Dr. Loren Blanchard, System Executive Vice Chancellor for Academic and Student Affairs at The California State University System, has been named President of The University of Houston- Downtown. The University of Houston System is led by Chancellor, Renu Khator. Anthem Executive’s higher education practice led the nationwide search initiative on behalf of the system and…
Sonja Feist-Price appointed University of Michigan-Flint Provost and Vice Chancellor for Academic Affairs… Following a nationwide search conducted by Anthem Executive, the University of Michigan Board of Regents approved Sonja Feist-Price, a professor at the University of Kentucky, as the next provost and vice chancellor for academic affairs at the University of Michigan-Flint. She will…
This commentary in The Journal of Blacks in Higher Education is authored by Dr. John M. Rudley, one of Anthem Executive’s subject matter experts. John is a former Special Assistant to the U.S. Department of Education; a former interim President and Chancellor of the University of Houston System; and the Eleventh President of Texas Southern…
The Nevada System of Higher Education (NSHE) Board of Regents voted to appoint Dr. Keith Whitfield as UNLV’s new president. He becomes UNLV’s 11th permanent president and the first Black president in the university’s 63-year history. Dr. Whitfield, previously served as the provost and senior vice president of academic affairs and a professor of psychology…
If your institution has a critical leadership position open, your best chance of attracting top candidates might be while other campuses have suspended hiring amid Covid-19. An article by Mike J.R. Wheless, pubished in The Chronicle of Higher Education. Check it out here: https://www.chronicle.com/article/When-Should-You-Recruit-Again-/249158/…
Off Limits: Why Institutions Experience Failed Searches The fundamental caveat in the search industry is that a search firm does not recruit away from its clients. Simply defined, “off limits” means that some of the largest search firms have too many clients and too many intertwined relationships, and, therefore, too many formal and informal “off-limits”…
Through the efforts of our search consultants, Dan Arvizu (the first Hispanic Chancellor of NMSU) and John Floros were both hired last year to succeed Chancellor Garrey Carruthers as System Chancellor and University President respectfully. On September 26, 2019, New Mexico State University’s new leadership celebrated some encouraging figures on student enrollment. The university reported…
Anthem Executive was formed in order to offer a new and exciting search perspective to our clients. Continuing a mulit-decade tradition of our founders’ service to clients across a cadre of business sectors, including higher education, health sciences, corporate and non-profit institutions, global software and technology, private equity, insurance, service and manufacturing, oil and gas,…
Following a national search conducted by Anthem Executive, Kerry Murphy Healey, Ph.D., an internationally recognized leader in higher education and public policy, will become the inaugural President of the Center for Advancing the American Dream in Washington, D.C., Milken Institute CEO Michael Klowden announced today. https://milkeninstitute.org/articles/kerry-murphy-healey-lead-center-advancing-american-dream The Center will offer a broad array of…
The Texas A&M System Regents have named James Hurley as the next president of Tarleton State University – following a nationwide search, led by our Anthem Executive team. Dr. Hurley comes to Tarleton from Tusculum University in Greeneville, Tennessee, where he has served as president since 2017. Tusculum is the oldest university in the state,…