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TIAA is a leading provider of financial services in the academic, research, medical, cultural, and government fields. TIAA has $1.2 trillion in assets under management (as of Q3/20) and offers a wide range of strategies, including investing, banking, advice and education and retirement services.

EAB’s mission is to make education smarter and communities stronger. The firm harnesses the collective power of more than 1,500 schools, colleges, and universities to uncover and apply proven practices and transformative insights. EAB knows complex problems require multifaceted solutions, and they work with each school differently to apply these insights through a customized blend of research, technology, and services. From kindergarten to college and beyond, EAB partners with education leaders, practitioners, and staff to accelerate progress and drive results across three key areas: enrollment management, student success, and institutional operations and strategy.

Ellucian is the market leader charting the digital future of higher education with a portfolio of cloud-ready technology solutions and services. Serving more than 2,700 customers in over 50 countries, reaching over 20 million students, Ellucian delivers student information systems (SIS), finance and HR, financial aid, integration, analytics, recruiting, retention, and advancement software solutions. Ellucian also supports the higher education community with a range of professional services that includes application software implementation, management consulting, and grants services.

National Management Resources Corporation was founded in 1978. National provides services exclusively to private institutions of higher learning. Services include physical plant maintenance and repair, custodial, landscape, event planning and setups, security, and construction management. National tailors its services to meet the needs and goals of the clients the company serves. With National, you can rest assured that your facilities look their best for recruitment, retention, and advancement. National helps make colleges and universities look picture perfect all of the time.

Strada Education Network is a national 501(c)(3) nonprofit dedicated to improving lives by catalyzing more direct and promising pathways between education and employment. Strada engages partners across education, nonprofits, business, and government to focus relentlessly on students’ success throughout all phases of their working lives. Together, they address critical college to career challenges through strategic philanthropy, research and insights, and mission-aligned affiliates — all focused on advancing the universal right to realized potential Strada calls Completion With a Purpose. 

Aramark is a campus partner for dining and facility solutions. Their innovative dining services include master planning, culinary development, venue design, catering, concessions, and residential, quick-serve and express dining concepts. Aramark's expertise extends to facilities services including maintenance, custodial, grounds, energy and engineering solutions, capital project management, and building commissioning.

Farrell Day empowers college and university leaders to make data-informed decisions. The organization uses a proprietary combination of data, context, and expertise to help student-serving institutions achieve their goals. Farrell Day aggregates, analyzes, and benchmarks student record-level data from departments across campus and the larger higher education marketplace so that they can illuminate actionable insights for their clients.

Gonser Gerber LLP understands that each university or college is unique. The firm takes time to get to know the president and other institutional leaders to understand each institution’s particular opportunities and challenges. Gonser Gerber is based on forming individually crafted relationships. Gonser Gerber, founded in 1950, is the nation’s first advancement consulting firm serving higher education institutions. The firm’s services have provided more than 800 clients with innovative solutions, improved philanthropic performance, and campaign goals achieved.

Jenzabar is a leader in delivering modern ERP, SIS, and data analytics solutions to higher education institutions around the world. Created out of a passion for education and driven by a vision of technology innovation, Jenzabar’s comprehensive suite of cloud-based solutions and services gives institutions the state-of-the-art functionality required to address the needs and expectations of today’s modern, digital-savvy students. With over 30 years of experience, Jenzabar supports more than 1,300 campuses worldwide with intuitive and powerful offerings than enable long-term success for both institutions and their students.

Johnson, Grossnickle and Associates has taken an authentic and thoughtful approach to all aspects of strategic and philanthropic consulting for its clients since 1994. JGA focuses on the concepts of mission, strategy, and accountability that underlie the philanthropic relationship and helps clients achieve high standards. JGA's team of experienced senior consultants offer client-focused, highly customized solutions to private colleges, independent schools, and large cultural organizations in the Central United States. The full-service firm assists with capital campaigns, development audits, feasibility studies, and general fundraising counsel.

