Higher education executive search firms

1. GA&AInc. G/A&ANEWS NEWSABOUTG/A&A'SWORK Board of Visitors announces Presidential Search Committee G/A&A is honored to be assisting George Mason University in the search for its nextpresident. Read More→ Committee chosen for VP of advancementsearch G/A&A is honored to announce we will be assisting Central Michigan University in the search for its next vice president foradvancement. Read More→ Greenwood/Asher & Associates Finds President for University of SouthFlorida G/A&A has helped the University of South Florida recruit Steven Currall as its next president. Mr. Currall will replace Judy Genshaft, who is retiring on July 1 after a 19-year tenure at theschool. Read More→ AAUW StrategicPlan

2. AAUW (The American Association of University Women) announced its new strategic plan on June 18, 2018, after a year of development. The process of developing the plan was facilitated by Dr. Sharon A. McDade, Principal & Senior Executive Leadership Consultant who heads G/A&A’s leadership and strategic servicespractice. Read More→ Search firm chosen to find Genshaft’sreplacement G/A&A is thrilled to announce that we will be assisting University of South Florida in its search for the next USF System President. Read More→ Search advisory committee appointed to find Northeast State's nextpresident G/A&A is proud to be assisting Northeast State Community College in the search for its next president. A search advisory committee has been appointed to lead the search for the next president who is expected to begin by January 1. The committee will hold its first meeting on Aug. 16 at Northeast State’s main campus inBlountville. Read More→ 3 finalists named for UA's top research officer position G/A&A is proud to be assisting University of Arkansas, Fayetteville in its search for a Vice Provost for Research and Innovation. Three finalists have been named for the top research officer position and are scheduled to give publicpresentations. Read More→ Florida A&M University dean search attracts on- campus and nationalcandidates G/A&A is proud to be assisting Florida A&M University with its search for four deans and the superintendent of its research school. These national searches have attracted finalists from around the country, including some with current or previous ties to theuniversity. Read More→

3. New Dean of the College of Arts & Sciences Announced With the assistance of G/A&A, UMass Dartmouth has announced the appointment of Dr. Pauline Entin as dean of the College of Arts and Sciences, starting on September 1,2018. Read More→ Greenwood/Asher & Associates Recruits New Provost for WrightState With the assistance of G/A&A, Wright State University University has named Susan Edwards as the new executive vice president for academic affairs and provost. Read More→ University of Illinois searches for chief diversity officer The University of Illinois is in the midst of a national search for its first chief diversity officer. Greenwood/Asher & Associates will be assisting the committee in thissearch. Read More→ UVa-Wise $20 million scholarship endowment made possible by Hunter Smith FamilyFoundation Under the leadership of G/A&A placement, Chancellor Donna Henry, The University of Virginia's College at Wise has been given a $10 million gift, the largest in the college'shistory. Read More→ A New Director for Paul RobesonLibrary

4. With the assistance of G/A&A, Rutgers University-Camdem has named Regina Koury as its next director of the Paul RobesonLibrary. Read More→ UF first in Florida to crack U.S. News list of top 10 best publicuniversities G/A&A assisted The University of Florida in recruiting their current president, Kent Fuchs. Under the leadership of President Fuchs, The University of Florida has become the first Florida school to break into the list of top 10 best publicuniversities. Read More→ Chancellor Steinmetz Offers Roadmap for the U of A'sFuture One of G/A&A's placements, U of A Chancellor Joseph E. Steinmetz, delivered his first “State of the University” message to the campus community on Thursday, Sept. 14, beginning with the statement that “this is a fantastic time to be at the University ofArkansas.” Read More→ Greenwood/Asher & Associates Adds New Leadership We are proud to announce we have expanded with the addition of Susanne Griffin as our vice president and managingdirector. Read More→ Decker sets retirement date from Mercy College presidency G/A&A is proud to announce we will be assisting Mercy College in recruiting its nextpresident. Read More→

5. G/A&A Facilitates Strategic Plan for University of Toledo The University of Toledo announced a new strategic plan. The development of the plan was facilitated by Dr. Sharon A. McDade, Principal & Senior Executive Leadership Consultant as part of G/A&A's leadership and strategic services practice. Read More→ G/A&A listed in Hunt Scanlon Top 50 U.S./Americas SearchFirms We're proud to be listed as one of the top 50 Nonprofit/Higher Education search firms in the country by HuntScanlon. Read More→ AESC Accepts Eight New Firms into its Global Membership The Association of Executive Search and Leadership Consultants has welcomed eight new firms into its global membership, Greenwood/Asher & Associates being one of them. The AESC does extensive vetting before welcoming search firms into its membership to ensure only the best of the best is among itsenterprise. Read More→ G/A&A Forms Alliance With DevineGroup Greenwood/Asher & Associates and The Devine Group, a behavioral assessment and development organization, have formed a strategic alliance to leverage and integrate the science of predictive talent analytics into the executive search and leadership developmentprocess. Read More→

6. G/A&ACOMMENTARYINTHENEWS Pandemic Unsettles Hiring Cycle for College Presidents G/A&A Partner and President, Jan Greenwood, is quoted in an article reported by Inside Higher Ed discussing how COVID-19 is affecting higher education presidentialsearches. Read More→ Secret Searches and FacultyFury G/A&A Partner and President, Jan Greenwood, is quoted in an article reported by Inside Higher Ed discussing publicity in presidentialsearches. Read More→ Executive Talent Global Magazine fromAESC G/A&A Leadership Assessment Advisor, Gary Dent, is quoted in Executive Talent discussing how technology is impacting humanresources. Read More→ Pumping OutPresidents G/A&A Partner and President, Jan Greenwood, is quoted in an article reported by Inside Higher Ed discussing "hot spots" for up and coming leaders in highereducation. Read More→

