Principles

• Managing change is the principal challenge to even the most effective organizations.
• These are challenging times for higher education and non-profits: the competition for resources has never been more intense, and the window for success has shortened considerably.
• The most successful organizations are mission-focused, reflective and strategic; they know whom they serve, and how they intend to evolve and improve.
• The right consulting partner can bring strategic clarity and objectivity, and help good leaders and staff build institutional capacity.

Jack Oldham, Ph.D.

Experience

Massachusetts Institute of Technology (1981-90, 2002-2012)

• 20 years in Resource Development
• associate director of development office
• director of development services
• director of foundation relations (foundation support to MIT exceeded $748M in eight years)
• senior strategic advisor to Vice President (capital campaign planning)
• capital campaign experience

Oldham & Associates

• 10 years as an independent consultant (1992-2002)
• worked with more than 30 clients, mostly higher education and non-profits
• led institutional assessments, strategic planning processes
• led evaluation studies on behalf of universities and the foundation community

Bryant University, Smithfield, RI (1990-92)

• associate vice president for institutional advancement
• director of development
• taught Complex Organizations in the MBA program

St. Joseph's University, Philadephia, PA (1976-81)

• assistant professor of sociology
• associate department head
• vice president of Faculty Senate
• coordinator of academic computing
• taught graduate course in Organizational Behavior and Sociology of Higher Education

Education

• Ph.D., Rutgers University, 1976 (Sociology/Organizational Behavior)
• B.S., Seton Hall University, 1970

Services

Support for Resource Development

• organizational assessment and benchmarking
• organizational design
• metrics
• planning
• training and staff development
• capital campaign planning
• case development

Support to the Foundation Community

• strategic planning
• evaluation services
• philanthropic due diligence studies (pre-grant and pre-renewal)

Support for Smaller Institutions

• governance and board development
• strategic planning
• building institutional capacity for fundraising

Clients

Education

• Skolkovo Institute of Science and Technology (Moscow, Russian Federation)
• Department of Resource Development, Massachusetts Institute of Technology
• Center for Technology Development and Policy, Massachusetts Institute of Technology
• Rutgers University, Bureau of Economic Research
• Dartmouth College (NH) *
• Oregon State University
• Marian College (IN) †
• Bryant University (RI)
• Orchard Country Day School (IN) †
• Franklin College (IN) †
• Westminster College (MO)
• University of Baltimore
• Worcester State University (MA)
• Westminster School (TN) †
• Oregon Graduate Institute (merged into Oregon Health & Science University)
• Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute *
• Eliot Montessori School (MA)

Foundations

• The Lilly Endowment, Inc. †
• Robert W. Deutsch Foundation (MD)
• The Lacy Foundation (IN) †
• Foellinger Foundation (IN) †
• Ball Brothers Foundation (IN) †

Non-Profits

• American Burn Association
• Indianapolis Zoo †
• Indianapolis Symphony Orchestra †
• Zoological Society of Houston
• Indiana Youth Institute †
• YWCA of Topeka‡
• West Suburban YMCA (MA)
• Government Studies and Systems, Inc. (Philadelphia, PA.)

* - with Marts & Lundy
† - with Johnson Grossnickle and Associates
‡ - with Laudick/Brown & Associates