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TIAA is a unique financial partner. With an award-winning track record for consistent performance, TIAA is the leading provider of financial services in the academic, research, medical, cultural, and government fields. TIAA has $938 billion in assets under management (as of March 31, 2017) and offers a wide range of financial solutions, including investing, banking, advice and guidance, and retirement services. 

EAB is making education smarter by harnessing the collective power of more than 1,200 educational institutions to generate insights that help education leaders fulfill their mission and enable their students to succeed. The firm works alongside administrators, advisors, faculty members, and students through research forums, technologies, and services to apply and hardwire those insights. EAB helps leaders find and enroll the right students through enrollment marketing and financial aid optimization. The firm supports student success through a student success management system, which helps advisors, faculty members, and staff members guide students through school and to the post-graduate outcomes they want to achieve. EAB also provides institutions with the strategic guidance and data needed to improve mission-critical outcomes and prepare for tomorrow’s 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. For more information, visit our website.

Credo has partnered with independent college and university presidents, cabinets, and board members around the country for more than 20 years, using their team of interdisciplinary experts to develop, research, implement, and help presidents and leadership teams go farther faster and more efficiently. Credo 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.

Derck & Edson‘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. 

​McAllister & Quinn is a higher education consulting firm that specializes in working with small colleges to secure federal grant funding. The firm is regarded as one of the most effective federal grant and faculty development firms for small colleges and universities. The firm currently represents more than 50 small and mid-sized colleges and has generated hundreds of millions of dollars for scholarships, academic programs, research, and student support services.

AGB Search, LLC focuses exclusively on higher education leadership. The firm identifies interim appointments to preserve continuity, offers full search services to help institutions navigate the hiring process, provides transition assistance to set up leaders for long-term success, and offers compensation evaluation services to assess fair, competitive salaries. Each member of the consulting team brings years of experience as a higher education leader to the firm. AGB Search not only understands the demands of leadership, but also is deeply invested in supporting the next generation of leaders. 

Educational & Institutional Insurance Administrators, Inc. (EIIA) is a nonprofit consortium offering a sophisticated range of insurance and risk management services to higher education institutions across the country and internationally. The consortium’s programs include property and casualty, auto, educators’ legal liability, workers’ compensation, student and athlete health insurance, employee benefits, and health plans. EIIA offers a library of educational videos, policy drafts, white papers, and legal briefs free to its members. The consortium is proud of its long-standing track record for educating institutions in managing risk and providing unique insurance programs and services tailored to their needs. 

Spelman Johnson is an executive search firm exclusively committed to serving higher education. Recruiting talented leaders on behalf of the institutions the firm serves, its success is strengthened by its deep and diverse relationships and its investment in the development and engagement of a leadership pipeline. Since 1991, the firm has helped hundreds of higher education institutions identify outstanding professionals, pairing exceptional leaders with positions across all facets of the academy. Spelman Johnson is nationally recognized for its thought leadership on issues of equity and diversity and for its commitment to inclusion in higher education. 

RH Perry & Associates partners with institutions of higher education and other mission-driven organizations to identify outstanding leaders. Established in 1974, RH Perry’s higher education practice consists of a well-balanced mix of individuals with executive-level higher education experience and search expertise. Their team is comprised of 11 senior consultants who co-lead search assignments and a team of communications and research specialists who support each search team. 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 and beyond our search process; and 5) operating in a spirit of collegiality by 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.