Education, Nonprofit, & Social Impact
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Practice

Advance educational excellence with visionary leadership

Educational institutions are not just one thing. They are not solely instruction, or development, or real estate, or sports. They are all these things at once. ZRG has the unique skills and experience necessary to be a full-spectrum talent advisory partner with educational institutions.

Decades of expertise shaping educational excellence

ZRG’s dedicated Education Practice comprises, a team of seasoned executives who have represented educational institutions throughout the United States. Collectively, we have represented 300+ educational clients and successfully completed more than 2,100 searches within the past 10 years. We are proud of our longstanding relationships with public and private colleges, universities, districts, and systems of all sizes.

Both breadth and depth in experience

Our Sports, Music, & Entertainment group, formerly Turnkey Search, has placed the commissioners of major athletic conferences as well as coaches in men’s and women’s sports at DI, DII, and DIII schools alike.

The experts of The Registry are the gold standard for interim leadership in higher education. They have talented and experienced leaders ready to step into time-limited engagements across all functions of institutional leadership.

For real estate and facilities leadership needs, our Helbling group has over two decades of experience partnering with educational institutions for their critical needs in this central concern.

Education, Nonprofit, & Social Impact team

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GLOBAL SCALE. BOUTIQUE FEEL.

We are in the markets that matter, but we show up like we’re part of your team. Hands-on, high-touch, and built around your goals.

Higher Education

Search, interim, and leadership solutions for colleges and universities across academic, cabinet, advancement, athletics, operational, and institutional priorities.
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Pre K-12

Leadership support for school systems and education organizations navigating change, technological transformation, and community accountability.
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Arts & Culture

Helping cultural institutions navigating funding pressure, audience shifts, leadership succession, and organizational alignment.
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Associations & Advocacy

Leadership solutions for professional associations, advocacy, and trade organizations managing governance, membership expectations, and industry-specific challenges.
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Foundations & Impact Investing

Talent advisory for foundations balancing board partnership, strategic direction, and long-term philanthropic stewardship.
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Health & Research

Advising on talent strategy for organizations operating at the intersection of science, health, research, and institutional complexity.
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Rosa-Lyn Morris

Global Market Leader
Education Sector

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