Testimonials

"We have been fortunate to partner with Tom Williams and utilize his leadership and expertise in searches for several unique positions at The University of South Dakota. With a clear understanding of our campus culture, Tom managed each step of the search, responding to our input and coordinating each stage of the process. From recruiting a pool of talented individuals, to pre-qualifying potential on-campus candidates, to notifying and providing closure for all applicants, Tom effortlessly facilitates the process while protecting and enhancing the university's academic and professional integrity. His willingness to learn about our campus, react to our needs and provide exceptional candidates keep Tom Williams at the top of our list for future administrative searches."

Dr. Teddi A. Joyce
Vice President for Marketing and Enrollment
University of South Dakota
(605) 677-5326

"Tom Williams not only guided our enrollment management leadership search with professionalism and efficiency, but was key to helping us understand what we were looking for to succeed in these turbulent times. Working with Tom, we got an improved internal reporting structure, great candidates, and an excellent hire."

Thomas R. Rochon
President
Ithaca College
(607) 274-3111

"Arizona State University’s goals are ambitious – to be the model for a New American University preparing students to take responsibility for facing the challenges of our times, enroll 100,000 students by 2012, and significantly increase freshman retention and graduation rates. Achieving these goals required us to develop a best-practices approach to managing enrollment and that required significant change in our strategies, systems, and structure. During the summer 2009, we retained Williams & Company to conduct a national search for a new vice provost for enrollment management and initiate a strategic enrollment planning process that would accelerate the University’s development of a state-of-the-art enrollment program. Tom Williams expertly guided our team through a process that clarified our highly complex new student enrollment goals, formulated a set of strategies to achieve them, and set the stage for the arrival of our talented and nationally prominent enrollment leader who arrived in November 2009. We’ve already begun to see the benefits of the work that Tom started and our vice provost for enrollment management continued and refined. In fall 2010, we successfully increased transfer student enrollment and out-of-state enrollment, while simultaneously growing the size, academic quality, and diversity of our freshman class."

Dr. Elizabeth D. Capaldi
Executive Vice President and Provost
Arizona State University
(480) 965-1224

"There are many search professionals, but few have specialized expertise in admissions and enrollment management. Tom Williams has extensive, national experience in this area. He has many, many contacts and knows people in enrollment management and in other leadership positions across the country. He also has a keen understanding of higher education and a strong and remarkable ability to understand a particular university and to identify people who have appropriate experience and interest in helping in a specific situation. In other words, he does not use a cookie cutter approach. He helps you find the kind of individual that you need at your particular institution. That seems like an obvious point, but my experience is that many search professionals do not make this link effectively. It is absolutley one of Tom's greatest strengths."

Dr. Betty J. Youngblood
President
Lake Superior State University
(906) 635-2699