Blog Posts

July 20, 2022 - Sooner or later, most college and university presidents are asked about their worst fears—what keeps them up at night or wakes them with anxious thoughts in the middle of the night.

July 19, 2022 - Summer is finally here. You’ve finished the last campaign of the academic year, and now you are in the midst of finalizing your annual fundraising planning calendar. All eyes are turning to the kickoff of your fiscal year in earnest. …

July 08, 2022 - As a member of AGB’s Advisory Council that guided the newly published report Freedom of Speech and Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion on Campus: Considerations for Board Members and Chief Executives, the challenge of cultivating an inclusive campus is on my …

July 07, 2022 - You are viewing the Institution version of this CEO Update. Institutionally Related Foundation and System versions are also available. Last month, I moderated a panel with two board chairs and two presidents during an AGB member’s board retreat, and separately, I …

June 30, 2022 - Board leadership for colleges and universities is strengthened when a broad range of perspectives and expertise are represented. Still, many higher ed boards of trustees lack meaningful diversity. What is holding your institution back? And what can be done to overcome …

June 23, 2022 - For an endowment or other perpetual pool of capital, the ability to grow the portfolio, net of spending, expenses, and inflation, is critically important to supporting future generations. Despite predictions in recent years of a “low return environment” that could …

June 22, 2022 - As a president and later as a trustee, the AGB national conference and AGB publications were my first stop for programs and materials because they spoke directly to my current interests. It was as if they read my mind. I …

June 21, 2022 - The concept of sustainable investing is about bringing clarity to investment opportunities and risks resulting from financially relevant environmental, social, and governance (ESG) factors. We believe material environmental, social, and governance factors are prefinancial indicators that can affect a company’s …

June 17, 2022 - Bowling Green State University (BGSU) in Ohio hosts foundation and alumni board meetings three times per year. Before the university adopted board management software, it followed a manual preparation process. Sarah Brokamp, BGSU special assistant to the vice president for university …

June 08, 2022 - You are viewing the Institution version of this CEO Update. Institutionally Related Foundation and System versions are also available. As part of my onboarding when I started at AGB three years ago, I received several binders and boxes with memos and …