Recent Assignments

Below is a sample of schools and organizations we have worked with over the past several years to provide strategic planning, board workshops and retreats, organizational assessments, compensation advice, and conference presentations.

Strategic Planning

Allen-Stevenson School, (NY)
Alumni Program Council, (DC)
Annie Wright School, (WA)
The Association of Boarding Schools, (DC)
The Association of Independent Schools of Greater Washington, (DC)
The Association of Colorado Independent Schools, (CO)
Beauvoir School, (DC)
Benjamin School, (FL)
Berkshire School, (MA)
Boston Renaissance Charter Public School, (MA)
Bosque Preparatory School, (NM)
Brearley School, (NY)
Bryn Mawr School, (MD)
Calhoun School, (NY)
Cape Henry Collegiate School, (VA)
Cardigan Mountain School, (NH)
Chelsea School, (MD)
Colby School, (UT)
Derby Academy, (MA)
Dwight-Englewood School, (NJ)
Episcopal School of Acadiana, (LA)
Fountain Valley School, (CO)
Greensboro Day School, (NC)
Greenwich Academy, (CT)
Louise McGehee School, (LA)
Lycée Français, (NY)
Lycée Français la Perouse, (CA)
Keys School, (CA)
Moravian Academy, (PA)
Nansemond-Suffolk Academy (VA)
National Cathedral School, (DC)
National Coalition of Girls' Schools, (MA)
Nightingale Bamford School, (NY)
Palm Beach Day School, (FL)
The Pennsylvania Association of Independent Schools, (PA)
Phoenix Country Day School, (AZ)
Pingree School, (MA)
Rabun Gap-Nacoochee School, (GA)
St. Mary's School, (MD)
St. Paul's School for Girls, (MD)
St. Thomas Episcopal Parish School, (FL)
San Francisco Day School, (CA)
School of the Holy Child, (NY)
Stoneleigh-Burnham School, (MA)
Sycamore School, (IN)
Tower School, (MA)
Tuxedo Park School, (NY)
United Nations International School, (NY)
Vail Mountain School, (CO)
West Side Montessori School, (NY)
Wilmington Friends School, (DE)
Wilmington Montessori School, (DE)
Wooster School, (CT)

Board Workshops & Retreats

Albany Academies (NY)
American International School Vienna (Austria)
American School of London (England)
American School of Paris (France)
American School of Warsaw (Poland)
Beauvoir School (DC)
Belmont Day School (MA)
Berkshire School (MA)
Bosque Preparatory School (NM)
Bryn Mawr School (MD)
Cape Henry Collegiate (VA)
Carolina Day School (NC)
Center for Creative Arts (VA)
Charlotte Country Day School (NC)
Chelsea School (MD)
Colby School (UT)
Convent of the Sacred Heart (CT)
Dwight-Englewood School (NJ)
Fayetteville Academy (NC)
Florida Council of Independent Schools (FL)
Fountain Valley School (CO)
Foxcroft School (VA)
Georgetown Day School (DC)
Gill St. Bernard's School (NJ)
Grace Episcopal Day School (MD)
Grace Episcopal School (VA)
Henson Valley Montessori School (MD)
Herzi/Rmha at the Denver Campus (CO)
Highland School (VA)
Hilltop School (PA)
International School of Bangkok (Thailand)
King and Low-Heywood Thomas School (CT)
Lancaster Country Day School (PA)
Landon School (MD)
Lycée Français (NY)
Madeira School (VA)
Maret School (DC)
McLean School Potomac (MD)
Milwaukee Montessori School (WI)
Nantucket Lighthouse School (MA)
Nashoba Brooks School of Concord (MA)
National Cathedral School (DC)
National Child Research Center (DC)
New Horizons Montessori School (PA)
Palmer Trinity School (FL)
Phillips Brooks School (CA)
Porter-Gaud School (SC)
Rabun Gap-Nacoochee School (GA)
Randolph-Macon Academy (VA)
Roland Park Country School (MD)
Shady Side Academy (PA)
Shipley School (PA)
Shlenker School (TX)
Shorecrest Preparatory School (FL)
St. Andrew's School (FL)
St. Luke's School (CT)
St. Martin's Episcopal School (LA)
Summit School (NC)
Taipei American School (Taiwan)
Tampa Preparatory School (FL)
Tower School (MA)
Trevor Day School (NY)
Tuxedo Park School (NY)
University Child Development School (WA)
University City New School (PA)
Valley School of Ligonier (PA)
Village School (NJ)
Wardlaw-Hartridge School (NJ)
West Side Montessori School (NY)