Metz Culinary Management is a family-driven company that collaborates with its clients to deliver restaurant-inspired hospitality to each and every guest since 1994. By taking the time to learn the needs of those we serve, Metz Culinary Management provides unsurpassed service that exceeds the needs of our guests. In 2019, Food Management Magazine named Metz the Top 13 Management Company in the U.S. and one of the Top 8 Risers.

Sodexo, a leader in quality of life services, is committed to enhancing the learning environment on campus. By focusing on quality of life services, the company reinforces the overall experience of campus life, which in turn improves its partners’ effectiveness and performance. From designing meals around lifestyle needs to designing buildings for increasing enrollments, its commitment to providing students and staff a nurturing learning environment spans the entire campus experience. 

The Registry is the nation's leading firm in the interim executive space. It is the only membership-based interim placement firm, which provides a business model that preempts the need for expensive, time-consuming, and potentially disruptive open-market interim searches. Over the last quarter-century, the Registry has defined and institutionalized "best practices" for the engagement of interim executives. Now with over 1,000 members, the Registry is prepared to respond to the interim needs and requirements of colleges and universities in every sector and throughout the nation. The Registry can immediately generate interim candidate pools for presidents/chancellors, all cabinet positions, and deans. Most importantly, the Registry provides the very best interim talent, and its members continue to achieve the very best results for their college and university clients.

Wiley Education Services, a division of Wiley, is a leading, global provider of technology-enabled education solutions to meet the evolving needs of universities, corporations, and, ultimately, learners. They partner with more than 60 institutions across the U.S., Europe, and Australia, and support over 800 degree programs. Their best-in-class services and market insights are driven by a deep commitment and expertise proven to elevate enrollment, retention, and completion rates.

​AGB Consulting is a leader in higher education, providing strategic and tactical guidance to colleges and universities on governance, the business model, and strategic issues.  Their experts craft solutions tailored to institutional needs, goals, and mission that help colleges and universities become more sustainable, competitive, and prosperous–and AGB Consulting provides assistance through implementation to ensure winning outcomes.

Acadeum, formerly known as College Consortium, works with CIC colleges and universities committed to sharing high-quality online courses to improve student success. Together, Acadeum and the CIC Online Course Sharing Consortium are unlocking the collective potential of institutions to ensure that all learners have access to the courses they need at the time they need them. More than 200 CIC members now use Acadeum’s cross enrollment platform to improve student retention and completion while increasing institutional revenue.

Blue Moon Consulting Group (BMCG) provides colleges and universities insight, counsel, and experience to help them effectively manage real-time responses to significant issues and crisis events. BMCG also help schools mitigate issues and avoid crises altogether through the development of proactive issues management programs, the enhancement of crisis management and communications plans, and the use of training, exercises and leadership sessions. Their goal is to build an organizational culture in which reputation is viewed as a key asset and fundamental strategic input into decision-making.

Capture Higher Ed uses data and technology to attract, engage, and recruit mission-fit students. Capture leverages demographic, socio-economic, and behavioral data to deliver valuable insights for more effective and progressive student recruitment. Using an algorithmic approach, Capture maximizes meaningful engagement with prospective students at the most influential times in their decision-making journey, providing a better ROI to its partner institutions. Capture’s proprietary technology is built specifically for enrollment professionals, with real-time analytics and data visualization tools to easily monitor progress and measure the success of enrollment goals at any time. Headquartered in Louisville, Kentucky, Capture Higher Ed has served nearly 75 higher education institutions across the country, and has been recognized by Fortune as one of the greatest places to work and by Inc. 5000 as a fast-growing U.S. company. 

Credo has partnered with independent college and university presidents, cabinets, and board members around the country for more than 20 years, using a team of interdisciplinary experts to develop, research, implement, and help presidents and leadership teams go farther faster and more efficiently. Credo's expertise in this sector of the higher education marketplace allows them to understand the unique challenges independent institutions face, as well as add context to the cultural, societal, and economic pressures influencing change. Informed by a holistic approach to institutional health, Credo delivers action and results in strategic planning, campus planning, student success, enrollment, and architecture.

​Gray Associates provides higher education institutions with the data, advanced analytical tools, and rigorous research they need to forecast decisions, assess the competition, and model economics. Gray’s exclusive data analytics tools and unparalleled analysis provide academic institutions with deep strategic insight.

