AdvancementEDU partners with universities, independent schools, and nonprofits to generate revenue for greater organizational impact. Our clients are guaranteed a relationship built on integrity, excellence and accountability.
As founder of AdvancementEDU, Chris Dudley leverages over two decades of experience in higher education leadership, operational excellence, major gift fundraising, marketing, sponsorship sales, and business development to provide high-level advice for leaders in education.
Chris served in senior leadership at High Point University in High Point, NC, during a time of unprecedented growth and transformation. For ten years, as Senior Vice President for Administration and Chief of Staff, he led operational areas, including: security, transportation, food services, maintenance, janitorial, landscaping, construction, events, and community relations, among others. For eight years, he served as Senior Vice President for Development, leading a team that raised $450 million.
Affinity LTC, The Coalition's endorsed broker, has specialized in providing Long Term Care insurance solutions to private, non-profit higher education for over 15 years. Affinity LTC first partnered with The Coalition in 2008 to offer John Hancock and then Genworth group LTCi products with unique benefits and limited underwriting to higher education clients and their families.
The Coalition is pleased to announce that Affinity LTC has a new group LTC offering available to Coalition members. This new product is available in all states except NY, MA, and VT. Affinity LTC is working on a comparable product for those states.
Features include:
-Allstate Benefits: A+ rated carrier.
-Utilizes Life Insurance with an LTC rider (state specific) which eliminates the "use it or lose it" drawback of a traditional LTC product.
-Completely voluntary program for employees ages 18-80. Full-time and part-time/adjuncts working 20 + hours per week are eligible.
-True Guarantee Issue with benefit up to $175,000 for employees ages 18-70. (Simplified Issue for ages 71-80).
-Can be set up as direct billing or payroll deduction.
-Easy turnkey enrollment - driven towards online employee entered enrollment - no agent pressure.
Allegiance Industries is a facilities management provider to educational institutions specializing in janitorial, electrical, and security services.
Aramark Collegiate Hospitality is a hospitality and food service provider dedicated to building a balanced hospitality eco-system fueled by experiences and culinary excellence that are unique to each of its campus partners.
Our firm has a long association with a number small colleges and universities throughout the southeastern United States. Since our inception, we have established our value to countless small schools, providing a full range of Title IX and Clery Act services, background vettings, general university investigations, HR support, and a host of compliance related functions.
Although we are a national firm, our headquarters is located in Bluffton, SC!
Our higher ed team of 11 partners and 25 contract associates is led by Jim Pottorff, Jr., former GC at the Universities of Kansas and Nebraska. Every member of our staff understands the challenges, culture, finances, politics, and the laws that impact smaller institutions.
We're not a law firm and we don't give legal advice...our ONLY job, is to serve higher ed.
Headquartered in Columbia and operating in South Carolina for more than 70 years, BlueCross BlueShield of SC is an independent licensee of the BlueCross BlueShield Association.
Cantey Tech Consulting is a leading provider of technology planning and support services for educators. Cantey Tech handles technology so you can focus on students.
As a national full-service CPA and consulting firm devoted to serving higher education and other nonprofit organizations, CapinCrouse provides professional solutions to organizations whose outcomes are measured in lives changed. For over 50 years, the firm has served universities, seminaries, and other nonprofit organizations by providing support in the key areas of financial integrity and security.
CapinCrouse offers a wide range of audit, review, tax, advisory, and cybersecurity services to help you achieve your mission. Whether your institution requires assistance with formulating clear financial performance reports, complying with changing accounting standards, assessing and reducing your cybersecurity risk, or evaluating and coaching your financial leadership team, we can customize a solution to meet your specific situation.
With a network of offices across the nation, CapinCrouse has the resources of a large firm and the personal touch of a local firm.
With more than 100 offices and 4,800 associates in major metropolitan areas and suburban cities throughout the U.S., CBIZ (NYSE: CBZ) delivers top-level financial and benefits and insurance services to organizations of all sizes by providing national-caliber expertise combined with highly personalized service delivered at the local level.
