• Trustees and board chairs

• University presidents and chancellors

• Provosts and academic affairs leaders

• Chiefs of staff

• General counsels

• Communications and government affairs executives

• Research vice presidents

• Discreet sounding-board advisory sessions

• Presidential transition and onboarding support

• Governance and board dynamics

• Leadership decision-making counsel

• Strategic planning

• Scenario and strategy planning

• Fundraising

• Meeting and retreat preparation

Clients engage the Council on a monthly or annual basis for confidential advisory access. This allows leaders to raise questions, test assumptions, and assess risk in real time, without the formality or delay of opening a new engagement for each issue.

The retainer model is particularly well suited for:

• Time-sensitive decisions

• Politically or reputationally complex situations

• Ambitious projects that benefit from an outside, peer perspective