2011 AICUM Symposium
Bernard L. Jennings, Consultant, Casagrande Consulting
Skip Myers, Consultant, Casagrande Consulting

The presentation focused on the importance of ensuring that strategic planning and advancement fuctions become integrated into dynamic institutional processes, and discussed several case studies to illustrate this.

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2010 Chief Academic Officer / Chief Financial Officer Institute of The Council of Independent Colleges
Frank A. Casagrande, President, Casagrande Consulting
Alan Runge, Provost, Concordia University Texas
Phyllis Whitney, SVP and CFO, Iowa Wesleyan College

This presentation focused on the information and processes available to help institutions develop better faculty compensation plans including peer group selection, salary surveys, geographic and discipline differentials, and how to encourage faculty acceptance of result. 

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July 26, 2009: John Marshall Law School Center for Tax Law and Employee Benefits
Frank A. Casagrande, President, Casagrande Consulting
Nikole Clark Flax, Tax Law Specialist, IRS
James R. King, Partner, Jones Day

The panelists analyzed how the IRS College and University Questionnaire and revised form 990 address compensation packages for executives including law school deans, and opined on issues expected to result from this information-gathering exercise.

2009 Presidents Institute of The Council of Independent Colleges
Frank A. Casagrande, President, Casagrande Consulting
Antoine M. Garabaldi, President, Gannon University
Chair: F. Stuart Gulley, President, LaGrange College

This presentation examined effective approaches for addressing executive compensation, including considerations for the board, president, consultants, and supporting personnel such as human resources and chief business officers. Discussion included how to establish an executive compensation philosophy and structure, issues in choosing appropriate components of compensation, and pressures on executive compensation as a result of increased disclosure requirements of new IRS Form 990.

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