Institutional Level Consulting around Human Resources, Employee Benefits, Payroll and Compensation Design. Independent and Comprehensive Financial Planning for Higher Education Employees including management of TIAA CREF and other University Retirment Plans.
Concept3D provides the ability to create an elevated, university-branded experience for student events, interactive mapping, virtual tours, and more within one, centralized platform. Concept3D empowers administrators to bring their campus to life with visually stunning, immersive online experiences that improve campus communications, recruitment, and navigation while engaging current and potential students. Serving the higher education community for over a decade, Concept3D clients include more than 700 universities and colleges, including over 70% of the top 100 U.S. universities, as well as live events, destinations, and sporting venues.
Community. Creativity. Integrity.
Committed to these ideals, Craig Gaulden Davis meets the challenge of designing beautiful, functional and sustainable spaces where people gather to be enriched and enlivened. CGD has a vibrant history focusing on architecture, planning and interior design for the arts, government, ministry, libraries and education, including work on 36 college and university campuses.
Design Collaborative is an award-winning firm founded in 1992 with the belief that through our work, we can improve people's worlds. With nationally recognized expertise and a passion for enhancing the work experience for employees, Design Collaborative has grown to become consistently ranked amongst the top 100 firms in the country by staying focused on designing people-first places. At Design Collaborative, we provide a boutique firm experience with big firm expertise and resources. We design flexible workplaces that are a destination for employees through an approach that never looks beyond our goal to improve workforce success. Our staff has been built to navigate the unique needs of workplace design. Our team includes architects, engineers, interior designers, cost estimators, graphic designers, and support staff. We are a one-stop solution, providing real-time collaboration and problem-solving. We utilize the newest technologies such as BIM, integrated cost estimating, 3D building scanning, and advanced scheduling and project management software on all projects to keep you informed every step of the way. In short, our team has been doing this for 3 decades because we love what we do. We’ve been able to do this for so long because of the relationships we’ve built and the team we’ve assembled.
Dynamic Campus is a technology and functional managed service provider solely dedicated to supporting the rapidly changing needs of higher education institutions for nearly 25 years. We blend technical, functional and process expertise and a consultative approach to enable and accelerate our partners’ institutional and missional goals, applying the horsepower of hundreds of higher-education-specific experts to increase institutional performance, effectiveness, and budget predictability for colleges and universities.
Visit dynamiccampus.com to find out more.
Find Great People is a nationally-recognized recruitment and Human Resources consulting organization that specializes in multiple functional areas across industries throughout the United States, and internationally. FGP has been in business since 1982, serving as career partners for organizations and professionals. With 94% of our business coming from repeat clients, FGP’s goal as a business partner is to develop a long-term relationship built on performance and client satisfaction. We provide a “boutique” approach and process that is customized to meet your needs — We don’t believe an executive level search is “one size fits all.” The process is inclusive and customized to meet the needs of your organization. A hallmark of our approach is that we appreciate the valuable insights of your search committee and board. We deliver personalization in every search we work and provide the opportunities and resources to guarantee a perfect fit.
FortifyData is an automated cyber threat assessment platform that enables Higher Education Institutions to automate, continuously monitor and manage cyber risk and threat exposures. FortifyData automates attack surface assessments with asset classification, security ratings, third-party risk management, and also enriches the findings with cyber threat intelligence that yields a risk-based vulnerability management program. Higher Education Institutions can then organize assets and associated risks by College/Department to get both an Institution-wide and College/Department specific views of cyber risks.
FORVIS is built upon the strong legacies of BKD and DHG, which are reflected in a name that represents our unique focus on preparing our clients for what is next. With more than 5,400 dedicated professionals who serve clients in all 50 states, as well as around the globe, FORVIS will offer comprehensive assurance, tax, advisory, and wealth management services.
Giraffe Web Development & Design is a website design company based in Greenville SC offering web development, web design, search engine optimization services, funnel design, and ebook creation. Since 1998, Judy Benedict, the owner/principal, along with her team of chosen independent professionals, focuses on helping small to medium-sized businesses as well as over 100 nonprofit clients in both North Carolina and South Carolina and nationwide manage their online presence. Giraffe Web develops using hand-coded html as well as WordPress, and supports clients with content creation for SEO as well as social media.
