Funk Associates

Funk Associates is the nation's premier firm dedicated to higher education search consulting. Over the past four decades, no higher education search firm has had a greater impact on college and university leadership nationally than Funk Associates and its consultants.

Funk Associates has conducted a significant number of the most important university and system President, Provost, VP, and Dean searches in the nation. The firm was founded on the belief that they are partners with their clients, working towards a mutual goal of advancing the universities and colleges they serve.

As a facilitator of the search process, Funk Associates views their relationship with clients as a partnership. While they enhance the pool of candidates and provide counsel throughout the process, they recognize that decisions regarding selection of short list and final candidates reside solely with the client. Their record of successfully completed searches reflects their ability to engender consensus through constructive interaction with search committees.

A major factor for the firm's success is that every search is valued and given unique attention. They steadfastly resist conducting competing searches at the same time, ensuring clients do not feel they are being given pools of candidates who have been spurned by other clients. This approach guarantees clients receive the best candidates available.

Funk Associates operates as a national firm that exclusively conducts searches in the higher education world and only at the highest levels. They undertake only those searches where they have significant experience and which they feel confident they can successfully complete for their clients. The firm prides itself on delivering premium service to clients and candidates while developing the deepest and most diverse candidate pools in the industry.