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About Us

AGB Search offers executive search, interim search, ExecComp compensation benchmarking, and executive coaching services exclusively for higher education institutions. Founded by the Association of Governing Boards of Universities and Colleges (AGB) in 2010, we have a broad and deep understanding of the qualifications critical for effective higher education leadership. Our affiliation with AGB ensures clients receive access to valued governance resources and training, in addition to our highly-regarded search services.

AGB Search’s Principals and Executive Search Consultants have extensive experience in higher education search, and many have served in college and university leadership positions. We have a team of Executive Search Associates and Search Associates who expertly manage the search and vetting process, and our staff provide essential support to the search professionals. Our track record provides institutional search teams with the confidence that their search will be successful.

Our relevant expertise, coupled with our commitment to a proven process, results in successful outcomes for both clients and candidates. We have completed more than 1,400 search assignments, more than 375 of which were for college and university Presidents or Chancellors. AGB Search has a 95 percent successful placement rate.

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Many of our search consultants are former presidents or other senior executives of public and private four-year institutions, state and university systems, and community and two-year colleges.

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Solutions And Expertise

AGB Search is a national firm that specializes in providing tailored services, including Executive Search, Interim Search, Executive Coaching, and ExecComp (compensation benchmarking) to higher education institutions. Our Principals and Executive Search Consultants bring extensive experience in higher education leadership and executive search, which provides the firm with a unique understanding of the qualifications critical for effective higher education leadership. AGB Search has conducted more than 1,400 searches at institutions ranging from small, private colleges to large public institutions and research universities. For more information please visit agbsearch.com

Solutions
  • Anti-Bias Training
  • Behavioral and Cognitive Assessment
  • Compensation Consulting
  • Executive Coaching
  • Executive Compensation
  • Executive Search
  • Interim Search
  • Leadership Consulting
  • Leadership Develop.
  • Personality Assessment
  • Presidential Transition Support
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  • Academic Medical Centers
  • Associations
  • Colleges/Universities
  • Foundations
  • Higher Education
  • Non-Profits
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  • Academic Medicine and Health Sciences
  • Administration & Finance
  • Advancement & Foundations
  • Athletics Administration
  • Chiefs of Staff and Board Professionals
  • Enrollment Management
  • Information Technology
  • Legal/Compliance
  • Marketing & Communications
  • Presidents & Chancellors
  • Provosts & Deans
  • Research and Innovation
  • Student Affairs
  • Sustainability

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News Briefings

AGB Search Seeking President for Saint Leo University

Washington, D.C.-based recruitment firm AGB Search, which specializes in higher education leadership assignments, was recently retained by Saint Leo University to lead in its search for a new president. Senior executive search consultant Sally Mason and executive search consultant Larry Ladd are spearheading the assignment. The new president will succeed Dr. Edward Dadez, who first joined Saint Leo

AGB Assists Savannah State University with President Search

Washington, D.C.-based recruitment firm AGB Search, which specializes in higher education leadership assignments, has helped recruit Jermaine Whirl as the new president of Savannah State University (SSU). His appointment follows being named the sole finalist last week after a rigorous six-month national presidential search. SSU has been led by Cynthia Alexander since July 2023, following the departure of president

AGB Search Helps the University of Colorado Denver Fill Chancellor Role

Washington, D.C.-based recruitment firm AGB Search, which specializes in higher education leadership assignments, recently assisted in the recruitment of Kenneth T. Christensen as the next chancellor of the University of Colorado Denver (CU Denver). Roderick McDavis, Monica Burton, Kimberly Templeton, and Carlos Hernandez led the assignment. Dr. Christensen was selected following a national search, and he will officially begin as chancellor on

AGB Search Assists Linfield University with the Recruitment of 21st President

Washington, D.C.-based recruitment firm AGB Search, which specializes in higher education leadership assignments, has assisted in the recruitment of Mark Blegen as the 21st president of Linfield University. He will assume leadership from interim president Rebecca Johnson in July. Linfield’s 20th president, Miles K. Davis, departed in December 2023.  Consultants Loren Anderson and Shannon McCambridge spearheaded the assignment. The announcement comes after a 10-month search co-chaired

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Press Releases

AGB Search Places VP of Admissions & Marketing at Manhattanville

(Aug. 2021) Executive search firm AGB Search, LLC has helped Manhattanville College find its next Vice President of Admissions & Marketing, as Troy Cogburn was hired for the position. Kimberly Templeton, principal at AGB Search, led the way in the search assignment. “AGB Search was pleased to assist #ManhattanvilleCollege with its search for its next

AGB Search Announces New Nationwide Searches

WASHINGTON, D.C., August 4, 2021 – Higher education executive search leader AGB Search announces its newest administrative and academic searches with deadlines in August, September and October: Hawai’i Pacific University, based in Honolulu, seeks an innovative leader to serve as dean of the College of Business. The successful candidate will build strong connections between the

AGB Search Announces Recent Leadership Appointments July 22, 2021

AGB Search Announces Recent Leadership Appointments July 22, 2021 WASHINGTON, D.C., July 22, 2021 – AGB Search, a national leader in higher education executive search, is pleased to announce the following recent appointments: California Institute of Integral Studies has selected S. Brock Blomberg as its new president. Blomberg is an internationally known political economist, scholar,

AGB SEARCH NAMES DR. KIM BOBBY AS PRINCIPAL Bobby previously served as executive search consultant for the firm

WASHINGTON, D.C., July 16, 2020 – AGB Search, a national leader in higher education executive search, has announced the appointment of Kim Bobby, Ed.D., as principal. Bobby has been with AGB Search since 2017, leading numerous searches to assist institutions in identifying and securing top leadership. She co-manages the firm’s anti-bias workshops program, which aids

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