Industry Executive search Founded 1997 | Number of employees 11-50 Headquarters Columbus, San Francisco | |
Key people Jeffrey Harris, Managing Partner, and Dr. Richard Skinner, Senior Consultant Services Retained executive search and board consulting Website www.harrisandassociates.com | ||
Harris Search Associates, founded in 1997, is a global executive search firm based in Columbus, Ohio, with regional offices in Dallas and San Francisco. The firm focuses on identifying and attracting leaders in research, science, academic medicine, and commercial enterprise. Harris Search Associates works with global universities, research parks, institutes, national laboratories, academic medical centers, and commercial organizations.
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Harris Search Associates offers services in the fields of executive search, board consulting, and leadership strategy, and has filled positions such as president, chancellor, vice president, provost, dean, department chair, and senior administrator.
The firm has published a guide for universities looking to improve their ability to identify, recruit, and employ talented leaders.
People
Jeffrey Harris is the founder and managing partner of Harris Search Associates. Mr. Harris served as the Vice Chairman for the Americas of Independent International Consultants (IIC) Partners from 2010-2013, and serves as its International Higher Education Practice Group leader. He has written articles for Inside Higher Ed and other publications, focused on strategies for executive search. Mr. Harris began his career in executive search in 1992.
Dr. Richard Skinner is a senior consultant at Harris Search Associates. His work focuses on executive talent recruitment for academic health and medical centers, university research parks, and research-intensive universities. He was previously president of Canada’s Royal Roads University and Georgia’s Clayton State University, and senior vice president for programs and research for the Association of Governing Boards of Universities and Colleges. Dr. Skinner has published in academic journals and other outlets, writing about leadership and governance in higher education, the role of technology in higher education, the globalization of postsecondary education, and differences between higher education in Canada and the United States.
Partnerships and memberships
Harris Search Associates is a shareholder member of Independent International Consultants (IIC) Partners, a global partnership of retained executive search firms with 52 offices across 34 countries.
Harris Search Associates is a member of the American Council on Education (ACE) Roundtable, an association of professionals dedicated to the development of best practices in higher education search. ACE represents the presidents and chancellors of two- and four-year public and private colleges and universities, and is accredited by the International Council for Higher Education Accreditation.
The firm is also a member of the Association of Executive Search Consultants (AESC), the worldwide professional association for the retained executive search and leadership consulting industry. The association approves new members following site visits, strict reference checks, and regional-council votes; its code of ethics and professional practice guidelines are aimed at promoting high professional standards.
Clients
Some of Harris Search Associates’ clients in recent years have included: Howard University, Kent State University, Michigan State University, Nidec Minster Corp., Northern Illinois University, Old Dominion University, Phoenix Contact, Inc., The Ohio State University, The Pennsylvania State University, University of Akron, University of Arizona, University of California at Davis, University of Illinois at Chicago, University of North Carolina at Charlotte, University of North Dakota University of Toledo, Washington State University, and Wayne State University.