For over 70 years, GRP|WEGMAN has been at the forefront of the Innovative Facility & Energy Solutions industry, dedicated to transforming building system infrastructures across the education, commercial, industrial, and municipal sectors. A testament to our enduring legacy and commitment to innovation, our team of highly skilled professionals excels in delivering custom-engineered energy solutions that range from guaranteed energy savings projects to advanced solar technologies. At GRP|WEGMAN, we pride ourselves on a client-first philosophy, a strategy that has cultivated longstanding, multiphase relationships with our clients. GRP|WEGMAN is not just about building; we're about revolutionizing infrastructure and powering efficiencies, ensuring that each partnership is a step towards a more sustainable and efficient future. This holistic approach ensures not just the success of each project but also promotes the long-term success and economic stability of our partners.
Haynsworth Sinkler Boyd, P.A. brings innovative, effective and practical solutions to the complex problems clients face in today's interwoven and evolving arenas of law, commerce, technology, insurance, education, healthcare, government and public relations.
Backed by more than a century of commitment to the businesses it serves, the Firm provides clients with the highest level of advice, counsel and representation covering a diverse array of matters in regional, national and international settings.
With offices in Charleston, Columbia, Florence and Greenville, South Carolina, and Raleigh, North Carolina, the Firm has more than 115 experienced attorneys encompassing a broad spectrum of business and litigation practice areas.
Firm attorneys have consistently been recognized for their work by clients and peers and are listed annually in Chambers USA, The Best Lawyers in America© and Super Lawyers®. Haynsworth Sinkler Boyd has been listed in the “Best Law Firms” list by U.S. News & World Report since 2009.
Housing.Cloud inspires residential professionals to deliver exceptional student experiences at scale by simplifying operations with one modern platform.
Huntington National Bank is a $194 billion asset regional bank holding company headquartered in Columbus, Ohio. Founded in 1866, The Huntington National Bank and its affiliates provide consumers, small and middle–market businesses, corporations, municipalities, and other organizations with a comprehensive suite of banking, payments, wealth management, and risk management products and services.
IMA is the third largest privately held insurance brokerage firm in the United States, with an office in Greenville, SC & Charlotte, NC. IMA’s dedicated higher education practice is committed to driving down colleges and university’s net cost of their property & casualty insurance program.
As specialists in designing and implementing association-sponsored collaborative insurance programs for over 70 colleges and universities. In addition, IMA’s clients have been able to increase limits and reduce deductibles while maintaining the flexibility to tailor programs for their institution.
IMA’s proprietary and complimentary assessment, benchmarking process will allow CFOs and Risk Managers to efficiently and effectively quantify gaps and identify opportunities for improvement. Our higher education team knows the SC insurance marketplace especially well.
Please reach out to Casey Casamento (316) 640-5912 or Kevin Melvin (704) 207-5239 in the Higher Education Practice for additional information regarding the assessment and program success.
Offering the most comprehensive suite of scalable HR solutions available in the marketplace, Insperity is defined by an unrivaled breadth and depth of services and level of care. Through an optimal blend of premium HR service and technology, Insperity delivers the administrative relief, reduced liabilities and better benefit solutions that businesses need for sustained growth. Insperity offers best-in-class HR service and technology for small and midsize businesses.
McMillan Pazdan Smith Architecture is a studio-based, regional architecture, interior design and planning firm with 3 South Carolina offices - Charleston, Greenville, and Spartanburg. The firm has supported 35 colleges and universities in the southeast, enhancing educational attainment and the social experience with vibrant, flexible and cost-effective facilities to meet academic, athletic, housing, library and dining needs.
Mercer believes in building brighter futures by redefining the world of work, reshaping retirement and investment outcomes, and unlocking real health and well-being. Mercer’s approximately 25,000 employees are based in 43 countries and the firm operates in over 130 countries. Mercer is a business of Marsh McLennan (NYSE: MMC), the world’s leading professional services firm in the areas of risk, strategy and people, with more than 85,000 colleagues. Through its market-leading businesses including Marsh, Guy Carpenter and Oliver Wyman, Marsh McLennan helps clients navigate an increasingly dynamic and complex environment.
