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Recent Announcements

5/6/2024  Congratulations and best wishes to our client, Dr. Mark Brown, Major General U.S. Air Force (retired), on his appointment as President of Tuskegee University. We were privileged to represent Dr. Brown in his presidential contract negotiations.

5/21/2024  Congratulations and best wishes to our client, Dr. Thom D. Chesney, on his appointment as President of Southwestern College and the New Earth Institute. We were privileged to represent Dr. Chesney in his presidential contract negotiations.

4/16/2024  Congratulations and best wishes to our client, Dr. Sylvia Torti, on her appointment as the seventh President of College of the Atlantic. We were privileged to represent Dr. Torti in her presidential contract negotiations.

4/4/2024  Congratulations and best wishes to our client, Dr. Ralph Kuncl, formerly the long-serving President of University of Redlands, on his appointment as incoming CEO of the Annapolis Symphony Orchestra. We were privileged to represent Dr. Kuncl in his contract negotiations.

2/29/2024  Congratulations and best wishes to our client, Wagner College, on the appointment of Dr. Jeffrey A. Doggett as the 21st President of the College. We were privileged to represent Wagner College in the presidential contracting process.

1/9/2024  Congratulations and best wishes to our client, Jody Reilly Soja, who will become the eighth Head of School at The Loomis Chaffee School as of July 1, 2024. We were privileged to represent Ms. Reilly Soja in her Head of School contract negotiations.

10/17/2023  Congratulations and best wishes to our client, Swami Iyer, on his appointment as incoming CEO of Cook Inlet Region, Inc., an Alaska Native Corporation. We were privileged to represent Mr. Iyer in his contract negotiations.

10/3/2023  Congratulations and best wishes to our client, Dr. Samuel Schaffer, currently Head of Upper School at St. Albans School, who will become the Head of School at Roxbury Latin School as of July 1, 2024. We were privileged to represent Dr. Schaffer in his Head of School contract negotiations.

9/26/2023  Congratulations and best wishes to our client, S. Sita Sonty, on her appointment as Chief Executive Officer of Space Tango LLC, effective September 1, 2023. We were privileged to represent Ms. Sonty in her contract negotiations.

9/14/2023  Congratulations and best wishes to our client, Dr. Ivory D. Hills, currently Dean of Faculty and Assistant Head at Deerfield Academy, who will become the Head of School at St. Mark’s School as of July 1, 2024. We were privileged to represent Dr. Hills in his Head of School contract negotiations.

4/27/2023  Congratulations and best wishes to our client, Dr. Kerry Walk, currently President of Marymount Manhattan College, on her recent appointment as President of University of the Arts.  We were privileged to represent Dr. Walk in her presidential contract negotiations.

3/30/2023  Congratulations and best wishes to our client, Dr. Safa Zaki, currently Dean of Faculty and the McCoy Professor of Psychology at Williams College, on her recent appointment as the 16th President of Bowdoin College.  We were privileged to represent Dr. Zaki in her presidential contract negotiations.

3/23/2023  Congratulations and best wishes to our client, Danielle Holley, Esq., currently Dean of Howard University School of Law, on her recent appointment as the 20th President of Mount Holyoke College. We were privileged to represent Dean Holley in her presidential contract negotiations.

2/7/2023  Congratulations and best wishes to our client, Dr. Roderick MacNeal, Jr., upon his appointment as Head of The Chestnut Hill School in Chestnut Hill, Massachusetts.  We were privileged to represent Dr. MacNeal in his contract negotiations.

1/24/2023  Congratulations and best wishes to our client, Dr. Jay M. Bernhardt, on his recent appointment as President of Emerson College.  We were privileged to represent Dr. Bernhardt in his contract negotiations.

1/12/2023  Congratulations and best wishes to our client, Dr. Sean Decatur, currently President of Kenyon College, on his recent appointment as new President and CEO of American Museum of Natural History.  We were privileged to represent Dr. Decatur in his contract negotiations.

12/29/2022  Congratulations and best wishes to our client, Dr. Strom C. Thacker, on his recent appointment as the seventh President of Pitzer College.  We were privileged to represent Dr. Thacker in his contract negotiations.

