Forbes has ranked Koya Leadership Partners #14 of 250 top executive recruiting firms on its “America’s Best Recruiting Firms 2018” list. Koya is the highest ranked executive search firm focused exclusively on mission-driven clients. This is the second year that Forbes has ranked executive recruiting firms, and the second consecutive year that Koya has been named to this prestigious list. Koya climbed to #14 this year, after being named #21 on the list last year.
Boston, MA
USA
We can help you quickly attract the right leader for a key position in your organization or institution; a person with the technical, managerial and leadership experience to keep your company, institution or Not for Profit organization growing and developing. Filling key leadership roles in your business with the right people is job one for any successful organization. Having the time to put together a first rate candidate slate and then go through a careful selection process is a time consuming and often daunting challenge for every busy executive. We have the knowledge, experience and track record to ease this burden while helping to assure the desired results: attracting the right person who will help drive growth and development.
Each member of the Myers McRae team has a deep knowledge and specialized experience in working in and with higher education institutions. Our consultants work collaboratively with clients to take advantage of our talents and resources to meet the needs of each search. We are committed to achieving the best possible result for your institution. We conduct national and international searches for our clients. We actively identify and recruit prospects in colleges, universities, and organizations across the nation. Our database has potential candidates in all 50 states and beyond institution.
Macon, Georgia
USA
Parker Executive Search is a leading global retained executive search firm.
We have a national and international client base including top intercollegiate athletics programs and sports businesses, leading colleges and universities, Fortune 500 corporations, privately held startups, nationally-recognized academic health science centers, hospitals/health systems, and best-in-class not-for-profits.
Quality, professionalism, integrity, confidentiality and personalized service are at the core of who we are and what we do. We utilize our proven expertise in the search process to ensure our clients successfully identify and recruit the most qualified senior leaders.
Suite 2900
Atlanta, GA
USA
We are genuinely passionate about our client organisations. Our understanding of each client's values and culture ensures we identify candidates from both traditional and unconventional sources, who can bring fresh thinking and make a real impact. It also enables us to represent our clients candidly and accurately, giving a realistic appraisal of the differentiators, opportunities and challenges that will attract the strongest individuals.
Our role is to connect the most influential and vibrant organizations in our sectors with the highest capacity and most dynamic leaders - based on a common set of values and a shared vision for the future.trongest individuals.
London
SW1P 3AE
UK
RH Perry offers excellent credentials and experience in academic executive search, having successfully completed over 1,000 searches in its history. The firm’s higher education practice consists of senior-level executives with a well-balanced mix of college and university presidential experience, senior administrative experience, and executive search expertise. RH Perry conducts its search practice with two-consultant teams supported by our dedicated Senior Associates and staff.
The firm’s higher education practice consists of senior-level executives with a well-balanced mix of college, university and community college presidential experience and executive search expertise.
RPA Inc. is comprised of individuals who are experts in executive recruitment. Our consultants have a comprehensive knowledge of higher education. Therefore, we are not limited to one particular focus (such as only presidential, dean-level, or student affairs searches). We have experience in all aspects of the higher education sector. This also allows RPA Inc. to take on more complicated searches for positions that aren’t as easily filled.
We prioritize fostering a positive candidate experience. We want every candidate to come away from the search feeling good about the client institution. We aim to maintain and enhance the institution’s strong reputation through our engagement with candidates. By creating this positive relationship with candidates, we also gain their trust and respect, making them more willing to apply for future searches with RPA Inc.
With our experienced consultants, tailored search services, and values-centered approach, RPA Inc. creates a seamlessly efficient and effective recruitment process.
Williamsport, PA
USA
Spelman Johnson provides outstanding search and consulting services to institutions of higher education based on three key principles: ethics, communication, and service. We strive for clear and direct communication with clients and candidates. We endeavor to make the best use of available resources in facilitating the smooth and efficient delivery of services, operations, and processes. And, we believe that every client and every candidate should expect nothing less than honest and ethical efforts, on their behalf, at every juncture of the search process.
During our twenty-eight year history, Spelman Johnson has cultivated and supported a diverse, national network of professionals of color within higher education. The relationships we establish in the course of our work with multi-cultural professional groups and associations are part of an overall corporate commitment to the advancement of underrepresented professionals within higher education. During our history, 52 percent of our searches have been completed with the hire of a woman, and persons of color have been hired into 24 percent of our positions. Of the women we have placed throughout our history, 62 percent remain in their positions or have been promoted to higher positions within the client institution; 68 percent of the persons of color remain in their positions or have been promoted within the client institution.
Easthampton, MA
USA
One goal is fundamental to our close working relationships with clients: identifying exceptional candidates with the blend of knowledge, talents, style, and vision to thrive at specific places in specific roles.
Storbeck/Pimentel & Associates has developed a five-step search and hiring process that has resulted in marked success identifying and securing leaders who thrive at the institutions they serve. Each step provides a framework for an intentional search that is attuned to the needs of the institution and to the marketplace of candidates.
Understanding, collaboration, and partnership are our watchwords as we approach our search process with you. To position you for success, we commit to partnering with the hiring authority and the search committee through the entirety of the search.
Our support does not end when a candidate is selected. Our consultants work closely with the hiring manager to advise on compensation, the must-haves of leading candidates, and best practices for a successful transition.
Media, PA
USA
Summit’s placement statistics demonstrate an impressive diversity in our candidate slates as well as a strong record of diversity placements. We create sourcing plans that include proactive diversity outreach strategies, tracking our progress and sharing it with clients.
Summit Search Solutions is a boutique executive search firm focused on serving the unique needs of the higher education and nonprofit sectors. With specialized experience since 2001, our consultants have partnered with hundreds of institutions and organizations nationwide to identify and recruit top talent.
Our passion is evident in the ways we interact with customers and candidates, providing unparalleled service and building meaningful, collaborative, long-term relationships. We harness that passion by following a proven process that includes developing and implementing thoughtful and tailored recruitment strategies for each unique search. And, in all we do, we focus on meeting each client’s objectives with great precision—a standard that has fueled a returning-client rate of more than 85%.
Asheville, North Carolina,
USA






