Tom Venditti leads the consultancy at Heather James Fine Art, Montecito, California. He brings a wealth of experience, having advised prominent art collectors on building and managing their collections. Over the past five years, Tom has been a New York-based independent art advisor as well as a collection design, installation, and management consultant.

Previously, Tom served as the Senior Director of Art Collections for Vulcan Inc. Seattle, WA. where  he advised on acquisitions and deaccessions for the Paul Allen Family art collection. During his 14 years at Vulcan Inc., he conducted due diligence for acquisitions; established strategic planning and procedural standards for collections management serving multiple properties globally. Prior to joining Vulcan Tom was an advisor and consultant for several prominent private collectors in Seattle.