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Functional + Administrative Leadership

We serve clients across the civic sector in their searches for functional and administrative leadership.

Our Experience


We recruit the full range of financial, operational, and administrative leadership in higher education, academic medicine, and across non-profit organizations. Through thousands of searches, we have developed an in-depth understanding of these roles and a deep, national network of outstanding leaders.

Clients

We have an unparalleled track record recruiting leaders in a wide range of areas: finance and business; accounting and control; audit, risk and compliance; human resources, talent, and people management; information technology and security; institutional research, analytics, and effectiveness; marketing, communications, and public affairs; and more.

 

Expertise

Our disciplined and tested approach, and professional experience in these fields, allows us to partner with our clients in identifying outstanding candidates who have an exceptional understanding of the complexities of their field, paired with the experience to succeed.

Our Track Record

40+

Years of experience and results

4.4k+

Searches for administrative and functional leadership across the civic sector

80%

Client return rate, reflective of our enduring relationships

99%

Client satisfaction score, reflecting our high-touch approach and our relentless pursuit of excellence

Explore the Clients We Serve

Arts + Culture

Isaacson, Miller partners with arts and culture organizations whose missions celebrate creativity, innovation, education, public service, and audience engagement.

Conservation + Environment

We have a deep, longstanding record serving international, national, regional, and urban conservation and environmental organizations as well as funders supporting these groups. 

Healthcare, Academic Medicine + Health Sciences

Our record recruiting senior administrative leaders for multi-faceted roles in healthcare, academic medicine, and health sciences, is based on continuous appraisal of an increasingly complex sector. 

Higher Education

With more than half our work devoted to university and college leadership, we have the nation’s largest and most diverse practice in higher education, spanning academic administration and functional leadership.

Human + Social Services / General Civic Sector

From our earliest days Isaacson, Miller has supported and empowered the country’s leading human and social services organizations, as well as nonprofits and civic institutions committed to revitalizing and strengthening the fabric of communities. 

International

Isaacson, Miller relies on a global network stretching throughout North and Central America, Europe, Africa, Asia, and Australia to serve our domestic and international clients.

Philanthropy

We have served hundreds of foundations across the country in searches for CEOs, senior program and administrative leaders, and trustees.

Leadership Insights

An IM Conversation with Dawn Rhodes

Dawn Rhodes, VP for Finance and Administration and CBO at the University of Maryland Baltimore discusses her pathway to becoming a university business officer, the evolution of the role, and how COVID-19 is affecting major research institutions.

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Contact us. We are looking forward to learning more about how we can help.