Chris Boyle
Chris Boyle is a Consultant with the Search & Consulting Group and a member of the Diversity, Equity, Inclusion, and Belonging Practice. Since joining CS&A, Chris has worked on a range of searches and consulting projects. Recent searches include head of school searches at Austin International School (TX) and Dallas International School (TX); Assistant Head and Academic Leadership searches at Culver Academies (IN), San Francisco Friends School (CA) and United Nations International School (NY); Division Director searches at Princeton Day School (NJ), Sidwell Friends School (DC), and Stephen Gaynor School (NY); Director of Diversity, Equity & Inclusion searches at The Philadelphia School (PA), The Rivers School (MA), and St. Luke's School (NY); Director of Admission and Enrollment Management searches at Calhoun School (NY), Canterbury School (IN), The Gateway School (NY), The Hun School (NJ), and The Rashi School (MA); and Director of College Counseling Searches at The Dalton School (NY), The Episcopal Academy (PA), Ethical Culture Fieldston School (NY), The Nightingale-Bamford School (NY), Sidwell Friends School (DC), and St. John's School (TX).
Chris has been a leader in developing and delivering CS&A’s implicit bias training for search committees and Member School leadership/hiring teams. Additionally, he leads and contributes to long-term diversity, equity, and inclusion consulting projects.
Previous Experience
Chris brings 15 years of independent school experience from North Shore Country Day School (IL), where he was Assistant Head of School and Academic Dean for ten years. In that role, he was instrumental in the school’s institutional and strategic initiative leadership. He oversaw all academic departments and guided the development of the JK-12 educational program. Chris also led faculty recruitment, hiring, retention, professional development, and evaluation. Before serving as its Assistant Head, Chris was NSCD’s Director of College Counseling. His career started in the world of college admission. During his time in college admission and college counseling, Chris was on the Illinois Association for College Admission Counseling’s Executive Board and the National Association for College Admission Counseling’s National Assembly.
From 2004-2024 Chris was active with Point Foundation (CA), the largest scholarship-granting organization in the U.S. for LGBTQ college aspiring individuals. For most of his time on Point’s Board of Directors, Chris served as the Scholar Selections Committee Chair, overseeing the annual selections process by which Point chose its scholars from an applicant pool of several thousand high school, undergraduate, and graduate students..
Other past professional development and affiliations include serving as a Mastery Transcript Consortium Site Director, an Intercultural Development Inventory Qualified Administrator, a homeroom leader for the Independent School Experiential Education Network's Winter Institute, and a member of ISACS accreditation teams.
Education & Interests
Chris earned his B.A. cum laude with college honors from Knox College (IL).
Chris enjoys exploring the restaurant, visual art, and live music cultures wherever his travels take him. He lives in Newport Beach, CA with his husband.