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.
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.
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.
Core Education is a Public Benefit Corporation with a mission to transform the business model of higher education. We accomplish this as a long-term, mission-critical strategic partner of colleges and universities, leveraging our economies of scale to achieve operational effectiveness, technological efficiency, market and capital expansion. Today, Core supports more than 55 institutions who have a combined budget of more than $3.5B.
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.
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.
Let us change the way you think about the people game.
As an innovative human capital management team, we design unique strategies to position our clients to win the people game. We enable our clients to support and amplify their mission and become energized by unmet potential.
We listen, learn and build trusted relationships with our clients and their teams. Our approach provides advanced human capital management offerings including people strategy, structure, processes, and tools. We add value to your organization by utilizing our years of experience from organizations such as Cerner, Amazon, T-Mobile, H&R Block, Sprint and PwC.
Based on our customized client strategy, we lead by the facts.
Our goal is to create environments that allow your associates to work and contribute at a higher level. Our offerings include workforce architecture, talent acquisition, compensation analysis, interviewer training, leadership development, performance management, associate relations, event management, career services, data and analytics, HR technology and more.