Isaacson, Miller

Isaacson, Miller is a national executive search firm devoted to recruiting exceptional leaders for mission-driven organizations. The firm has grown steadily, and today, Isaacson, Miller stands alone as a large, national, retained search firm dedicated to the full range of public and civic missions. They have active practices in higher education, healthcare, conservation and environment, advocacy, arts and culture, foundations, preK-12 education and education improvement, human service, social justice, and other endeavors that advance the public good. 

Isaacson, Miller was founded in 1982 with a clear and ambitious mission: to strengthen and diversify leadership in the civic sector. The commitment to equity, diversity, and inclusion was fundamental to the creation of the firm and continues today as the bedrock of their values and culture. 

Greg Esposito

Greg serves a wide range of colleges and universities in searches for academic and administrative leaders. Since joining Isaacson, Miller in 2010, he has completed several university leadership searches, filling president, chancellor, provost, and a variety of dean roles. His work has included several dean searches for business schools, colleges of veterinary medicine, and schools of engineering.

Vijay Saraswat

Vijay has built expertise across a wide range of higher education searches since joining Isaacson, Miller (IM) in 2012. He has played a key role in IM’s STEM practice, solving complex leadership placements across a range of tier one, public and private research institutions nationwide, including landmark recruitments for the Founding Directors of the Institute for Quantitative Health Sciences and Engineering at Michigan State University and the Knight Campus for Accelerating Scientific Impact at the University of Oregon, among many others. He has worked across engineering, natural and physical sciences, and health sciences, in both academic leadership settings as well as in functional roles in the translational sciences, with a deep understanding of—and dedication to—the broad socioeconomic impact that research institutions can have on people and place. Other searches include center directors, chairs, deans of sciences and engineering, vice presidents for research, and campus and system presidents.

Ellen Egitton

Ellen Egitton became an associate in 2021. She initially joined Isaacson, Miller as a Search Coordinator in 2019, a role in which she gained a deep understanding of the search lifecycle supporting a wide portfolio of recruitments, including leadership in healthcare, arts & cultural organizations, and colleges and universities.