7. How a Nagging Detail Plays Out in a Presidential Search Partner and President, Jan Greenwood, comments on the importance of doing detailed vetting on finalists, including criminal-background checks, during the searchprocess. Read More→ #MeToo May Bring Increased Vetting for Presidential Candidates Jan Greenwood, partner and president G/A&A, explains the impact of the #MeToo movement on the vetting process for candidates in executive searches. Read More→ Ex-Obama Officials as CollegePresidents Partner and president of G/A&A, Jan Greenwood, is quoted in an article reported by Inside Higher Ed discussing why boards are beginning to look outside higher education to fill leadershippositions. Read More→ Harvard May Quietly Turn to Outside Firms in PresidentialSearch G/A&A's partner, Jan Greenwood, is quoted in an article released by Harvard Crimson discussing Havard's possible turn to outside firms to assist in the presidentialsearch. Read More→ Why Data Analytics Is the New Game Changer for SearchFirms Jan Greenwood, partner and president of G/A&A, is quoted in an article released by the Atlantic Group discussing search firms turning todata

8. analytics forassistance. Read More→ Preparing and Finding Leaders for Colleges and Universities: An Updated View from SearchFirms G/A&A Sharon A. McDade is the author on this new commentary on how college universities search for new leaders. The article provides insight, from four seasoned search experts. The article provides suggestions and wisdom for institutions undertaking searches and for candidates who are participating insearches. Read More→ Women in LeadershipSearches Partner and president of G/A&A, Jan Greenwood, is quoted in an article reported by Inside Higher Ed from a paper presentation at the annual meeting of the American Educational Research Association (AERA). The article discusses the presence of women candidates in searches conducted with the assistance of outside searchfirms. Read More→ West Virginia University Women's Leadership Initiative NetworkingEvent Our partner, Jan Greenwood, gave two talks as part of West Virginia University's Women's Leadership Initiative Networking EventSeries. Read More→ Diversifying thePresidency G/A&A partner Jan Greenwood is quoted in this Inside Higher Ed article on efforts to diversify leadership in highereducation. Read More→

9. What's Next forMissouri? Our partner, Jan Greenwood, quoted in Inside HigherEd: “One of the biggest topics right now is diversity and racism and developing a university that is responsive, not after the fact but before thefact.” Read More→ It’s a revolving door for top leadership in Louisiana higher education. Is the budget—or something else to blame? Our partner, Jan Greenwood, was consulted for an article in the Greater Baton Rouge Business Report about the frequent turnover among top leadership at Louisianauniversities. Read More→ PresidentialPersonality Partner Jan Greenwood on the use of personality assessments in college & university presidentialsearches: "You just have to be careful and responsible in the use of the [company] you hire to do this type of psychological evaluation and the instruments they use, because it might affect a person'scareer.” Read More→ Public-College Leaders’ Use of Private Email Accounts Could GoUndetected Partner Jan Greenwood recalls: "23 years ago, members of public colleges’ presidential search committees might not have thought twice about using email to share candid thoughts about a candidate. As of about a decade ago, however, they almost completely stopped using email to communicate such thoughts, because 'you don’t want to inadvertently do harm' by having such statements gopublic." Read More→ Illinois Flagship Endures a Year of Tumult, but Lasting Damage IsUnlikely

10. Partner Jan Greenwood: "I probably have a conversation per week with candidates who ask me if their private email is confidential. That part is a question that’s really on people’sminds." Read More→ Gay PresidentsOrganize G/A&A Principal Sharon McDade: “There is such greater awareness of LGBTQ [issues], which comes from the entire environment, society and culture we live in, that most boards, it’s not a conversation that they automatically shut down, ‘No, no, no, we can’t even think about going there. It’s a probably a conversation these days that, if the search consultant brings it up, it’s ‘Oh, yeah, we probably should have thatconversation.’” Read More→ For Some Tarnished Presidents, There Is a Second Act Partner Jan Greenwood: "They want a candidate they can celebrate, not have toexplain." Read More→ Searching for anAnswer Partner, Jan Greenwood: “Because demand exceeds the supply of traditional candidates, we see search committees rethinking what is ‘acceptable’ and what is best for their owninstitutions." Read More→ Welcome, Now StartSlashing Partner, JanGreenwood: “One could paint a picture where you went out and got one of those [slash and burn] types and brought them in and created absolute havoc. But when you hire someone who has an excellent reputation working with people and working through tough, tough issues, then that’s a differentproposition.”

11. Read More→ PeripateticPresident Partner Jan Greenwood on Gordon Gee's sudden decision to return to Ohio State: "I think this is ananomaly." Read More→ • ELEVATING LEA DERS •ELEVATING • ELEVATING ORGANIZATIONS • PERFORMANCE • TOGETHER 850-650-2277•42BusinessCenterDrive,Suite206,MiramarBeach,FL32550•team@greenwoodsearch.com Offices in Alabama, Florida, Maryland, Minnesota, Missouri, New York, North Carolina, Ohio, Texas, Virginia and Washington,DC Follow ©2017 — Greenwood/Asher & Associates, Inc.