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Shaping Strategy Supporting Leaders Strengthening Institutions Fulfilling Mission

Support in challenging times: MPK&D continues to support existing and new clients remotely. As organizations face new challenges due to COVID-19 and tensions within our country, MPK&D helps clients to stay on track today and look confidently to a newly defined future while they maintain their strong missions.

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MPK&D’s experienced team of higher education leaders delivers practical and creative solutions to some of the most complex challenges facing institutions today.

Philosophy Statement

Supporting Leaders.

MPK&D provides expert counsel to presidents and vice presidents in higher education and large nonprofit organizations. Our partners have been there – each has a strong history of leadership, grappling with similar challenges and capitalizing on opportunities. We also help to focus and strengthen volunteer leadership, whether that means regents, board members, or others with governance responsibility.

Strengthening Institutions.

MPK&D helps clients to realign or fortify the foundation of universities, colleges and other organizations to position them for growth or change. And we help those institutions to soar. Planning and implementing comprehensive campaigns; building executive teams; managing financial challenges; developing branding programs, campaigns, or institutions—we specialize in areas with significant impact on the overall vitality and success of the institution.

Fulfilling Mission.

At MPK&D, each client’s mission becomes ours as well. We never lose sight of the students or members that each institution serves, or the significant contributions it seeks to make in society. As individuals and as a team, we zero in on the values and aspirations of each client. The mission of each client guides our work and inspires our deep commitment.

FOUNDING PARTNERS

Mary Pat Seurkamp, Ph.D.

Mary Pat Seurkamp, Ph.D.

President Emerita, Notre Dame of Maryland University and MPK&D Founding Partner

Dr. Mary Pat Seurkamp is a founding partner of MPK&D, a higher education consulting firm. She had a 42-year career…

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Patricia (Pat) A. Bosse

Patricia (Pat) A. Bosse

Founding Partner

PATRICIA (PAT) A. BOSSE is a founding partner of MPK&D, a higher education consulting firm. After 30 years as an…

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Kent John Chabotar, Ph.D.

Kent John Chabotar, Ph.D.

President Emeritus, Guilford College and MPK&D Founding Partner

KENT JOHN CHABOTAR, Ph.D. was president of Guilford College in Greensboro, N.C. from 2002–2014, where he continues as professor of…

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Daniel J. Carey, Ph.D.

Daniel J. Carey, Ph.D.

President Emeritus, Edgewood College and MPK&D Founding Partner

DAN CAREY served as president of Edgewood College in Madison, Wis. from 2004 to 2014. He led Edgewood College through…

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What our clients say

  • “Xavier benefited from the insightful analysis of MPK&D reviewers, who understood higher education very well and could take a fresh look at what we do and how we do. We were fortunate to receive their perspectives as I assumed the presidency of this remarkable university. Dr. Dan Carey continued as a valuable resource providing ongoing counsel both to the president and to the board of trustees. MPK&D is much appreciated.”

    C. Reynold Verret, Ph.D.
    President
    Xavier University of Louisiana
    New Orleans, La.

  • “MPK&D is smart, knowledgeable, hard-working, adaptive, follows through on timelines and commitments (they do what they say they will do) and works to ensure that it is making the best use of its clients’ financial resources.”

    Dave Biemesderfer
    President and CEO
    United Philanthropy Forum
    Washington, D.C.

  • “I get much less boiler plate and a much more individualized kind of approach from MPK&D. They got to know Holy Family, they got to know me, they got to know the folks on campus here a bit. I felt it was a much more individualized approach to our needs at this time …”

    Sister Maureen McGarrity, CSFN, Ph.D.
    President
    Holy Family University
    Philadelphia

  • “I highly recommend MPK&D based on the experience of the firm, the former presidents who have ‘been there and done that,’ and their ability to provide a confidential perspective.”

    Joseph Marbach, Ph.D.
    President
    Georgian Court University
    Lakewood, N.J.

  • “Working with MPK&D is like having a second team in place. They are an extension of our staff. They know us so well and can capture who we are in what they do for us.”

    Suzanne Shipley, Ph.D.
    President
    Midwestern State University
    Wichita Falls, Texas

  • “We have appreciated the opportunity to work with a group that is practical and highly responsive. MPK&D uses streamlined processes and were able to develop a work product very quickly.”

    Karen Hornig
    CEO
    National Insurance Producer Registry (NIPR)
    Kansas City, Mo.

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Latest News

  • Ronni Cranwell named partner at MPK&D
  • Mary Pat Seurkamp selected as The Daily Record 2021 Icon Honors recipient
  • Mary Pat Seurkamp named chair of the Maryland Higher Education Committee
  • MPK&D founding partner announces a transformational pivot for California university
  • BSU receives $25 million gift
  • Carine M. Feyten, chancellor and president of Texas Woman’s University, writes op-ed for The Dallas Morning News
  • MPK&D clients support the community in the wake of the coronavirus

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