Institutional & Organizational Assessments

American School Foundation (Mexico)
Brebuf Jesuit Preparatory School (IN)
Castilleja School (CA)
Chelsea School (MD)
Colby School (UT)
Convent of the Sacred Heart (CT)
Lower Canada College (Canada)
National Child Research Center (DC)
Palmer Trinity School (FL)
Pennsylvania Association of Independent Schools (PA)
Phoenix Country Day School (AZ)
Princeton Junior School (NJ)
Rabun Gap-Nacoochee School (GA)
St. Andrew's School (FL)
St. Patrick's School (DC)
Tampa Preparatory School (FL)
The Association of Boarding Schools (DC)
The Hewitt School (NY)
Vail Mountain School (CO)
Westtown School (PA)
Wheelock College (MA)
Whinchester-Thurston School (PA)

Compensation

Brimmer and May School (MA)
Church Schools in the Diocese of Virginia (VA)
Convent of the Sacred Heart (CT)
Dana Hall School (MA)
Doane Stuart School (NY)
Ethel Walker School (CT)
Fountain Valley School (CO)
Greenwich Academy (CT)
Hewitt School (NY)
Hill School (PA)
Landon School (MD)
Meadowbrook School of Weston (MA)
Morgan Park Academy (IL)
National Cathedral School (DC)
Out-of-Door Academy (FL)
Providence Country Day School (NC)
Rabat American School (Morocco)
Sage Hill School (CA)
Saint Edward's School (FL)
Seed Public Charter School (DC)
Shady Hill School (MA)
Sidwell Friends School (DC)
St. Bernard's School (NY)
St. Catherine's School (VA)
Staten Island Academy (NY)
Stratton Mountain School (VT)
Tower School (MA)
Town School (NY)
Westminster Schools (GA)
William Penn Charter School (PA)
Wooster School (CT)

Conference Presentations

Alumni Program Council – 50th Anniversary Keynote address
AAIE – Association for the Advancement of International Education
Association of Colorado Independent Schools – Head-Trustee Conference
Association of Delaware Valley Independent Schools – Head-Trustee Conference
Association of Independent Schools of New England – Head-Trustee Conference
Association of Maryland Independent Schools – Business Officers Retreat
Council for Advancement and Support of Education workshops on Leadership
Leadership Through Partnership – Speaker
NAIS Annual Conference – presentations
NAIS meeting – Association Directors and Board Chairs
National Eagle School Association
New Jersey Association of Independent Schools – Trustee Day
North Carolina Association of Independent Schools – Head-Board Retreat
People of Color Annual Conference – Leadership Training Seminars
The Association of Boarding Schools – Annual Conference
NESA – Near East South Asia Council of Overseas Schools
EARCOS – East Asia Regional Council of Overseas Schools

Paul Zanowski
Skip Kotkins worked with us last week and did a wonderful job of quickly finding the pulse of our school. He has a remarkable capacity for connecting with a diverse range of constituents, digging deep to identify hallmark strengths while helping us make sense of our weaknesses. What I see emerging is an accurate picture of the school's challenges and opportunities that make us feel both eager and able to improve.
Paul Zanowski The Ranney School See More Success Stories

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