Culinary Dining and Environmental Services.
NFP is an organization of consultative advisors and problem solvers helping companies and individuals address their most significant risk, workforce, wealth management and retirement challenges. With colleagues across the US, Puerto Rico, Canada, UK and Ireland, we serve a diversity of clients, industries and communities. Our global capabilities, specialized expertise and customized solutions span property and casualty insurance, health and welfare benefits, wealth management and retirement plan advisory services. Together, we put people first, prioritize partnerships and continuously advance a culture we’re proud of.
Pharos Resources provides a comprehensive approach to improve student outcomes. Our unique software and approach will strengthen early alert, student care, and retention on your campus. Our relationship-focused perspective allows you to identify at-risk students, eliminate campus silos, increase student engagement, and enrich your culture of student success.
Dining services for Christian colleges, universities, and seminaries.
Office equipment / solutions / service provider (copiers/printers/networks) / IT managed services
For 50 years. South Carolina Student Loan (SCSL) has helped students and families obtain the resources they need to make a higher education possible. South Carolina's only local, non-profit education loan lender, SCSL is committed to providing financial assistance through private educational loans, financial literacy outreach, and college and career planning. SCSL offers the Palmetto Assistance Loan for students and parents, The BOLD Career Pathway Loan Program, as well as the SC Teacher Loan Program.
A value added reseller of software, hardware, and peripherals; ScholarBuys is committed exclusively to the academic market. Our unique focus is partnering with decentralized academic entities throughout the country including; Consortia, University Systems, and academic cooperatives. By coordinating acquisition power, ScholarBuys negotiates and manages special agreements with software manufacturers. These programs allow the consortia members to obtain economies of scale, in addition to special attention and resources from both manufacturers and ScholarBuys.
Sodexo is the community of its clients, consumers, employees and shareholders. We recognize that the best way to respond to the expectations of all of our stakeholders is through steady growth. We also believe it is important that our work is meaningful to all who contribute to it and thus we remain faithful to our mission, our core values and the ethical principles that have guided us since 1966.
Every day, our 420,000 employees across the world work together to:
Improve the Quality of Life of all those we serve. We strive to design On-site Services and Benefits and Rewards Services (formerly Motivation Solutions) that improve people’s wellbeing, process efficiency and infrastructure reliability and quality. We are also gradually introducing Personal & Home Services.
Contribute to the economic, social and environmental development of the cities, regions and countries where we operate. We demonstrate this commitment every day by employing tens of thousands of people locally at our sites worldwide and contributing to their fulfillment and career development.
We have also developed a blueprint for the Group’s sustainable development called the “Better Tomorrow Plan.” The plan, launched in 2009, is organized around 14 commitments that carry out on our sites, through our health and wellness and environmental protection offerings and in supporting local community development in
our host countries.
Service Spirit
Clients and consumers are at the center of everything we do.
To serve them well on a daily basis, we have to demonstrate our availability and responsiveness, to anticipate their expectations and to take pride in satisfying them.
Sodexo has become a global company but we remain locally-focused; our managers in the field are true entrepreneurs, close to their clients and empowered to make decisions.
Team Spirit
It is an absolute need in all of our operations, our business units and administrative offices, as well as in our management committees.
Each person’s skills combine with other team members’ knowledge to help ensure Sodexo’s success.
Teamwork depends on the following: listening, transparency, respect for others, diversity, solidarity in implementing major decisions, respect for rules and mutual support, particularly in difficult times.
South Carolina Facts
Sodexo has 160 local farm partners within 150 miles as well as 44 client partners in South Carolina. SCICU-member colleges that are Sodexo clients include Claflin University, Coker University, Columbia College, Limestone University, and Newberry College. These campuses employ 704 Sodexo employees on the five campuses.
Spirit of Progress
It is manifested through:
Our will, but also the firm belief that one can always improve on the present situation.
