Keight Tucker Kennedy

A member of Isaacson, Miller since 2014, Keight brings diverse experience in non-profit and higher education organizations to her practice. Internally, she places a high value on firm citizenship and mentoring others. Keight is a Managing Partner, chairs the Associate Promotions Committee, and a member of the firm’s Executive Committee. 

She has worked on more than a dozen presidential searches, including Hamilton College, Duke University, Union College, University of Maryland, Baltimore County, Hunter College, and Mount Holyoke College. Additionally, she has played a key role on several senior leadership searches at UMBC, Harvard University, Temple, Duke University, American University, Dartmouth, University of Pennsylvania, MIT, and Cornell.

As a search consultant, Keight has worked with minority serving institutions, urban publics, women's colleges, and K-12 education and advocacy organizations. Repeat work with a variety of excellent institutions proves her skill in identifying an organization's core challenges and finding the candidate whose skills can help solve them. Her clients also appreciate her ability to view searches through the lens of strategic change, a skill she learned managing strategy and organization development projects for federal agencies. 

Keight is passionate about supporting mission-driven organizations through her work as a search consultant and knows the importance of strong leadership in strengthening civil society. Additionally, Keight is an active member of Alpha Kappa Alpha Sorority, Incorporated. Keight also serves on the boards of the Down Syndrome Network of Montgomery County and the National Center for Learning Disabilities. In 2023, she was appointed by Governor Wes Moore to the State of Maryland’s Interagency Council for Infants and Toddlers.

Keight holds a BA from Emory University, an MA from Indiana University, and an EdD from the George Washington University.