, and define scope for educational and cultural exchange projects between international and US artists, government agencies, and educational institutions. • Devise and implement strategies for both non-profit and for-profit clients to capitalize on growth opportunities in Latin America and/or engaging with Latin American and Latino populations in the U.S. Facilitation
Director
Texas Performing Arts
2006 - May 2016
• Oversee all curatorial, operational, and administrative components, including contract negotiation and financial forecasting for multi-venue, Latin American/U.S. Latino performance series of 20+ events and annual budget of $225k. • Cultivate strategic relationship both on and off-campus and internationally with NGOs, cultural and academic institutions, and government agencies. • Identify and steward donor (individual, corporate, and foundational) and sponsor relationships valued at $650k. • Manage portfolio of up to 10 multi-year strategic initiatives, including international cultural exchange projects, citywide Classical Music Task Force, and a series of NEH-funded “Music Unwound” programs. • Co-author and implement an $80k Fulbright-Hays Group Projects Abroad Grant "Arts & Empowerment in Brazil." • Oversee a comprehensive student employment program (recruitment, training, and mentoring of 80+ paid student workers), as well as a volunteer student affinity group, student ticketing program, and a student-directed social space (“The Loft” at Bass Concert Hall). • Create marketing and PR campaigns to promote events using print, broadcast, online, and social media. • Expand program to include commercial Latin music concerts in the University’s sports arena, yielding on average 50% higher net profit per event. • Lead cross-functional team (Marketing, PR/Communications, Development, Education) to develop strategies for multi-cultural audience development and engagement, as well as identifying and building strategic community partnerships. • Manage cross-functional “Innovation Work Group” tasked with generating new revenue streams and cultivating new audiences; train members in ideation process and facilitate projects from innovation to development to actualization. • Recruit, supervise, and mentor staff of 10. Facilitation
Events Coordinator
Texas Performing Arts
August 2003 - November 2006
• Oversee all technical aspects of event production, including audio, lighting, and staging for 150+ performances annually at Austin’s top ticket-selling concert venue. • Recruit, retain, and manage a staff of 20 (Asst. Events Manager, Stage Managers, and Security personnel). • Develop production budgets and approve all related expenses. • Manage vendor relationships with A/V rental companies, caterers, and ground transportation providers. • Serve as liaison between artists and internal Production, Operations, and Marketing departments. • Create daily production schedules for up to five venues, determine labor requirements, and staff events. • Design and deploy comprehensive Production Database to enhance inter-departmental communication.
Education
University of Texas at Dallas
Professional Certificate, Executive & Professional Coaching
2025 - 2025
The Professional Certificate in Executive and Professional Coaching is a 12 month, noncredit track program. Students are prepared to be certified for the Level II credential of the International Coach Federation (ICF).
University of Texas at Austin
EMBA, Business Administration & Management
2010 - 2012
Executive MBA Program at the McCombs School of Business Activities and societies: Winner of Dean’s Leadership & Service Award
Dickinson College
BA, Spanish
1997 - 2001
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Overall Rating
5.0
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