Search Firm

The search will be assisted by the executive search firm SP&A Executive Search, a national woman and minority-owned executive search firm specializing in and exclusively dedicated to serving the higher education and non-profit sectors.

Prior to establishing SP&A Executive Search, their consultants served in leadership capacities at leading national and international executive search firms. SP&A is led by the same search personnel that many institutions of higher education have come to know and trust. Collectively, their consultants have conducted more than 2,200 senior administrative level searches for higher education clients. 

The executive search roots and experience base of SP&A Executive Search are among the most extensive and highly regarded in higher education executive search. Over one-third of all the searches conducted by the firm have been for the positions of president and chancellor and an even larger proportion have been for the wide array of senior officers including: provosts, vice presidents for all functional areas, academic deans, directors, and other senior administrators.