Sponsors

Boldyn Networks for higher education is the leader in delivering managed technology services to colleges and universities nationwide. Our comprehensive portfolio of managed residential and campus network, cloud, IT, and security services helps schools reclaim time for IT innovation while transforming the student, faculty, staff, and administrative experience. Following more than 25 years of exclusive service to higher education, Boldyn is committed to ensuring every partner institution is empowered to succeed and thrive. Learn more at: www.boldyn.com

CampusWorks supports higher education institutions in addressing complex challenges and building institutional sustainability. With a focus on student success and advancing institutional goals, we collaborate with colleges and universities to build resilient, future-ready institutions that empower students, faculty, and staff to achieve their full potential. Our team of experts brings deep knowledge and hands-on experience, delivering tailored solutions in areas such as technology, strategy, and operational excellence. For more details, visit our website.

As a national full-service CPA and consulting firm devoted to serving higher education and other nonprofit organizations, CapinCrouse provides professional solutions to organizations whose outcomes are measured in lives changed. For over 50 years, the firm has served universities and seminaries, domestic and international outreach organizations, foundations, media ministries, rescue missions, churches and denominations, and many others by providing support in the key areas of financial integrity and security. With a network of offices across the nation, CapinCrouse has the resources of a large firm and the personal touch of a local firm. Learn more at our website.

CapEd is a full-service provider of online and post-traditional learning solutions including micro-credentials and digital badges for colleges and universities.  Our solutions-focused relationships are custom built to support the broadest strategic intents of our partners allowing for packages that range from comprehensive revenue share to fee for service.  Visit our website for more information.

The Casagrande Institute for Higher Education Effectiveness empowers institutions to realize mission through enhanced board, leadership, and compensation effectiveness. We collaborate with leaders to provide sustainable and mission-aligned insights in board optimization, executive coaching, academic program prioritization, and fair compensation for faculty, staff, and executives. Consultants at the Casagrande Institute have worked with over 200 independent colleges and universities. Learn more at viterbo.edu/casagrande.

The higher education sector is projecting an annual deficit of $100B within 5 years. At Collegevine, we believe AI Agents will dramatically increase efficiency, reduce administrative costs, and transform the student experience to make higher education sustainable for the next century. We deploy safe AI Agents to drive real outcomes across campus. For more information, visit  For more information, visit our website.

EducationDynamics is the transformative strategic partner that helps schools meet the challenges and opportunities of serving today’s student. Our mission is to help colleges and universities understand, engage, and serve students and expand opportunity through education. We have dedicated the last 30 years to helping schools serve adult and non-traditional students through online programs, and we are the largest provider of unbundled marketing and enrollment management services for online and adult-focused higher ed. For more information, visit our website.

Fiorini and Associates (F&A) is a consulting agency that works with institutions to build, support, and grow an effective grants culture. This is accomplished by supporting faculty via informational presentations and hands-on workshops designed to introduce them to best practices in grant writing. F&A also provides ongoing grant proposal mentoring, from ideation and funding research through development, editing, and review of grant applications. Finally, they strategize with institutions to plan, build, and implement the necessary scaffolding to maximize grant funding success. Their associates are senior faculty and administrators with experience and expertise in related industries and research centers. For more information, visit our website.

HES is a premier national provider of facilities management services focused 100% on educational institutions. We pride ourselves on building best-in-class programs for custodial, maintenance, and grounds services. With hundreds of years of combined facilities experience, our leadership team is comprised of results-oriented, hands-on executives and facilities experts who give your facilities our full attention. Whether for a grounds program, custodial services, or maintenance solutions, HES will change the way you look at facilities management. Learn more on our website.

Hyatt-Fennell, Executive Search Plus, is a highly successful executive firm with a strong support staff and independent senior consultants rich in higher education and national and international recruitment and coaching experience.  Hyatt-Fennell enhances and individualizes the process for everyone and offers a commitment to provide exceptional services for our clients and institutions. For more information, visit our website.

Today’s students expect to learn and live in safe, healthy, comfortable, and sustainable environments.  On campuses across the country, presidents and administrators face a seemingly overwhelming challenge: How to optimize campus environments, lower energy consumption, decrease operational costs, and reduce environmental impact, while at the same time attracting students and recruiting faculty? Johnson Controls, a leading provider of higher-education solutions, helps colleges and universities achieve their diverse goals by creating comfortable, quality learning environments that operate more intelligently and efficiently. Johnson Controls is the college partner for products, services, and funding. We blend a technical and financial expertise for a turn key solution.  To learn more, visit our website.

National Management Resources Corporation, founded in 1978, provides services exclusively to private institutions of higher learning. Services include physical plant maintenance and repair, custodial, landscape, event planning and setups, security, and construction management. National tailors its services to meet the needs and goals of the clients they serve. With National, you can rest assured that your facilities look their best or recruitment, retention, and advancement. For more information, visit our website.

Pearl Meyer is the leading advisor to boards and senior management helping organizations build, develop, and reward great leadership teams that drive long-term success. Our strategy-driven compensation and leadership consulting services act as powerful catalysts for value creation and competitive advantage by addressing the critical links between people and outcomes. Our industry experts focused exclusively on the higher education sector have helped hundreds of colleges and universities achieve their objectives.  To learn more visit our website at www.pearlmeyer.com.

PeopleGrove is the solution leveraging navigation tools and relationships with students, alumni, industry leaders, and faculty to increase yield, retention, and alumni volunteerism. Mentorships, experiential learning, career support, co-curricular management, and AI driven connections are some of the components utilized to drive revenue and relevance for campus partners. From 3.4x increases in donor giving rates to 3.24x in enrollment rates, our 400+ campus partners and 20M students and alumni are experiencing meaningful results. Learn more at our website.

Stevens Strategy is a full-service consulting firm specializing in managing the process of strategic change in colleges, universities and schools.  We offer professional services to the leaders of these institutions in the areas of Institutional Vision and Strategy, Strategic Organizational Leadership, Market and Program Analytics, Finance and Data Analytics and Institution-wide Policy Development. Our consultants have extensive experience serving more than 100 independent and public colleges, universities and schools—including positions as present and former trustees, presidents, faculty, vice presidents and other senior staff—each with a particular area of expertise in college, university and school leadership and management.  Visit our website for more information.

TIAA was founded in 1918 to help teachers retire with confidence. That mission grew to include those in healthcare and more,  creating reliable income for their futures while they work to make a difference today. Our commitment to be the change—for our clients, associates and communities—has never wavered and it’s what motivates us to deliver lifetime income for all with investments that build a better world. Learn more at our website.