Founded in 1999, Keeling & Associates, LLC (K&A) is a national leader with 25 years’ experience providing specialized and highly customized consulting and executive search services to colleges and universities, with an emphasis on student-facing priorities in student affairs, health/counseling/wellness, and student success.

OUR GUIDING PRINCIPLES

STUDENTS FIRST

We advocate for and strive to advance the learning, success, and well being of students. Everyone is a learner deserving of opportunities to grow.

EQUITY

We believe everyone is a student. All students must be able to take full advantage of opportunities and resources that enable them to learn.

EMPATHY

We apply an ethic of care, not only to sustain a humane work environment, but also to encourage higher education institutions to respond to students as whole people.

VALUE

We strive for value for every institution we serve, for the students who put their trust in those institutions, and for our staff members, whose knowledge, skills, and commitment enable us to succeed.

OUR COMMITMENT TO DIVERSITY, EQUITY, AND INCLUSION

Ours is an unjust and inequitable society. Change is overdue. We—as a company, as individuals, and in our work—will advocate for equity and inclusion, challenge hate, and work for justice.

OUR TEAM

Our consultants bring on-the-ground experience as presidents, provosts, vice presidents, AVPs, and executive directors. They have served on governing and advisory boards of national and international professional organizations. Their diverse professional and academic backgrounds in academic leadership, student affairs, medicine, psychology and counseling, public health, business, athletics, development, and the arts ensures an interdisciplinary perspective in everything we do.

Richard Keeling

Chairman and Senior Executive Consultant

Gordon Winsor

Executive Director, Search Services

Suzanne Coffey

Vice President, Consulting Services and Senior Consultant

LeAnna Rice

Vice President and Senior Consultant

Eric Engstrom

President and Executive Consultant

Jennifer Dickson

Senior Consultant and Director of Research

Eric Narburgh

Senior Consultant

Melissa Hagan

Senior Project Manager

Jared Leigh

Consultant, Operations

Marrlee Burgess

Consultant

COLLEAGUES & COLLABORATORS

Michael Bernstein

Senior Consultant

Alex Vasquez

Senior Consultant

John Vaughn

Senior Consultant

CAREERS AT K&A

With team members across North America, we’re flexible, talented,  and passionate about bringing change to higher education. If you think you’d be a good fit, submit your resume and cover letter for one of the positions below.

Why Do It Alone? Partner with Us.

Our consultants—all of whom have “been there” in previous crises—can help quickly turn “what is” into “what can/should be”—across programs, staffing, or institutional strategy.