For the Hiring Executive or Search Committee

For the Hiring Executive or Search Committee | Why Choose Witt/Kieffer | 35 Years of Excellence
Our Approach to Search | Representative Client List | CEO Resources | Areas of Expertise

Areas of Expertise

Presidents/Chancellor/Chief Executive Officer

Witt/Kieffer specializes in executive searches for presidents, CEOs, chancellors and other senior leaders in higher education and community service and cultural organizations. We have placed more than 200 executives as presidents, CEOs and provosts at the nation's leading colleges and universities and not-for-profit organizations nationwide. We are particularly sensitive to the specific mission, vision, values and strategic goals of our clients who seek presidential candidates -- see our representative client list (PDF document).

Provost/Vice President/Vice Chancellor/Senior Administrator

Members of the college president's cabinet and other senior-level administrators must keep pace with the wide array or organizational challenges facing the president and board of trustees. Witt/Kieffer understands how important these senior leaders can be in such areas as human resources, finance, student affairs and enrollment. We have conducted 345 assignments for senior administrators -- see our representative client list (PDF document).

Dean/Director/Chair

Academic deans play crucial roles in ensuring the college and university meets its goals for enrollment, academic standards, research and commitment to students. At Witt/Kieffer, we understand how the dean and the president work together to advance the organization's goals. We also know the experiences, skills and traits that today's colleges and universities seek in their academic deans, directors and chairs. Witt/Kieffer has conducted 76 executive searches for academic deans -- see our representative client list (PDF document).

Enrollment Management/Admission/Financial Aid

Enrollment management is an increasingly vital and complex area of institutional leadership; vice presidents for enrollment and deans of admission are critical to institutional success. Witt/Kieffer is proud to offer an executive search practice in enrollment that combines all the advantages of a national practice with an appreciation for regional and local factors that affection admission challenges. The practice focuses on executive leadership across the institutional spectrum; established content expertise in the areas of enrollment, recruitment, institutional research, financial aid, tuition revenue enhancement, marketing, and institutional image enhancement; and the personal attention and contacts required to recruit the very best talent. We have conducted searches for senior enrollment/admission/financial aid leaders for a wide variety of institutions across the nation -- see our representative client list (PDF document).

Finance/Administrative Officer

Today's chief financial officer must manage all the financial demands within an educational institution despite shrinking endowments and enrollment. Our expertise features a superb understanding of financial needs for education. We are especially sensitive to the requirements and skills for chiefs and vice presidents in finance, as well as treasurers and business affairs executives. Witt/Kieffer has conducted nearly 50 such assignments to identify, screen and evaluate key financial leaders for colleges and universities -- see our representative client list (PDF document).

Institutional Advancement/Development Officer/External Affairs

Few leadership roles within education today are capturing more attention than chief development and advancement executives who plan, direct and lead such efforts as annual fundraising, capital campaigns, planned giving, promotions, alumni programs, public relations and marketing. Witt/Kieffer has conducted more than 550 advancement and development executive searches on behalf of leading colleges and universities, as well as foundations, and other not-for-profit, community service and cultural organizations -- see our representative client list (PDF format).

Not-for-Profit/Service Organizations and Cultural/Arts Organizations

Witt/Kieffer recognizes the value that every community places on its not-for-profit and service organizations - whether providing needed services for the health and welfare of their residents, or making important contributions to the cultural arts. We have conducted more than 300 search assignments for leaders of not-for-profit and community service organizations, as well as museums, foundations, philanthropic groups and libraries, among others -- see our representative client list (PDF format).