Sponsors

As a national full-service CPA and consulting firm devoted to serving higher education and other nonprofit organizations, CapinCrouse provides professional solutions to organizations whose outcomes are measured in lives changed. For over 50 years, the firm has served universities and seminaries, domestic and international outreach organizations, foundations, media ministries, rescue missions, churches and denominations, and many others by providing support in the key areas of financial integrity and security. With a network of offices across the nation, CapinCrouse has the resources of a large firm and the personal touch of a local firm. Learn more at our website.

CapEd is a full-service provider of online and post-traditional learning solutions including micro-credentials and digital badges for colleges and universities.  Our solutions-focused relationships are custom built to support the broadest strategic intents of our partners allowing for packages that range from comprehensive revenue share to fee for service.  Visit our website for more information.

Coursera empowers any university to offer job-relevant online education to students, faculty, and staff. With Coursera for Campus, you'll build on top of your curriculum with innovative, career-aligned courses and micro-credentials to strengthen employment outcomes that attract students and increase enrollments. For more information, visit our website.

Credo is a higher education consulting firm focused on strategy and student success, with a goal to impact the lives of more than a million students by 2030 through radically transforming student outcomes on campuses around the country. We seek to create this impact in partnership with our client campuses through the lenses people, leadership, and culture; projects oriented toward action and measurable results; and a constant eye to the evolving landscape of higher education. Learn more on our website.

Encoura® is an educational technology company serving over 2,000 higher ed institutions. Through the Encoura platform, the company combines data science, advanced analytics, research, & predictive modeling so institutions can meet their enrollment goals & improve student success & outcomes. For more information, visit our website.

Fiorini and Associates (F&A) is a consulting agency that works with institutions to build, support, and grow an effective grants culture. This is accomplished by supporting faculty via informational presentations and hands-on workshops designed to introduce them to best practices in grant writing. F&A also provides ongoing grant proposal mentoring, from ideation and funding research through development, editing, and review of grant applications. Finally, they strategize with institutions to plan, build, and implement the necessary scaffolding to maximize grant funding success. Their associates are senior faculty and administrators with experience and expertise in related industries and research centers. For more information, visit our website.

HES is a premier national provider of facilities management services focused 100% on educational institutions. We pride ourselves on building best-in-class programs for custodial, maintenance, and grounds services. With hundreds of years of combined facilities experience, our leadership team is comprised of results-oriented, hands-on executives and facilities experts who give your facilities our full attention. Whether for a grounds program, custodial services, or maintenance solutions, HES will change the way you look at facilities management. Learn more on our website.

Hyatt-Fennell, Executive Search Plus, is a highly successful executive firm with a strong support staff and independent senior consultants rich in higher education and national and international recruitment and coaching experience.  Hyatt-Fennell enhances and individualizes the process for everyone and offers a commitment to provide exceptional services for our clients and institutions. For more information, visit our website.

The Way Forward: Inceptia helps colleges, universities and trade schools strengthen relationships and boost enrollment using agile, dependable solutions that enable students to successfully navigate admissions and financial aid, borrow wisely and resolve their loan repayment challenges. With tailored solutions, a deeply knowledgeable staff and a nonprofit’s commitment to service, Inceptia serves as an extension of your team, empowering you to reach, influence and close the loop with students faster so you can focus on what matters most—student success. Learn more on our website.

Today’s students expect to learn and live in safe, healthy, comfortable, and sustainable environments.  On campuses across the country, presidents and administrators face a seemingly overwhelming challenge: How to optimize campus environments, lower energy consumption, decrease operational costs, and reduce environmental impact, while at the same time attracting students and recruiting faculty? Johnson Controls, a leading provider of higher-education solutions, helps colleges and universities achieve their diverse goals by creating comfortable, quality learning environments that operate more intelligently and efficiently. Johnson Controls is the college partner for products, services, and funding. We blend a technical and financial expertise for a turn key solution.  To learn more, visit our website.

Mason Jay Blacher & Associates offers direct hands-on principal gift fundraising expertise that informs development audits, feasibility studies, and capital campaigns.  Mason Blacher, formerly director of major gifts at Stanford Business School (CA), has served institutions as interim director or vice president for advancement, filled difficult-to-hire major gift positions on contract, and strengthened/mentored boards of trustees in fundraising skills. To learn more, visit our website.

National Management Resources Corporation, founded in 1978, 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 they serve. With National, you can rest assured that your facilities look their best or recruitment, retention, and advancement.
For more information, visit our website.