9/27/2022  Congratulations and best wishes to our client, Dr. Sarah Willie-LeBreton, currently Provost and Dean at Swarthmore College, on her appointment as the 12th President of Smith College commencing in July 2023. We were privileged to represent Dr. Willie-LeBreton in her contract negotiations.

6/20/2022  Congratulations to our client Dr. Robert P. Kirshner, Chief Program Officer for Science at the Gordon and Betty Moore Foundation and Clowes Professor of Science emeritus at Harvard University, on his appointment as Executive Director of the Thirty Meter Telescope International Observatory and Research Professor of Astrophysics at the California Institute of Technology.  We were privileged to represent Dr. Kirshner in the contract negotiations for his new position.

5/10/2022  Congratulations and best wishes to our client Dr. Deborah Preston, on her recent appointment as President of Mercer County Community College.  We were privileged to represent Dr. Preston in her contract negotiations.

5/5/2022  Congratulations and best wishes to our client Sherri Cohen, on her recent appointment as Chief Operating Officer and Chief Financial Officer of Breakout Capital Partners LP.  We were privileged to represent Ms. Cohen in the contracting process.

5/3/2022  Congratulations and best wishes to our client Dr. Jill M. Baren, on her recent appointment as the 14th President of Lake Forest College.  We were privileged to represent Dr. Baren in her presidential contract negotiations.

4/28/2022  Congratulations and best wishes to our client Andrew Chappell, on his appointment as Head of The Derryfield School in Manchester, New Hampshire.  We were privileged to represent Mr. Chappell in his contract negotiations.

4/21/2022  Congratulations and best wishes to our client Dr. Abra Bush, on her recent appointment as Dean of Indiana University Jacobs School of Music.  We were privileged to represent Dr. Bush in her contract negotiations.

4/21/2022  Congratulations and best wishes to our client Dr. Jermaine F. Williams, on his recent appointment as President of Montgomery College.  We were privileged to represent Dr. Williams in his presidential contract negotiations.

11/11/2021  Congratulations and best wishes to our client Joseph Algrant, on his appointment as the Head of Ethical Culture Fieldston School in Riverdale and Manhattan, New York.  We were privileged to represent Mr. Algrant in his contract negotiations.

10/21/2021  Congratulations and best wishes to our client Dr. Jonathan Koppell, on his recent appointment as the 9th President of Montclair State University.  We were privileged to represent Dr. Koppell in his presidential contract negotiations.

10/12/2021  Congratulations and best wishes to our client Nora Demleitner, currently the Roy L. Steinheimer Jr. Professor of Law at Washington and Lee University School of Law, on her recent appointment as the first female President of St. John’s College (Annapolis).  We were privileged to consult with President Demleitner in the contractual process.

10/4/2021  Congratulations and best wishes to our client Dr. Michaele Whelan, on her recent appointment as the 9th President of Wheaton College.  We were privileged to represent Dr. Whelan in her presidential contract negotiations.

8/12/2021  Congratulations to our client Brad Carson, on his recent appointment as the 21st President of the University of Tulsa.  We were privileged to represent President Carson in his contract negotiations.

7/29/2021  Congratulations and best wishes to our client Swami Iyer, on his recent appointment as President, Aerospace Systems, of Virgin Galactic.  We were privileged to represent Mr. Iyer in the contracting process.

7/15/2021  Congratulations and best wishes to our client Dr. Alison Byerly, on her appointment as the 12th President of Carleton College.  We were privileged to represent Dr. Byerly in her presidential contract negotiations.

7/2/2020  Congratulations and best wishes to our client Dr. Andrea Goldsmith, currently the Stephen Harris professor in the School of Engineering and professor of Electrical Engineering at Stanford University, on her appointment as Dean of the School of Engineering and Applied Science at Princeton University.  We were privileged to advise Dr. Goldsmith in connection with the contract for her new position at Princeton.

5/27/2020  Congratulations and best wishes to our client Dr. Mathew B. Johnson, on his appointment as the 17th President of Albion College.  We were privileged to represent Dr. Johnson in his presidential contract negotiations.

4/2/2020  Congratulations to our client Dr. Harry J. Elam, Jr., currently Senior Vice Provost and Professor in the Humanities at Stanford University, on his appointment as the 16th President of Occidental College.  We were privileged to represent Dr. Elam in his presidential contract negotiations.