​Nearpeer improves enrollment, student engagement, wellness, and inclusion. The firm’s Peer Engagement Platform connects students academically and socially with their peers in a private, virtual community that is focused on authentic, 1:1 peer connections between students. Nearpeer’s unique approach serves all students, with special focus on introverted and less confident students who are at higher risk of loneliness and isolation. They also have demonstrated outsized impact with underrepresented populations’ sense of belonging. Nearpeer’s impact on their partners’ enrollment yield, melt, and persistence deliver over $1 million per year in higher tuition revenue.

​Pearl Meyer advises boards and senior management on the alignment of executive compensation with business and leadership strategy, making pay programs a powerful catalyst for value creation and competitive advantage. Pearl Meyer’s global clients range from emerging high-growth, not-for-profit, and private companies to the Fortune 500 and FTSE 350. The firm has offices in Atlanta, Baltimore, Boston, Charlotte, Chicago, Houston, London, Los Angeles, New York, Raleigh, and San Jose.

​Raymond D. Cotton and Associates, attorneys at law, is a small law firm and consultancy, located in Washington, D.C. and dedicated solely to higher education. The firm represents presidents, boards of trustees, and other top-level executives at colleges and universities on matters such as employment contracts, executive compensation, performance evaluation, and intermediate sanctions. They also conduct compensation studies of presidents. The firm’s primary Partner is Raymond D. Cotton who has represented over 400 colleges, universities and presidents. His work has earned him recognition in many national publications including The New York Times, The Wall Street Journal, and The Washington Post. Mr. Cotton has been recognized by Best Lawyers in America for Education Law and Chambers USA: America’s Leading Lawyers for Employee Benefits and Executive Compensation.

Stevens Strategy, LLC is a full-service consulting firm specializing in managing the process of strategic change in colleges, universities, and schools. The firm offers professional services to the leaders of these institutions in the following areas: institutional vision and strategy, strategic organizational leadership, market and program analytics, finance and data analytics, and institution-wide policy manual development. Stevens Strategy’s consultants have extensive experience serving colleges, universities, and schools—including positions as present and former trustees, presidents, faculty members, vice presidents, and other senior staff—each with a particular area of expertise in leadership and management. The firm’s clients include independent and public institutions from the largest universities to the smallest colleges and schools in America and throughout the world. 

Ziegler provides its higher education clients with private placement structuring, capital raising, public private partnership structuring, strategic advisory services, equity and fixed-income sales and trading, for both rated and non-rated bond issues. The higher education practice complements Ziegler's other business lines in the healthcare, senior living and education sectors, allowing us to leverage our unique expertise in complex credit structures and financial advisory services. Through the practice, independent colleges and universities can learn what their competitors are doing, keep abreast of market trends, and take advantage of new financing opportunities.

​BKD CPAs & Advisors helps higher education institutions nationwide maintain financial stability, manage risks, and stay compliant with accounting standards and changing tax laws. By partnering with BKD CPAs & Advisors, colleges and universities can take advantage of opportunities, meet student needs, and prepare for what’s next. The firm’s knowledgeable advisors work with colleges and universities of all shapes and sizes, offering audit, tax, and consulting services, including contribution margin and program economics analysis. 

Derck & Edson, LLC‘s commitment to higher education is demonstrated through their numerous planning, enhancement, and athletics projects on campuses throughout the United States. The firm’s expertise is demonstrated by the lasting, positive impressions that their work leaves on college and university campuses. Since 1940, the company has been transforming campuses through planning, design, and implementation services that meet the needs of colleges and universities, including: feasibility studies, master planning, athletic facilities design, implementation services, engineering, GIS services, architectural services, site design, circulation solutions, construction observation, inventory and analysis, and identity enhancement. 

EIIA is a nonprofit member-driven consortium, committed to protecting the assets and reputation of private, faith-inspired institutions of higher education through the delivery of innovative insurance and risk management solutions. EIIA integrates the collective wisdom of their members with industry expertise to achieve a dynamic partnership that generates extraordinary results for property & casualty, student insurance, and employee benefit programs. EIIA’s dedicated risk management team is prepared to assist in addressing the complex issues impacting campuses today. The value of EIIA lies in more than their innovative solutions. It rests in the strength of their consortium.

