Image Carley Davenport Partner CONTACT Carley Davenport Carley Davenport specializes in executive searches in higher education, healthcare, and the nonprofit sector. She has deep experience recruiting leaders across academic, functional, and clinical roles including academic deans, department chairs, chancellors, chief financial officers, chief human resources officers, and nonprofit executive leadership and board members. Carley’s higher education portfolio includes, among others, searches for Arizona State University, the University of California system (Berkeley, Davis, Los Angeles, San Diego, Santa Barbara, and the Office of the President), the University of Southern California, and the University of Washington. In the academic medicine space, Carley has partnered on searches for the Deans of the David Geffen School of Medicine, Fielding School of Public Health, and Joe C. Wendl School of Nursing at UCLA; the Dean of the Keck School of Medicine at USC; the Vice Chancellor for Health Sciences at UC San Diego; Dean and Executive Vice President for University Clinical Affairs at Indiana University; and the Founding Deans of the John Shufeldt School of Medicine and Medical Engineering and the School of Technology for Public Health at Arizona State University. Carley has also worked with nonprofit healthcare organizations including the California Primary Care Association, Health Access California, the Inland Empire Health Plan Foundation, and MLK Community Healthcare. Carley is recognized for her commitment to delivering high-quality, personalized client service with exceptional attention to detail.Before joining Isaacson, Miller in 2019, Carley served as Assistant Director of Employer Relations at Columbia University’s Center for Career Education and at The Posse Foundation, where she managed career and alumni programming for the national office in New York City. Earlier in her career, she worked in development at a PreK–12 independent school.Pronouns: she/her Image Location San Francisco, CAUSA Education BA, Macalester College MA, Stanford University Carley Davenport specializes in executive searches in higher education, healthcare, and the nonprofit sector. She has deep experience recruiting leaders across academic, functional, and clinical roles including academic deans, department chairs, chancellors, chief financial officers, chief human resources officers, and nonprofit executive leadership and board members. Carley’s higher education portfolio includes, among others, searches for Arizona State University, the University of California system (Berkeley, Davis, Los Angeles, San Diego, Santa Barbara, and the Office of the President), the University of Southern California, and the University of Washington. In the academic medicine space, Carley has partnered on searches for the Deans of the David Geffen School of Medicine, Fielding School of Public Health, and Joe C. Wendl School of Nursing at UCLA; the Dean of the Keck School of Medicine at USC; the Vice Chancellor for Health Sciences at UC San Diego; Dean and Executive Vice President for University Clinical Affairs at Indiana University; and the Founding Deans of the John Shufeldt School of Medicine and Medical Engineering and the School of Technology for Public Health at Arizona State University. Carley has also worked with nonprofit healthcare organizations including the California Primary Care Association, Health Access California, the Inland Empire Health Plan Foundation, and MLK Community Healthcare. Carley is recognized for her commitment to delivering high-quality, personalized client service with exceptional attention to detail.Before joining Isaacson, Miller in 2019, Carley served as Assistant Director of Employer Relations at Columbia University’s Center for Career Education and at The Posse Foundation, where she managed career and alumni programming for the national office in New York City. Earlier in her career, she worked in development at a PreK–12 independent school.Pronouns: she/her
