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Greetings!
We hope this note finds you well and that your academic year has started strong. As the landscape of higher education continues to evolve, so too does the role of marketing and communications in shaping institutional identity, driving engagement, and fostering trust. At WittKieffer, we are privileged to partner with visionary professionals who are not only navigating change but leading it—with creativity, strategy, and purpose.
We continue to grow and evolve to meet the needs of our clients, explore emerging trend, and share transformational stories. We are fully invested in your success—and we’re thrilled to share it with you.
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Allow us to share a few insights on higher education leadership in the current moment. The full repository is available here.
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As you consider a new leadership role, we encourage you to take advantage of these helpful WittKieffer resources.
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Congratulations to Our Placements
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Our mission is to bring impactful leadership to our client organizations. Please join us in congratulating the following exceptional placements in the past year:
Alfred University, Vice President for Marketing and Communications – Andrea Fagon
Carnegie Mellon University, Associate Vice President for Strategic Communications – April Kaull
Colorado College, Vice President of Strategic Communications & Marketing – Johanna Blickenstaff
Furman University, Vice President for Marketing and Communications – Brian Edwards
Indiana University, Associate Vice President, University Communications – Emily Sandberg
Texas Southern University, Vice President of Marketing and Communications – Jennifer Stephens
United Way of Metropolitan Dallas, Vice President of Marketing (to be announced soon!)
University of California, Berkeley, Associate Vice Chancellor for Communications and Public Affairs – Aileen Zerrudo
University of California, Berkeley, Chief Marketing Officer Haas School of Business – Joey Schmit
University of Colorado Denver, Vice Chancellor for Marketing and Communications – Tammy Ewin
University of Texas at El Paso, Associate Vice President for Enrollment Marketing and Creative Services – Sally Badoud
Vanderbilt University, Chief Marketing Officer, Owen Graduate School of Management (to be announced soon!)
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Leadership Advisory: WittKieffer is so much more than search. Our support doesn't stop at placing strong people into leadership roles. Our advisors are former education leaders who understand and have lived the challenges and opportunities that leaders in higher education face. Advisory Solutions include:
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- Leadership Coaching, focused on enhancing critical skills, fostering resilience, and driving performance
- Leadership Assessment, to support leadership selection and professional development
- Executive Development, to effectively deepen and broaden leaders’ capabilities while enhancing their impact
- Succession Planning, to clarify and align current and future strategic objectives for the presidential position
- Leadership Transition and Development, to ensure new presidents acclimate, grow, and make an impact from day one
- Cohort Development, bringing together leaders to create an inclusive environment to facilitate mutual growth
- Team Alignment, to unleash the power of executive teams in navigating complexity
- Culture Development, empowering leaders to attend to culture and change through their daily messages, choices, and behaviors
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Interim Leadership Solutions: Sometimes the need for interim executives or on-demand leadership arises unexpectedly. When it does, organizations seek expert leaders who can get up to speed rapidly, engage with teams empathetically, navigate ambiguity, and deliver desired outcomes—despite ongoing market, financial, or operational pressures. WittKieffer provides a comprehensive solution to interim and on-demand leadership, aligned to client needs.
To learn more: https://wittkieffer.com/capabilities/solutions/interim-leadership
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