Who We Are
Our mission is to help school leaders advance operational excellence so their schools, and the people within them, can flourish.
Our philosophy
When educational institutions combine their passionate and unyielding commitment to their core mission with a disciplined and mature culture and operating norms, they reach a harmony between form and substance—between how they work and what their work promises to provide.
This harmony is more than good for business. It is the essential balance that makes the workplace one where the dignity of the individual is honored and where relationships and culture can flourish. It is a kind of Arcadia. And it is what we help education institutions achieve.
Our Leadership
Arcadia’s leaders bring distinguished expertise in operational execution, academic leadership, organizational health, effective team building, executive coaching, growth management, financial planning, business development, educational market research and analytics, development, strategic planning and execution, and talent recruitment.
Aaron Harris
Consultant – Special Education
Allison Gray
Consultant – Research, Operations, & Talent Solutions
Anja Scharber
Managing Consultant – HR & Talent Solutions
Benjamin Lindquist
Executive Partner – Business Planning, School & Network Growth
Cody Bendix
Managing Consultant – Business Planning, School & Network Growth
Courtney Gunn
Consultant – Operations
Daniel Pyke
Consultant – Financial Analysis
David Denton
Managing Consultant – Team Health, Operations, & Talent Solutions
Erik Twist
Principal Partner & President
Grace Liffrig
Associate Consultant, Talent Solutions
Jeremy Beer
Partner & Co-Founder
Katie Julian
Consultant – Operations & HR
Lauren Grudem
Consultant – Operations & HR
Mary Frances Jefferies
Consultant
Morganne Shelley
Management Consultant
Richard Wrona
Consultant – School Security
Sam McClelland
Consultant – Writing, Research, & Talent Solutions
Whitney Marsh
Consultant – Governance & Compliance
“Management is doing things right; leadership is doing the right things.”
Peter Drucker