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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
Industries
  • Academic Medical Centers
  • Associations
  • Colleges/Universities
  • Foundations
  • Higher Education
  • Non-Profits
Functions
  • 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 Chancellor for the University of Colorado Denver

Washington, D.C.-based recruitment firm AGB Search, which specializes in higher education leadership assignments, was recently retained by the University of Colorado Denver (CU Denver) to lead in its search for a new chancellor.  Roderick McDavis, Monica Burton, Kimberly Templeton, and Carlos Hernandez are leading the assignment. The chancellor is the campus’s chief executive officer, reports to the CU

Savannah State University Taps AGB Search to Find New President

Washington, D.C.-based recruitment firm AGB Search, which specializes in higher education leadership assignments, has been retained by Savannah State University (SSU) to lead in its search for a new president. Principal Kim Bobby and executive search consultant Gwendolyn Boyd are leading the assignment. Cynthia Robinson Alexander is the interim president of Savannah State. She assumed the role last year,

AGB Search Recruits 8th President for Mount Saint Mary College

Washington, D.C.-based recruitment firm AGB Search, which specializes in higher education leadership assignments, recently assisted in the recruitment of Robert Gervasi as the eighth president of Mount Saint Mary College in Newburgh, NY. Current president Jason Adsit announced that he has decided not to seek a renewal when his current contract expires at the end of the 2023-24 academic year. Melissa

AGB Search Recruits 22nd President for Seton Hall University

Washington, D.C.-based recruitment firm AGB Search, which specializes in higher education leadership assignments, has assisted in the recruitment of Monsignor Joseph R. Reilly as the 22nd president of Seton Hall University in South Orange, NJ. Melissa K. Trotta and Matthew J. Kilcoyne led the assignment. “There is no one better suited to leading the university at this

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Press Releases

AGB Search Announces New Nationwide Searches July 14, 2021

WASHINGTON, D.C., July 14, 2021 – AGB Search, a national leader in higher education executive search, announces its newest searches with deadlines in late summer: Administrative Leadership Searches Blackburn College, based in Carlinville, Ill., seeks applications for the position of a full-time executive director of diversity, equity, and inclusion; chief diversity officer; and Title IX

Announcing our New Executive Director

MAY 14, 2021 – The Board of Directors of the Collegeville Institute for Ecumenical and Cultural Research has named Dr. Jacqueline Bussie, an award-winning author, speaker, public theologian, and religion professor at Concordia College in Moorhead, Minnesota, as its 5th executive director. Dr. Bussie succeeds Don Ottenhoff and will begin her new role on September 1,

New Nationwide Active Searches from AGB Search May 7, 2021

WASHINGTON, D.C., May 7, 2021 – AGB Search, a national leader in higher education executive search, announces its newest searches with deadlines in May and June: Administrative Leadership Searches The California State University System, based in Long Beach, Calif., seeks its next executive vice chancellor for academic and student affairs. This position marks an exceptional

Kennesaw State University, located in Kennesaw, Ga., seeks its lead researcher for the newly established Radow Institute of Social Equity (RISE).

Kennesaw State University (KSU) seeks a nationally renowned scholar and thought leader to join its newly established Radow Institute for Social Equity (RISE) located in the Radow College of Humanities and Social Sciences. RISE’s mission is to examine the challenges of social justice, equity, and economic inequality while developing sustainable solutions that address pressing racial and

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