Huron Consulting Group (NASDAQ: HURN), a leading provider of business
consulting services, today announced that Peter
Stokes has joined the Company as a managing director in its Huron
Education practice focused on helping institutions diversify and
implement business processes to support growth, expansion and improve
financial performance.
“Universities are under increased pressure from a variety of
stakeholders making it fundamental for institutions to understand the
value they deliver while managing costs and growing revenue,” said Laura
Yaeger, executive vice president, Huron
Education. “Peter’s experience will further enhance Huron’s ability
to help clients identify and implement innovative solutions to improve
institutional effectiveness and outcomes.”
Stokes
has more than 20 years of higher education experience working as both a
teacher and administrator as well as a consultant. Prior to joining Huron
Education, he served as a vice president for global strategy and
business development at Northeastern University in Boston. Stokes also
held management roles at Eduventures, a consulting firm offering
research-driven, evidence-based advisory services to higher education
administrators to improve the efficiency and efficacy of their
management practices.
At Huron Education, Stokes
will work with the Strategy and Operations service line providing
strategic solutions to higher education institutions and academic
medical centers. He will advise a university’s senior leadership
on plans to support differentiation, growth, expansion and improved
performance. Stokes holds a Ph.D. in English literature from Stony Brook
University.
About Huron Education
Huron
Education is the premier provider serving the unique needs of the
higher education industry. Our team of professionals, each with
extensive knowledge and experience in the business of higher education
and academic medical centers, delivers comprehensive services to the
industry and partners with institutions to improve business performance
across the enterprise. Our professionals draw from their experience
working in the strategic, financial, operational, and regulatory aspects
of higher education to develop and implement the most effective
consulting and software solutions. Huron Education has helped more than
90 of the nation’s top 100 research institutions improve their
performance so they can continue their traditions of extraordinary
achievement. Learn more at www.huronconsultinggroup.com/highereducation
or follow us on Twitter: @Huron.
About Huron Consulting Group
Huron Consulting Group helps clients in diverse industries improve
performance, transform the enterprise, reduce costs, leverage
technology, process and review large amounts of complex data, address
regulatory changes, recover from distress and stimulate growth. Our
professionals employ their expertise in finance, operations, strategy
and technology to provide our clients with specialized analyses and
customized advice and solutions that are tailored to address each
client's particular challenges and opportunities to deliver sustainable
and measurable results. The Company provides consulting services to a
wide variety of both financially sound and distressed organizations,
including healthcare organizations, leading academic institutions,
Fortune 500 companies, governmental entities and law firms. Huron has
worked with more than 425 health systems, hospitals, and academic
medical centers; more than 400 corporate general counsel; and more than
350 universities and research institutions. Learn more at www.huronconsultinggroup.com.
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