​GMB Architecture + Engineering is an architectural and engineering firm specializing in higher education, sports, K-12 education, healthcare, corporate, and industrial environments. Founded as an architectural firm in 1968, their list of services quickly grew to include mechanical, electrical, civil, and structural engineering, interior design, and landscape architecture. GMB offices are filled with over 100 experts who enjoy sharing their knowledge, and it’s amazing what great minds can do when they work together. The firm has 50 years of learning, growing, and giving back under their belts and serve their clients from four offices: Holland, Grand Rapids and Royal Oak, Michigan, and Indianapolis, Indiana.

Hastings+Chivetta Architects, Inc. practices the firm’s mission statement every day, “Building clients, not just projects.” Over 80 percent of their projects are on a repeat or referral basis for higher education clients throughout the nation. For a half-century, the dedicated staff has participated in the master planning, design, and construction of every campus project type from science to athletics. From this experience they have gained a deep understanding of what campus leaders require to deliver projects that instill pride in past and future graduates. Hastings+Chivetta is committed to planning and designing facilities that meet each client’s unique requirements. The firm is recognized as a steward of sustainable design that supports its clients’ missions. Hastings+Chivetta is proud to have worked with over 70 CIC institutions in their 58-year history. 

Hyatt-Fennell, Executive Search is a highly successful national and international executive search firm. The firm includes a strong support staff and excellent senior consultants who are rich in higher education and recruitment experience. Hyatt-Fennell is well-known and respected for placing top executives with private colleges and universities. Through a partnership with its clients, Hyatt-Fennell enhances and streamlines the search process and provides a commitment to find the perfect person for each position. Hyatt-Fennell brings over 60 years of experience to the process of client-centered service.

Spelman Johnson is a premier executive search firm exclusively serving higher education. Recruiting talented leaders, Spelman Johnson’s success is strengthened by their deep and diverse relationships and their investment in the development of a leadership pipeline.

Synergis Education works with colleges and universities to develop, launch, and expand niche degree programs in face-to-face, online, and blended program formats. With a special focus on in-demand programs in nursing and education, Synergis assists institutions by providing expertise and resources devoted to marketing, recruitment, retention, instructional design, and data integration. Their approach is to enable institutional partners to extend their reach by creating high demand programs with environments and services that attract prospective students. Since 2011, Synergis has built and supported over 60 degree programs on behalf of its diverse institutional partners and has enrolled more than 12,000 students.

​Two Ocean Education Partners connects students with transformative educational opportunities. They leverage their combined expertise in higher education and Fortune 500 marketing to create new learner-first approaches to inquiry, application, and yield marketing. Informed by behavioral data, Two Ocean Education Partners’ responsive marketing deepens relationships with Gen-Z “super scanners” and value-seeking parents to move them towards right-fit educational experiences—all in the service of helping their partners achieve mission-critical enrollment, diversity, and revenue goals.

Ardeo Education Solutions helps colleges and universities increase enrollment. Ardeo is a mission-driven company that provides loan repayment assistance programs (LRAPs) proven to impact enrollment decisions by eliminating uncertainty around student and parent loans after graduation. Formerly known as LRAP Association, Ardeo Education Solutions has been providing enrollment management support for over a decade and is the only company offering LRAPs to colleges and universities.

Asset Strategy Consultants has been providing independent investment consulting services to endowments, foundations, retirement plans, operating reserves, and private wealth for 29 years. With a long history of supporting educational clients, ASC can service both endowment portfolios as well as 403(b) plans for higher-ed. ASC’s thoughtful approach to investing helps manage risk and responsibility for institutions while achieving their individual investment needs and spending goals. Whether it be traditional consulting or an outsourced CIO model, ASC provides fiduciary oversight, education, and governance. In addition, growing 403(b) plans and offering financial wellness is how the firm helps college and university employees.

