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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 Tapped by Maine Maritime Academy to Find New President 

Washington, D.C.-based AGB Search, which specializes in higher education leadership assignments, has been enlisted to find the next president of the Maine Maritime Academy (MMA). Leading the search are Nancy M. Targett, executive search consultant, and Concetta M. Stewart, principal, executive search consultant. The president will be expected to work collaboratively with stakeholders to imagine the

AGB Search Assists Morris Brown College in the Recruitment of a New Provost

As the pandemic begins to subside in the U.S. and organizations collectively begin to get back on their feet, colleges and universities across the country are opening searches that, if all goes to plan, will allow high-profile leaders to take them into a new era of fundraising, digitalization, sports and, increasingly the case, globalization –

AGB Search Recruits SVP of University Operations for Fairleigh Dickinson University

As the pandemic begins to subside in the U.S. and organizations collectively begin to get back on their feet, colleges and universities across the country are opening searches that, if all goes to plan, will allow high-profile leaders to take them into a new era of fundraising, digitalization, sports and, increasingly the case, globalization –

AGB Search Opens 2021 with Slew of Top Recruiting Assignments

A number of colleges and universities across the country are opening searches that, if all goes to plan, will allow high-profile leaders to take them into a new era of fundraising, digitalization, sports and, increasingly the case, globalization – not to mention a pandemic and post-pandemic era. One national recruiting outfit, Washington, D.C.-based AGB Search, has

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Press Releases

SEU Announces Next Provost

After a thorough nationwide search, Southeastern University announced today that the university’s new provost and chief academic officer will be Meghan Griffin, Ph.D.  Griffin currently serves as the associate provost and dean of unrestricted education at Southeastern. In that role, she was the lead academic officer of the university’s largest academic unit. She provided strategic

Cindy R. Jebb, Ph.D., Named 5th President of Ramapo College of New Jersey

At Ramapo College of New Jersey,  success comes from thinking, learning, creating, and living boldly. As we embark on a new era of challenge and opportunity, we proudly introduce Cindy R. Jebb, Ph.D. as the fifth President of Ramapo College. On March 5, 2021, the Ramapo College Board of Trustees voted unanimously to appoint Dr.

Board of Regents Unanimously Appoints Dr. Betty A. Rosa as Permanent Commissioner of Education

Commissioner Rosa is First Latina Woman to Serve as Commissioner The Board of Regents unanimously appointed Dr. Betty A. Rosa as permanent Commissioner of Education and President of the University of the State of New York, the first Latina woman to serve in the position, the State Education Department announced today. The Commissioner leads the

Myers Appointed as Fifteenth President of Misericordia University

The Board of Trustees of Misericordia University has appointed Daniel J. Myers, Ph.D., professor and acting chairperson of Sociology at American University in Washington, D.C., as the next president of Misericordia University.  Dr. Myers will begin his presidential term on July 1, 2021. “Dr. Myers brings extensive experience in the areas of planning, new program

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