Executive Search & Talent Acquisition for Catholic Institutions

We provide mission-centered executive search services for Catholic institutions going through a transition in leadership, organizational growth, or moments of reestablishment. Each search includes structured listening, defined roles, a national recruiting, mission-focused interviews, assessments of leadership, culture alignment evaluation, and transition assistance.

We align our process to the Catholic identity of the organization, as well as the governing considerations, community expectations, and long-term stability. We partner closely with hiring agents to provide transparency, communication, and discernment along the way. We strive to provide leaders that can provide inspiration, stability, and growth to your organization.

School Presidents, Principals & Heads of School

We search for presidents, principals, heads of school, and senior administrators that will create an environment that embraces Catholic faith, support the faculty in their work, enhance the growth of the school, and create a strong academic success. Catholic schools require leaders that are knowledgeable of the governance models, and are familiar with the dynamics of the parishes, the diocese, and community relationships. As part of the search process, we give priority to the desire to provide pastoral support, communication skills, instructional awareness, and to operate the school efficiently. In the end, we provide the leaders that will be able to advance the sacred mission of Catholic education, and to manage the realities of student enrollment, culture, and long-term viability.

Diocesan & System-Level Leadership

Dioceses require leaders who can think in terms of Pastoral mission, organizational strategy, operational oversight and community formation. Examples of administrators who would qualify as leaders at the diocesan level are: superintendent, associate superintendents, directors of Catholic identity, operational executors, and senior administrators. Our process will ensure that the leaders selected will fully support the bishop's mission and the overall vitality of system-wide Catholic education.

Religious Communities & Sponsoring Networks

We assist religious communities and sponsoring bodies in the recruitment of administrators, executive directors, formation leaders, operations executives, and governance support personnel that are mission-centered. Through our network of relationships throughout the county's religious communities and sponsorship networks, we will ensure that all leaders selected will be able to create a successful and highly-motivated organization, maintain sound organizational health, and to create a sustainable community. We will ensure that the selected individual possess the skills to strengthen governance, enhance operations, support for formation, and stewardship of the community.

Advancement, Enrollment & Operational Leadership

We provide recruiting services for advancement directors, enrollment leaders, CFOs, human resources directors, communications executives, facility leaders, and other administrative professionals who support long-term mission vitality. The candidates for the aforementioned positions must possess a strategic mindset, strong relationship building abilities, be knowledgeable about finances, and have the ability to clearly articulate and communicate the mission of the organization. We conduct searches using a methodology that helps us identify candidates who possess both professional excellence and cultural fit which ensures their success within a Catholic environment that is characterized by collaboration, stewardship and mission alignment in daily decision making.

Catholic Foundations & Ministries

We work with Catholic foundations, stewardship offices, charitable organizations, and ministry programs to identify executive directors, development leaders, program directors, administrative staff, and other executives whose work supports the fulfillment of the mission and who exhibit the ability to develop and maintain relationships with donors, understand the governance structure, and establish a ministry strategy to meet the community’s needs. We look for executives who have the ability to enhance the organization’s impact, utilize its resources in an ethical manner, and to advance the mission of the organization in a visionary manner.

Governance, Boards & Pastor–Principal Alignment

Clarification of roles between boards, pastors, principals/presidents and the diocesan leader through governance audits, board development, committee structure reviews, and canonical alignment.

Our Services for Catholic Schools