Trustee Group Forms Search Consulting Business

The Association of Governing Boards of Universities and Colleges on Thursday announced that it is creating a search consulting business, focusing on presidents and other top officials of colleges. AGB Search, as it will be called, will launch this summer. AGB also announced that James Ferrare will become senior vice president and managing principal of AGB Search. Ferrare is a senior consultant at Academic Search, one of the leading search firms focused on the college president market. Academic Search describes itself as having been founded by "the presidential and trustee-based associations" representing colleges.