DEVELOPMENT AND ADVANCEMENT
Supporting Growth & Sustainability
WittKieffer has decades of experience recruiting highly productive and visionary advancement leaders who enable long-term growth and sustainability for our clients.
Advancing institutions of higher education one leader at a time.
The right advancement leader can transform a healthcare, higher education, or nonprofit institution, enabling the uncompromised execution of vision, mission, and strategy.
To identify the most effective advancement candidates and ensure their success, we take the time to understand the philanthropic goals and challenges of every client, tailoring each search and consultancy to match the unique needs of the institution and its advancement team.
Most of the WittKieffer consultants dedicated to recruiting and advising advancement leadership have served as senior development executives themselves. Therefore, we have deep, valuable, and relevant experience placing leaders in these roles and supporting their growth. In the past decade, we have recruited hundreds of philanthropic leaders, including foundation presidents, alumni association presidents, vice presidents, campaign leaders, individual unit heads such as associate deans and service line directors, and functional leaders of planned giving, corporate relations, advancement services, and more. We utilize our search and sector experience to build robust and talented pools of candidates, and we closely partner with clients to help their advancement leaders realize their full potential.