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Top 25 University board recruitment companies based in the United States

RevenueBase identified 76 university board recruitment companies headquartered in the United States as of September 2026 and tracks 1,056 professional contacts across them, including 366 with verified work emails. Washington is the largest hub.

This list covers university board recruitment companies headquartered in the United States, matched on what each company actually does as described in its own words. Ranked by team size, largest first. Every row shows the company's own description, its RevenueBase Smart Search rating, and when it was last checked. Data refreshed September 29, 2026.

Published by RevenueBase, a B2B data infrastructure company. This list was built with RevenueBase Smart Search, the natural-language company search RevenueBase customers use to build their own targeted lists and unlock verified emails and direct dials at the companies on them. How these lists are built and judged.

How to read this list HQ checked on every row RevenueBase Smart Search rating on every row Refreshed Sep 29, 2026 86% judged on-target in blind review
76Companies
1,056Contacts tracked
366Verified emails
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The 25 largest university board recruitment companies based in the United States

Ranked by team size
Top 25 of 76 university board recruitment companies based in the United States, ranked by team size, largest first. Data refreshed Sep 29, 2026. RevenueBase Smart Search rates how each company's information relates to university board recruitment companies: strong evidence (its own description names it), partial (names part of it), indirect (matched on the rest of its profile rather than the description shown). Click a contact count to view that company's people.
#CompanyRevenueBase Smart SearchHeadquartersEmployeesContacts
1Indirect evidenceState College, PA, United StatesHQ checked Sep 29, 2026n/a208 contacts →

Indirect evidence

“HigherEdJobs® is the leading source for jobs and career information in academia.”

Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 29, 2026
2Partial evidencePeabody, MA, United StatesHQ checked Sep 29, 202611-5080 contacts →

Partial evidence

“In an era of relentless change, colleges and universities need to be nimble-making informed decisions quickly.”

Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 29, 2026
3Indirect evidenceWashington, DC, United StatesHQ checked Sep 29, 202651-20077 contacts →

Indirect evidence

“AGB Search offers executive search, interim search, and compensation benchmarking exclusively for higher education institutions.”

Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 29, 2026
4Indirect evidenceEasthampton, MA, United StatesHQ checked Sep 29, 202611-5043 contacts →

Indirect evidence

“Spelman Johnson is a premier executive search firm exclusively committed to serving higher education, PK-12 schools, and non-profits.”

Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 29, 2026
5Indirect evidenceBoston, MA, United StatesHQ checked Sep 29, 202611-5029 contacts →

Indirect evidence

“Park Square Executive Search, LLC is a retainer-based executive search firm located in Boston, Massachusetts and in Menlo Park, California.”

Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 29, 2026
6Partial evidencePhiladelphia, PA, United StatesHQ checked Sep 29, 202611-5026 contacts →

Partial evidence

“HFA is one of the leading executive and board search firms in the nation.”

Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 29, 2026
7Indirect evidenceGreensboro, NC, United StatesHQ checked Sep 29, 202611-5025 contacts →

Indirect evidence

“The Education Group works in a distinctly personalized way to help independent schools with their hiring needs.”

Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 29, 2026
8Partial evidenceChicago, IL, United StatesHQ checked Sep 29, 202611-5023 contacts →

Partial evidence

“JamesDruryPartners is an elite board advisory services firm.”

Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 29, 2026
9Indirect evidenceWilliamsport, PA, United StatesHQ checked Sep 29, 202611-5023 contacts →

Indirect evidence

“RPA Inc.”

Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 29, 2026
10Indirect evidenceAsheville, NC, United StatesHQ checked Sep 29, 202611-5020 contacts →

Indirect evidence

“Summit Search Solutions is an executive search firm serving the higher education, nonprofit and K-12 sectors.”

Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 29, 2026
11Indirect evidenceNew York, NY, United StatesHQ checked Sep 29, 202611-5019 contacts →

Indirect evidence

“Educator’s Ally partners with independent day and boarding schools throughout the U.S.”

Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 29, 2026
12Indirect evidencePhiladelphia, PA, United StatesHQ checked Sep 29, 202611-5019 contacts →

Indirect evidence

“Opus Partners is an independent executive search firm founded by consultants who have worked together since Opus conducts senior-level searches nationally and internationally for…”

Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 29, 2026
13Indirect evidenceAtlanta, GA, United StatesHQ checked Sep 29, 202611-5018 contacts →

Indirect evidence

“Parker Executive Search is a leading global executive search firm.”

Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 29, 2026
14Indirect evidenceAsheville, NC, United StatesHQ checked Sep 29, 202611-5018 contacts →

Indirect evidence

“RH Perry & Associates (RH Perry) partners with institutions of higher education and other mission-driven organizations to identify outstanding leaders.”

Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 29, 2026
15Partial evidenceMatthews, NC, United StatesHQ checked Sep 29, 202611-5017 contacts →

Partial evidence

“focusEDU provides college and university partners with comprehensive consulting; national search and interim placement and appointment services in the operational areas of student…”

Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 29, 2026
16Partial evidenceNew York, United StatesHQ checked Sep 29, 202611-5016 contacts →

Partial evidence

“Trewstar places highly qualified candidates on corporate boards across all industries.”

Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 29, 2026
17Indirect evidenceHarrisburg, PA, United StatesHQ checked Sep 29, 202611-5016 contacts →

Indirect evidence

“Scott Healy & Associates provides comprehensive enrollment management and national search services for higher education.”

Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 29, 2026
18Partial evidenceTempe, AZ, United StatesHQ checked Sep 29, 20261-1016 contacts →

Partial evidence

“The professional staff of Board Developer has over 30 years experience in board member placement, board meeting facilitation, and advanced leadership development.”

Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 29, 2026
19Indirect evidenceWashington, DC, United StatesHQ checked Sep 29, 20261-1016 contacts →

Indirect evidence

“Vetted Solutions is a Washington, DC-based executive search firm specializing in association and nonprofit recruiting and consulting.”

Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 29, 2026
20Partial evidenceGrand Rapids, MI, United StatesHQ checked Sep 29, 20261-1016 contacts →

Partial evidence

“Since 2010, Board Member Connect has specialized in one thing: building better boards.”

Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 29, 2026
21Indirect evidenceMatthews, NC, United StatesHQ checked Sep 29, 202611-5014 contacts →

Indirect evidence

“Leading the Way in Mission-Driven Leadership: The Batten Group Building Transformational Teams for Your Nonprofit, Healthcare, and Higher Education Institutions.”

Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 29, 2026
22Indirect evidenceGlastonbury, CT, United StatesHQ checked Sep 29, 20261-1014 contacts →

Indirect evidence

Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 29, 2026
23Partial evidenceLutz, FL, United StatesHQ checked Sep 29, 20261-1012 contacts →

Partial evidence

“NES specializes in identifying talented individuals in the field of enrollment management and pairing them with the finest colleges and universities in the country.”

Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 29, 2026
24Indirect evidencePrinceton, NJ, United StatesHQ checked Sep 29, 202611-5011 contacts →

Indirect evidence

“Myers McRae Executive Search and Consulting has been providing the highest caliber of service to higher education and not-for-profit organizations for more than 40 years.”

Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 29, 2026
25Indirect evidenceRaleigh, NC, United StatesHQ checked Sep 29, 20261-109 contacts →

Indirect evidence

“Elinvar has over 30 years of experience providing talented leaders for executive positions.”

Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 29, 2026

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University board recruitment companies based in the United States at a glance

As of Sep 29, 2026
34.7%Verified-email coverage
13.9Average contacts per company
1-10Median size (employees)
6.6%Largest-city concentration · Washington
Sep 29, 2026Page data refreshed

Companies by employee count

1-10
39
11-50
32
51-200
4
10001+
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Email recency for this list is measured worldwide rather than for United States, so it is reported there. Company counts and contact totals on this page are exact for United States, over 76 companies.

