R. William Funk & Associates is the premier firm dedicated to higher education search consulting. Led by its founder and President, R. William (Bill) Funk, the firm is recognized for its unparalleled record in recruiting many of the nation's most esteemed college and university leaders. Our firm has had the privilege of recruiting more Presidents and Chancellors to notable universities in the past several decades than any other firm or collection of firms. For example, we have recruited Chancellors/Presidents two-thirds of all public AAU universities . It might also be of interest to you to know that we have recruited Presidents or Chancellors to more than one-half of the U.S. News &World Report’s most recently published “Top 30 National Universities.”
Mr. Funk is the best known and most widely respected search consultant serving higher education. He has been called the “guru of higher education recruiting” by The Chronicle of Higher Education and is listed as one of the 200 best executive recruiters in the world in The Global 200 Executive Recruiters: An Essential Guide to the Best Recruiters in the United States, Europe, Asia, and Latin America (Jossey-Bass, Inc). On Wisconsin , a University of Wisconsin publication, proclaimed in an article several years ago, that “…Funk is higher education’s ultimate insider, its answer to the Kevin Bacon game: his list of friends and acquaintances includes the top officials at nearly
every major American university. Pick any school on the map, and you’re likely to find no more than a few degrees of Bill Funk. …he has become the most highly regarded search consultant in higher education.” Mr. Funk has conducted more than 425 searches for college and university Presidents and Chancellors. Among the approximately 70 currently sitting Presidents he has recruited are many of the nation’s most admired and respected university executives. Our firm's consultants have done a myriad of searches for other executive-level positions, including those for Provosts, Vice Presidents of Academic Affairs, CFO's, and Deans of nearly every discipline. We are privileged to have ‘preferred provider’ status with more than 30 universities nationwide.
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