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Senior-level experience in higher education, enrollment management - from our consultants and from our placements - helps you achieve institutional excellence..
Executive Search Services
For enrollment and enrollment-related positions in higher education. Williams & Company's search consultants combine more than 55 years of executive search experience and have evaluated talent at hundreds of colleges and universities throughout North America. More...
Enrollment Consulting
Designed to achieve annual new and returning student enrollment goals consistently and reliably. Times like these require us to act strategically if we want to create our future, rather than react to it. Institutions practicing business as usual will fall behind those reinventing themselves. More...
Candidate Registry
Are you looking for a position that takes full advantage of your talents in an organization where you fit?Use our Candidate Registry if none of our current searches is right for you. Visit the Managing Your Career page to view other professional development resources. More...
Current Searches
Olivet College, a private liberal arts institution located in Olivet, MI, seeks an experienced and innovative leader to serve as Vice President for Enrollment Management (VPEM). Reporting to the President and serving as a member of both the President’s Cabinet and the Executive Council, the VPEM is responsible for the development, direction, implementation, and evaluation of comprehensive strategic enrollment management plans and activities.
Notre Dame of Maryland University (NDMU), a private Catholic institution located in Baltimore, Maryland, invites applications and nominations for the Associate Vice President for Enrollment Management & Freshmen Recruiting (AVPEM) position. Under the direction of the Senior Vice President for Enrollment Management and Student Services (SVPEMSS), the AVPEM is responsible for the development, direction, implementation, and evaluation of all recruitment plans and activities related to prospective college freshmen to NDMU. The AVPEM will be a key driver of innovation through initiatives that are planned in accordance with current market factors and opportunities that are specific to Notre Dame of Maryland University.
Doane University, a comprehensive university rooted in the liberal arts and the oldest private institution in higher education in Nebraska, invites applications and nominations for the Vice President for Enrollment Management and Marketing (VPEMM) position. This newly imagined position oversees and coordinates all aspects of Doane’s enrollment and marketing efforts.
Biola University is a nationally ranked private conservative evangelical Christian university in the heart of Southern California. Founded in 1908, Biola offers biblically centered education, intentional spiritual development and vocational preparation within a unique learning community where all faculty, staff and students are professing Christians.
Hood College, a comprehensive, independent, liberal arts college located in the vibrant city of Frederick, Maryland, invites applications and nominations for the Registrar position.
Hood College, a private, comprehensive, independent, liberal arts college with a diverse, collaborative, student-centered community located in the vibrant city of Frederick, Maryland, invites applications and nominations for the Director of Financial Aid position.
York College of Pennsylvania, a comprehensive private institution deeply rooted in the liberal arts, invites applications and nominations for the Vice President for Enrollment Management (VPEM) position. The VPEM serves as a member of the President’s Senior Administrative Cabinet and oversees and coordinates all aspects of York College’s undergraduate, graduate and online enrollment effort.
North Central College, a comprehensive liberal arts institution located in the vibrant city of Naperville, Illinois, 30 miles west of Chicago, invites applications and nominations for the Vice President for Enrollment Management and Marketing (VPEMM) position. This newly imagined position oversees and coordinates all aspects of North Central’s undergraduate enrollment and marketing efforts.
Athens State University invites applications and nominations for the assistant vice president for enrollment management (AVPEM) position. The assistant vice president is responsible for envisioning and executing an enrollment strategy that is consistent with the mission, goals, and resources of Athens State University.
Calvin University, a private liberal arts institution located in the vibrant city of Grand Rapids, Michigan, invites applications and nominations for the Director of Admissions position. Founded in 1876, Calvin University is a Christ-centered community of more than 3,700 students from across the nation and around the world. The university fosters scholarship that creates new knowledge, performs creative work, and sustains natural and cultural resources. A Calvin education, marked by scholarly engagement with enduring questions and emerging concerns, prepares students to answer the call to serve God as agents of renewal.
News
We are pleased to announce the completion of a nationwide search for a new Vice President of Admissions & Enrollment Services at University of St. Francis (Joliet, IL). We are delighted to share with you that Eric Wignall will join University of St. Francis (USF) in August, 2017. Eric comes to USF from Ancilla College where he served since 2009, most recently as Vice President of Enrollment Management. He earned his BS degree from Indiana State University and his MA degree from University of Essex, Colchester, U.K. Please join us in wishing Eric and the University of St. Francis the very best!
Kristina Wong Davis from the University of California, San Diego, has been chosen as the next vice provost for enrollment management at Purdue University.Wong Davis is currently the director of admissions at UC San Diego, where she provides leadership and oversight to all areas of undergraduate admissions. Prior to that, she was director of outreach and recruitment for The Ohio State University. Wong Davis will assume the position of vice provost for enrollment management at Purdue on July 1, 2017.
Columbus State University (Columbus, Georgia), Executive Director of Admissions. This is a newly created position. The University of St. Francis (Joliet, IL), Vice President for Enrollment Services.
We're pleased to be partnering with Florida State College on their search for a VP for Strategic Enrollment and with Central Washington University on their search for an AVP for Enrollment Management. Searches will launch in January 2016. Watch for details!
Martha Smiles & Tom Williams will be attending the 2015 National Conference on Student Recruitment Marketing and Retention in Boston on July 8, 9 and 10. To schedule a time to speak with Tom or Martha about your hiring needs or professional development, please contact Martha directly at martha@williamscompany.net or 802.497.0151.
Testimonials
Read why so many before you have worked with Williams & Company. We have been fortunate to partner with Tom Williams and utilize his leadership and expertise in searches for several unique positions at The University of South Dakota. With a clear understanding of our campus culture, Tom managed each step of the way.
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About us
Leadership solutions. That's what Williams & Company brings to our client colleges and universities. Senior-level experience in higher education and enrollment management - from our consultants and from our placements - helps you achieve institutional excellence.
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