Michael A. Diamond
Senior Partner

Michael A. Diamond served as Vice President and Executive Vice Provost of the University of Southern California until 2005, after being appointed Vice Provost for Planning and Budget in 1995.  In his capacity as Vice President and Executive Vice Provost, working closely with the Provost, Diamond was responsible for managing the academic enterprise at the University of Southern California and overseeing an academic budget approaching $1 billion. More...

Mark Power Robison
Managing Partner

Mark Power Robison began service as Academic Planning Officer at the University of Southern California in 2002.  Robison coordinated a two-year strategic planning process leading to the creation of USC’s new strategic plan in 2004. He also co-directed the university’s academic program review process, whereby every academic unit receives regular assessments of their academic programs and research activities. More...

C. Peter Magrath is Interim President of the University of West Virginia. Previously, he served as president of the National Association of State Universities and Land-Grant Colleges (NASULGC) from 1992 until 2006. As CEO of the nation's oldest higher education association, Magrath represented NASULGC's member institutions in Washington, D.C., and in educational settings around the United States on issues of national importance to the higher education community. Between 2006 and 2008 he was a senior Advisor to the College Board. More...

Olin Robison is President Emeritus of Middlebury College and President Emeritus of the Salzburg Seminar.  In 1991 Dr. Robison assumed the presidency of the Salzburg Seminar, an international educational organization based at Schloss Leopoldskron in Salzburg, Austria.  During his 14 year leadership higher education became a key area of the Seminar’s work.  More...

Richard Flaherty recently concluded almost two years of service as Interim Dean of the Eberhardt School of Business at the University of the Pacific. Prior to that, he served as Dean of the College of Business and Professor of Accounting at the University of Nevada, Las Vegas for eight years. He was previously on the faculty at Arizona State University for 21 years (1978-1999).More...