Acceptance of evaluation and comparison of one’s performance, with one’s colleagues in the company or with one’s competitors.
Self-assessment, because understanding one’s successes as well as one’s failures is fundamental to continuous improvement.
A balance between ambition and humility.
Optimism, the belief that for every problem there is a solution, an innovation or some way to progress.
As of 2023, The Budd Group proudly enters its 60th year of incredible service and continuous growth. Since 1963, our company’s core values have been defined by the words of our founder, Richard Budd:
“Do what you say you’re going to do.”
This simple philosophy is at the heart of our "Make It Right" guarantee to every customer we serve. We will meet or exceed your expectations in the delivery of high-quality facility support solutions. If we do not deliver the contracted services to your satisfaction, we will Make It Right.
Schools and universities require a multi-faceted approach to facilities management. Our service offerings include:
Janitorial (day cleaning, floors, bathrooms, trash removal, etc.)
Maintenance (general maintenance and repairs, HVAC, doors and locks, plumbing, electrical, lighting, etc.)
Landscaping (irrigation, installations, fertilization, pest control, snow and ice removal, etc.)
Specialty (pressure washing, indoor air quality, facility support, construction cleanup, etc.)
Disinfection (COVID-19, electrostatic misting, antimicrobial barrier technology, etc.)
Providing your educational institution with the maintenance program it deserves will result in a number of benefits for your students, staff, donors and operation, including:
Improved Learning Outcomes
Healthier Environment
Cost-Savings
Better Recruitment, Retention, and Reputation
The Hobbs Group, PA is a full-service Certified Public Accounting Firm located in Columbia, Greenville and Sumter, South Carolina. The firm provides a range of services, including audit and attestation, advisory, business valuation, consulting, small business assistance, tax services and more.
The Virtual Care Group (VCG) provides holistic medical and mental well-being solutions for higher education institutions. We offer UNLIMITED telemedicine (urgent care) and teletherapy (counseling, life coaching and on-demand crisis counseling services). Our plans are customizable and affordable and transparent - no marketing fees, set up fees, or annual fees.
VCG partners with campuses to supplement existing health services or to create a virtual wellness center. We can provide access to telehealth, telemental health or both, to your entire campus (or a selected group) in one business day. We remove common barriers to accessing well-being services: no insurance needed, no credit card, no copay, and no cost to students!
VCG cares for your students as you would - with state licensed, Board-Certified physicians and master’s level, licensed counselors, 24 hours a day, 365 days a year. To learn more contact Emily Pettit, Vice President of Strategic Partnerships emily@thevirtualcaregroup.com or visit us at thevirtualcaregroup.com.
Workforce wellbeing is a critical aspect of any successful organization. When employees are physically, mentally, and emotionally healthy, they are more engaged, productive, and satisfied in their roles. Prioritizing workforce wellbeing leads to higher job performance, increased job satisfaction, and lower turnover rates.
By investing in initiatives that support the wellbeing of employees, organizations can create a positive and thriving work environment where employees can reach their full potential. Ultimately, a focus on workforce wellbeing not only benefits the employees themselves but also contributes to the overall success and sustainability of the organization.
Thriving Workforce Solutions specializes in providing a wide range of education and consultation services aimed at boosting workforce wellbeing. Our approach involves designing and delivering impactful training sessions and offering comprehensive organizational consultations. We help companies establish a nurturing and flourishing atmosphere within their workplaces by optimizing engagement in resources provided by the organization and by implementing new targeted and tailored initiatives.
By investing in the wellbeing of their employees, businesses can improve productivity, reduce turnover, and foster a culture of care and support. Let Thriving Workforce Solutions be your partner in building a healthier and more productive workforce.
Total Comfort Solutions offers the skilled development and delivery of innovative Heating, Ventilation, and Air Conditioning (HVAC) solutions to clients across South Carolina and eastern Georgia. We serve all industries with a specialization in mid- to large-sized facilities in the healthcare, industrial, technology, institutional, and office markets.
