President and Chief Executive Officer

President and Chief
Executive Officer

 

The Association of Governing Boards of Universities and Colleges
(AGB) invites nominations and applications for its next President
and Chief Executive Officer (CEO).

 

AGB’s next President and CEO will serve as AGB’s leader and
nationally respected advocate for consequential higher education
board governance. Reporting to and partnering with the AGB Board of
Directors, the CEO will provide strategic leadership for AGB,
champion AGB’s best practices of higher education governance, and
work with the staff to fulfill AGB’s mission and values. The CEO
will maximize relevance for and engagement with the association’s
more than 1,300 member boards and over 40,000 trustees, presidents
and chancellors, board professionals, and senior officers who have
fiduciary responsibility for colleges, universities, multi-campus
systems, institutionally related foundations, and state higher
education coordinating boards.

 

A visionary and strategic leader, the CEO is expected to confirm
and strengthen AGB’s position as the thought leader of higher
education board governance, gained over its more than 100 years of
service to higher education. Further, the CEO will strengthen AGB’s
ongoing alignment with its members, ensuring that AGB is their
trusted resource to address current and emerging issues,
challenges, and opportunities. Through the CEO’s transformational
leadership, AGB will advance its role as a prominent voice in
higher education for student and graduate success; the value of
higher education and board independence in a democracy; diversity,
equity, and inclusion; and other societal values that are
fundamental to college and university mission fulfillment.

 

Working with the AGB Board of Directors, the CEO will lead and
collaborate with an exceptional AGB staff leadership team
responsible for mission fulfillment, content, programs and
publications, membership experience, consulting services,
marketing, strategic communications, finance, human relations, and
executive search services.

 

Above all, the CEO is a leader with proven success running a
complex, mission-driven, financially sustainable organization, with
significant experience-based understanding of higher education and
higher education governance. An advanced degree is required; a
terminal degree is preferred.

 

For more information on this role please see the full
Profile.

 

Nominations and Applications

 

The Search Committee will begin reviewing applications in April
and will continue until the position is filled. For best
consideration, applicant materials should be received by
April 5, 2024.

 

Candidates Should Provide:

• Letter of interest stating how the candidate’s experiences and
  qualifications connect with the characteristics and priorities
  expressed in the position profile.
• Resume or curriculum vitae.
• Five professional references with emails, telephone numbers,
  and a description of the candidate’s professional relationship with
  each reference listed (references will not be contacted without
  prior written authorization from the applicant).

 

Please click here
(bit.ly/3u33HfV) to apply for the position. Should
you have any questions or encounter any difficulties with the
application process, please contact
AGBCEO@agbsearch.com.

 

The search is being assisted by the following
professionals from AGB Search:

 

Rod McDavis, Managing
Principal, Rod.mcdavis@agbsearch.com,
(804) 514-1982

 

Monica Burton,
Principal, monica.burton@agbsearch.com,
(917) 825-2961

 

Margaret “Peggy” Plympton,
Principal, margaret.plympton@agbsearch.com,
(484) 554-4543

 

Andrew Bowen, Executive Search
Consultant, Andrew.bowen@agbsearch.com,
(802) 345-1279

 

AGB is an Equal Opportunity/Affirmative Action
employer. Employees are selected on the basis of their
qualifications and work experience. AGB does not discriminate
against any candidate for employment or employee because of race,
color, religion, national origin, sex, age, marital status,
personal appearance, sexual orientation, family responsibilities,
physical handicap, matriculation, or political affiliation. AGB
also strives to recruit and promote qualified candidates from
minority groups, women, veterans, and the
disabled.