How this list was built

Company categories are rarely black and white. RevenueBase reads each company's own description of its business to decide whether it belongs among university board recruitment companies, so some rows will be adjacent to the category rather than pure plays. The description and RevenueBase Smart Search rating on every row are there so you can check each match yourself.

Source
The RevenueBase company graph: 60 million companies and 398.9 million professional contacts resolved from primary sources, queried with RevenueBase Smart Search, the natural-language company search available to every RevenueBase user.
What qualifies
Companies headquartered in the United States whose own description of what they do matches “university board recruitment companies”. Matching reads each company's description, not its industry code or its name.
RevenueBase Smart Search
RevenueBase Smart Search is how this list is assembled and how each row is rated. RevenueBase's data engine and AI assess a company's LinkedIn profile, information supplied directly by the company, its website and other publicly available information, then relate it to a category defined in a user's own words. Each row is rated strong evidence (its own description names university board recruitment companies), partial evidence (it names part of the category) or indirect evidence (the description shown names none of it and the match rests on the rest of the company's profile). The description supporting each rating is quoted on the row.
What we exclude
Companies whose own description does not clearly place them among university board recruitment companies, and records with no verified work email. Companies headquartered outside United States are excluded even when they keep an office there.
Match quality
In blind human judging of this matching method, 86% of matched companies were on target. Expect roughly 1 in 7 rows to be adjacent to the category rather than a pure play. Every row shows the company's own description and its RevenueBase Smart Search rating so you can judge each match yourself. Read the full methodology: how the lists are built, how the judging worked, and what the figure means.
Ranking
Team size, largest first: companies are ordered by the number of professionals RevenueBase tracks at each one. Employee ranges shown are reported bands, for context.
Verification
Every listed company carries at least one verified work email, 366 across the full list. Contacts re-verify on a rolling cadence, and each contact's own verification date is shown inside RevenueBase.
Refresh
This page's figures were pulled from the company graph on September 29, 2026. Lists refresh periodically as the graph is re-checked.
Corrections
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Frequently asked

What is RevenueBase Smart Search?

RevenueBase Smart Search is how RevenueBase decides which companies belong on this list and how strongly each one fits. Its data engine and AI assess a company's LinkedIn profile, information supplied directly by the company, its website and other publicly available information, then relate it to the category the list is about. Each row is rated strong evidence when the company's own description names university board recruitment companies, partial evidence when it names part of the category, and indirect evidence when the description shown names none of it and the match rests on the rest of the company's profile.

How many university board recruitment companies are there based in the United States?

RevenueBase identified 76 university board recruitment companies headquartered in the United States as of September 2026, matched on each company's own description of what it does rather than its industry code.

What is the largest company on this list?

Higheredjobs, headquartered in State College, tops this list with the largest team on record.

Which city has the most university board recruitment companies?

Washington leads with 5 headquartered companies, followed by Philadelphia (4) and Chicago (3).

How do I get contact information for these companies?

A free RevenueBase account lets you run this exact search and work the top results, verified emails and direct dials included. Upgrading unlocks all 366 verified decision-maker contacts tracked across these 76 companies.

How current is this list?

The list refreshes periodically as the company graph is re-checked. This page's figures were pulled on September 29, 2026.

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About this data

RevenueBase is a B2B data infrastructure company. Its company graph covers 60 million companies and 398.9 million professional contacts, with emails verified on a rolling cadence rather than scraped once and left to decay. These company lists are generated directly from that graph with RevenueBase Smart Search, the same natural-language company search every RevenueBase user has: describe a market in plain words, get the companies that match, and add verified emails and direct dials for the people at them. It is the same data that powers RevenueBase's B2B data products, and a free account includes 500 credits to start. How these lists are built and judged.