Mission & Data is pleased to announce that Jason Kern will be joining our firm as Senior Innovation Strategist on October 1, 2022.

The most recent issue of The Yield, Enrollment Management Association’s (EMA) member publication, features an article by Mission and Data’s co-founders and partners, Ari Betof and Kelsey Vrooman.

Mission & Data is excited to announce that Jenna Davis, MS, LSW is joining the firm as an Organizational Effectiveness Consultant, strengthening our ability to support clients as they move initiatives from vision to planning to action.

Mission & Data is pleased to announce that Dr. Sarah Enterline Roch will be joining our firm part-time as an Institutional Research Consultant, adding to the strength of our industry-leading data team.

Mission & Data is proud to announce that Anne-Marie Balzano, Mission & Data’s Senior Governance Strategist, has contributed the forward to the newly released book “Governing the Small School: Strategies for Boards” by author E. Brooke Carroll.

Eric Heilman discusses how to measure seemingly unmeasurable aspects of the independent school experience.

Jay Rapp gives school leaders seeking to retain high-quality faculty and staff six essential questions to consider.

Eric Heilman joins Mission & Data as an Institutional Research consultant to further the firm’s capacity to offer data analysis and support mission-driven, data-informed decision making in our partner schools.

Mission & Data is thrilled to announce that Jay Rapp will be joining our firm as Senior Leadership Strategist and Executive Coach.

This year's trends focused on the head-board partnership during the pandemic, new challenges that intensified head of school stress, and the future forecast for head of school turnover.

Ari Betof and Hans Mundahl are co-hosting the new podcast EMA's Idea Factory. Season One is the Impossible Questions Series as is out now on Apple Podcast.

"When you think of Best & Brightest, they are the leaders and innovators. Their instinct is to serve and solve”.

Independent school boards are self-perpetuating and as such, their Governance committees are tasked with seating the next cohort of trustees around the board table.

Mission & Data is excited to announce that Dr. Anne-Marie Balazano is joining the firm as our Senior Governance Strategist.

Takeaways for Independent School Trustees & Leaders

Twenty-six independent school associations co-hosted “Buckle Your Seatbelts: Navigating the Path to the 2021–2022 School Year.” A total of 1,375 trustees and senior leaders registered for the two part series.

Combined company will focus on enhancing mission-driven, data-informed leadership and governance of organizations that make the world a better place.