Our Work

Proof in the partnerships.

A selected portfolio of executive search, advisory, and strategic planning engagements that we've delivered alongside mission-driven organizations. Each one a different shape of work. Each one a leader still thriving in role.

500

Senior leaders
placed since founding

States where
we've worked

80%

Clients who engage in more
work within 2 years

Sectors served
across the portfolio

Featured Case Advisory

Summit Education Initiative · Summit County, OH · 2026

Building a leadership bench before a small nonprofit needed one.

Summit Education Initiative supports roughly 65,000 students across Summit County with a staff of eight, leaving little room for surprises if a senior leader or board member stepped away. Stronger built Success Profiles for its four most critical roles and a succession framework SEI can run without outside help.

8 staff

Supporting 65,000 students

4 roles

Succession-critical roles covered

3 phases

Delivered on schedule

Read the full case study →

The full portfolio.

Engagements across executive search, advisory, fundraising, and academic strategy. Filter by service to see the work most relevant to you.

Advisory

Summit Education Initiative · Summit County, OH · 2025-2026

Building a talent strategy a seven-person team could actually run.

Summit Education Initiative had a new strategic plan and no HR department to execute it, so it needed a talent strategy built for the team it already had, not the team it couldn't afford to hire. Stronger built the plan on direct evidence, then handed SEI systems it could run without outside help.

Proof in the partnerships.

Building a leadership bench before a small nonprofit needed one.

The full portfolio.

Building a talent strategy a seven-person team could actually run.

Finding a CEO ready to lead a coalition, not just an organization.

Building pay bands that close gaps instead of hiding them.

A compensation model equitable enough to trust, competitive enough to keep.

Turning pay equity from a value statement into a data-backed plan.

Two critical seats, filled without a gap.

One national leader for postsecondary outcomes across every region.

Earning trust before asking East Oakland to change.

Building a stronger candidate pipeline for the Propel Fellowship.

An Executive Director hired on a very short timeline.

Rigor and equity at the network level.

Meeting or exceeding $6M in fundraising goals, every year.

Community trust isn't a credential you can hire for.

One of the most consequential financial roles in American public education.

The communicator whose personal story is the mission.

A high-confidence people leadership decision at a pivotal moment.

When growth demands a fundraiser who can build, not just manage.

The search that grew into something bigger.

Finding a mission-aligned executive leader to drive growth in South Carolina.

Building a stronger leadership pipeline for hard-to-fill principal roles.

Stabilizing and scaling a fundraising operation for a growing charter school network.

Helping FaithActs build the fundraising infrastructure to sustain a growing education justice movement.

Building a transparent, equitable compensation structure for a growing charter network.

Designing a transparent compensation strategy for a regional foundation.

The numbers across the portfolio.

Every case study started with a first conversation.