Our honest, completely transparent process begins with us truly listening to the client. From there, we partner with them to find their ideal solutions from our Four Centers of Value: Maintenance Solutions, Critical Response Solutions, Innovative Project Solutions, and Energy Solutions.
As an independent company, we can work with a variety of vendors to ensure we offer our clients the most appropriate, cost-effective fit for their needs. Our capabilities are magnified by the breadth of our presence in South Carolina and Georgia, as well as our technicians’ wide range of knowledge, which allow us to respond quickly and effectively to critical needs. We also serve as our clients’ connection to the HVAC industry through our relationships with Linc and other industry partners.
Since its founding in 1907, UPS has built a legacy as a caring and responsible corporate citizen, supporting programs that provide long-term solutions to community needs. Founded in 1951, the UPS Foundation leads its global citizenship programs and is responsible for facilitating community involvement to local, national, and global communities. The foundation’s philanthropic approach centers on four focus areas: health and humanitarian relief, equity and economic empowerment, local engagement, and planet protection. To UPS, giving means combining employees’ skills, passion and time with the company’s logistics expertise, transportation assets, and charitable donations to make a measurable difference in society.
Short Business Description
Varsity Health helps independent schools provide turn-key, affordable on-campus Student Health Centers as well as unlimited 24/7 Virtual Student Health and ePsychiatry with little or no cost to the institution.
Long Business Description
Varsity Health assists independent colleges and universities to provide healthcare to students both on main campuses as well as satellite locations. Varsity Health can staff, equip and manage a Student Health Center from the ground up or update one already in existence with all operational costs maintained by a low student health fee. Student Health Centers are created in the university's branding and image. These are your clinics, we run them efficiently and compliantly on your behalf.
Varsity Health also provides unlimited 24/7 Virtual Student Healthcare as well as ePsychiatry options. These programs are of nominal cost and can be set up with no financial impact to the university. The 24/7 care can deliver a feedback loop to the university student health center within FERPA/HIPAA guidelines.
Seth Sjostrom, the Vice President of Campus Outreach and Clinical Development can be reached directly at ssjostrom@varsityhealth.net or his cell 360.771.1758. Seth operates all over the country, but specializes in schools in the south east.
Vulcan Materials Company is the nation’s largest producer of construction aggregates—primarily crushed stone, sand and gravel—and a major producer of aggregates-based construction materials including asphalt and ready-mixed concrete. Our coast-to-coast footprint and strategic distribution network align with and serve the nation’s growth centers. We are headquartered in Birmingham, Alabama.
Vulcan has 342 sites that produce construction aggregates, and about 100 facilities that produce asphalt and/or concrete, which also consume aggregates. All of these are located in the U.S. except for our large quarry and marine terminal on Mexico’s Yucatán Peninsula. The products from this facility are primarily exported by ship to the U.S. Gulf Coast, where quality stone cannot be mined locally.
What we produce is used in nearly all forms of construction. In particular, large quantities of aggregates are used to build and repair valuable infrastructure such as roads, bridges, waterworks and ports, and to construct buildings both residential and nonresidential, such as manufacturing facilities, office buildings, schools, hospitals and churches.
Company Description: Wyche has practiced law and served South Carolina for more than 90 years. In that time, we have participated in landmark litigation, served as counsel on cutting-edge transactions, provided community leadership that has helped shape and drive our region's growth and success, and advised a number of our state’s private colleges and universities, along with public and private secondary schools.
Some of the matters we have handled for our higher education clients include: Advice on student discipline & honor code issues; Reviews of staff and faculty contracts, executive compensation plans, & faculty handbooks; Negotiation of vendor contracts; Advice regarding FERPA & disclosure of educational records; Representation of colleges in bond issues; Advice on the law regarding prudent management of endowments; Review of corporate charters and compliance with IRS nonprofit regulations; Development of policies on intellectual property ownership; Litigation, including disputes over tenure, employment contracts, and board composition at a private college; Review & advice on Title IX compliance; and assistance with EPA environmental audits.
Wyche is a strong supporter of private colleges and universities, and takes great pride and pleasure in assisting them.