​BHDP designs intelligent and innovative places of learning and discovery that inspire thinkers and leaders for higher education. BHDP is proud to be the presenting sponsor of The Board Education Series™. This new series offers university presidents and their boards exceptional thought leadership from leading subject matter experts in all aspects of higher education. This specialized content will assist presidents as they seek to lead their trustees on essential issues tailored to their unique circumstances. The Board Education Series is offered at no cost to strengthen institutional leaders as they seek to achieve economic equilibrium, market differentiation, and institutional prosperity.

​Goff Public is a Minnesota-based public relations and lobbying firm that has been helping clients share their stories, shape public opinion, and protect their reputations for more than 50 years. Goff Public is focused on three areas: relationships, reputations, and results. The members of the firm are proven problem solvers who set the standard for client service, offering a full range of public relations expertise from crisis communications to strategic plans and communication audits to proactive media relations. Goff Institute, the training arm of Goff Public, has trained thousands of leaders and spokespeople across the country on how to interact with the media, respond in a crisis, and effectively advocate for their organization.

Lindauer is proud to be one of the world’s leading retained executive search firms focused on nonprofits, ranked in Hunt Scanlon’s 2020 list of the top 50 executive search firms in the United States. Since its founding more than 20 years ago, Lindauer has grown into a global firm serving education, health, arts, policy, foundation and charity organizations across the United States and on four continents. Long known as fierce advocates for diversity and inclusion, Lindauer remains a trusted partner, convener, leader and driver of equity, inclusion and anti-racism across the non-profit sector. Fortunate to partner with the world’s leading institutions, the firm offers a wide range of talent management, leadership and search services.

​Presence, a student learning and development platform, amplifies the story of a campus’s unique value. The experiences students engage in, their progress along learning pathways, and the employable skills they earn throughout their involvement are all on display in this solution set. Strong customer support guides partners through innovative co-curriculum design and retention strategy, leading to more engaged, better retained, and better prepared graduates able to articulate the value of their campus experience. With the landscape of the industry rapidly changing, Presence leverages the student experience to facilitate an institution’s confident and courageous decision-making.

RH Perry & Associates partners with institutions of higher education and other mission-driven organizations to identify outstanding leaders. Established in 1974, RH Perry’s senior consultants bring both executive-level higher education experience and search expertise to every assignment. RH Perry is committed to: 1) respecting and embracing the unique perspectives and talents of their clients, their candidates, and their team; 2) acting with integrity through honest and informed counsel; 3) promoting transparency by proactively communicating critical information and clearly articulating their best practices; 4) maintaining appropriate confidentiality throughout the search process; and 5) treating others with respect and honoring diverse life and work styles.

Steptoe & Johnson PLLC is a national law firm of more than 300 lawyers with offices in Colorado, Kentucky, Ohio, Pennsylvania, Texas, and West Virginia. The firm’s higher education team consists of attorneys from multiple disciplines who cater to the diverse legal service needs of independent colleges throughout the United States, including advice on a broad array of compliance issues and tax-exempt financing. The firm’s attorneys have held positions in higher education as in-house counsel, accountants, development officers, trustees, and faculty members, and they have extensive experience handling issues confronting multiple colleges. In short, the firm understands higher education and constantly aspires to provide cost-effective, pragmatic solutions based on that understanding. 

​Westfall Gold serves higher education institutions with advancement consulting in the area of major gifts. Westfall Gold’s premier offering is a proprietary weekend major donor experience that has proven to: deepen relationships with current givers resulting in major uplift in their financial partnership; serve to significantly increase reactivation of previous donors; and is an effective tool in the conversion of prospective partners. Westfall Gold has been serving higher education clients since our beginning and has made a deep commitment to your needs. We have seen nearly $1.1 billion raised for our clients through these weekend experiences.

The Dysart Group is a higher education consulting firm specializing in admissions, financial aid, retention, pricing, and revenue growth. The firm has provided consulting services to nearly 200 colleges and universities throughout the country. The Dysart Group’s clients have been able to increase new student enrollments by as much as 70%, stabilize or reduce financial aid costs, and improve retention rates by as much as 7% in a single cycle.