Searching from the Middle: Leveraging Best Practices to Make Your Move to the Senior-Level Roles
Includes a Live Web Event on 04/10/2025 at 2:30 AM (EDT)
Moving from the middle to a senior-level role requires a transition from being the doer to strategic thought leader and manager. The presenters will provide mid-level administrators insights on effectively engaging with search firms to advance their careers by presenting your skills and experience. Working with executive search firms is a critical opportunity, but no clear path to gaining experience! The presenters will help participants navigate the executive search process from interest to application to interviews.
Learning Outcomes
1. Develop knowledge of the executive search industry, particularly in relation to senior-level searches (i.e., assistant vice president, associate vice president, avp/dean of students, etc.)
2. Discuss the key elements of the executive search process (interest, application, interviews, offer) from the candidate's perspective
3. Distinguish common myths versus truths in relation to the executive search process
Ashley Brown
Associate Dean of Students
Emory University
Benjamin Williams, CSAEd
Associate Dean of Students
Trinity University
Ben Williams (He/Him) CSAed is the Associate Dean of Students at Trinity University. In his role he co-chairs the Student Success Team, oversees the student engagement areas on campus, advises Student Government Association, and is the Deputy Title IX Coordinator. Prior to this role, he served in student affairs roles at Miami University, Georgia State University, Georgia Tech, and the University of Colorado Boulder. In addition to his professional role, he also serves in a leadership role with the NASPA Foundation and the Mid-level Administrator Committee. He is currently completing his doctoral dissertation study focused on campus ecology and a sense of belonging for LGBTQ+ collegians.
Clint-Michael Reneau
Vice President for Student Affairs
Northern Illinois University
Jennifer Pickard
Senior Partner and Student Affairs Practice Leader
Witt/Kieffer
Continuing Education Credits
This session counts for 1.0 CSAEd-CORE credit
NASPA has been approved by the Higher Education Consortium for Student Affairs Certification to provide CE credit for Certified Student Affairs Educators (CSAEd). NASPA is solely responsible for all aspects of this program.
Guidelines for earning CE credit:
No partial credit will be rewarded.
Participants must also complete the feedback survey in the Online Learning Community.
1 Credit is available for attending the live session or viewing the on-demand recording.
To receive CSAEd credit, attendees must complete the feedback survey that offers the certification in each session. Once you have attended all the live sessions or watched the on-demand sessions for which you would like to request credit, visit the Continuing Education (CE) website to fill out the Student Affairs Education Certification Request Form for all the sessions. All certificants must fill out one for the live session and a separate one for the on-demand sessions. Visit the Continued Education (CE) website to learn more regarding deadlines and receive your certificate of completion for the Virtual Conference.