Noelker and Hull Associates is a full-service architecture, master planning and interior design firm providing award-winning design solutions to colleges and universities since 1957. Our experience includes a diverse portfolio of master planning, site planning, feasibility studies, programming and design, with particular expertise in student housing and dining facilities. Our designs complement the campus community and promote students’ quality of life. We execute projects across the United States from our offices in Chambersburg, PA, and Frederick, MD. Our firm is large enough to undertake any project, but small enough to have few layers of management. Each client works directly with our principals throughout a project. We pride ourselves on cultivating friendly and long-term relationships. We listen, strive to understand our client’s needs, and respond with appropriate design solutions.
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PeopleGrove is the solution leveraging navigation tools and relationships with students, alumni, industry leaders, and faculty to increase yield, retention, and alumni volunteerism. Mentorships, experiential learning, career support, co-curricular management, and AI driven connections are some of the components utilized to drive revenue and relevance for campus partners. From 3.4x increases in donor giving rates to 3.24x in enrollment rates, our 400+ campus partners and 20M students and alumni are experiencing meaningful results. Learn more at our website.

Rankin Climate specializes in collaborating with institutions to cultivate a thriving campus community through assessment, planning and implementation of intervention strategies. Rankin Climate tailors its assessment approach from the moment we interact with your campus. We believe in transparent communication, so our experienced team of academic researchers and project managers keep in close contact with your key stakeholders every step of the way. From data-driven tools to the latest academic research, we work as a team to gain meaningful insights about your campus climate. Our highly collaborative process allows us to blend seamlessly with your culture to develop a road map for accomplishing your goals with customized solutions. Learn more at our website.

For 50 years, colleges and nonprofit organizations have turned to Ruffalo Noel Levitz (RNL) to enroll the students they want, help more students graduate and succeed, and build lifelong relationships with donors. Our mission is to make colleges, universities, and nonprofits successful and vibrant with inspired and relevant engagement with our team of experts.
For more information, visit our website.

For more than three decades, the RW Jones Agency has advised U.S. higher education leaders on strategic communications, change management, constituent engagement and culture change. Our work spans proactive visibility campaigns and issues management, including full-service research and social media practices. RWJ Social offers customized social media strategy, training, support and implementation. RWJ Research provides rigorous data-informed organizational insights that translate to action. Learn more at our website.

Segal is the leading independent employee benefits and HR consulting firm.  Our mission is to provide trusted advice that improves lives.  We have dedicated experts across the organization that collaborate to bring effective practices tailored to the academic environment.  Our higher education team leverages experience that spans markets and industries to develop solutions that meet your institution's unique needs.  Colleges and universities across the country and of all sizes have relied on Segal to provide objective HR consulting for years.  To learn more, visit our website.

The Steptoe & Johnson PLLC is a U.S. law firm with strengths in energy, labor & employment, litigation, and transactional law. Steptoe & Johnson has over 400 lawyers and other professionals practicing in 18 offices in Colorado, Kentucky, Ohio, Oklahoma, Pennsylvania, Texas, and West Virginia.  For more information, visit our website.

Stevens Strategy is a full-service consulting firm specializing in managing the process of strategic change in colleges, universities and schools.  We offer professional services to the leaders of these institutions in the areas of Institutional Vision and Strategy, Strategic Organizational Leadership, Market and Program Analytics, Finance and Data Analytics and Institution-wide Policy Development. Our consultants have extensive experience serving more than 100 independent and public colleges, universities and schools—including positions as present and former trustees, presidents, faculty, vice presidents and other senior staff—each with a particular area of expertise in college, university and school leadership and management.  Visit our website for more information.

The Registry is the premier interim placement firm in American higher education.  The increasing demand for Registry interims is being driven, in part, by the need to engage veteran leaders and executives who can help institutions to define, to shape, and to achieve a more resilient and sustainable future. While the number of our interim engagements continues to increase at unprecedented levels, colleges and universities are also arranging for Ras Consulting Solutions also provided by our members—all of whom represent the “gold standard” of the registry.  For all leadership transitions, make your first stop 
The Registry. 

TIAA was founded in 1918 to help teachers retire with confidence. That mission grew to include those in healthcare and more,  creating reliable income for their futures while they work to make a difference today. Our commitment to be the change—for our clients, associates and communities—has never wavered and it’s what motivates us to deliver lifetime income for all with investments that build a better world. Learn more at our website.