Business Officers & CFOs
Headways™ 2024-2025 Cohort Offering
Cohort Region: North American
Open To: All members of ICGS schools working as Business Officers and CFOs
Facilitator: Michael Bergin, Chief Financial and Operating Officer, Miss Porter’s School (US); Val Hughes, Former CFO at Hathaway Brown School (US)
Discussion Topics
October 17, 2024 4:00 p.m. ET via Zoom
Culture Wins: How the Business Officer can positively influence school culture
United We Stand, Divided We Fall: How you can impact the culture of the leadership team and your campus in positive ways.
November 14, 2024 4:00 p.m. ET via Zoom
Great Partnerships- What Makes Them Work
What strategic partnerships, both internal and external to your school are most valuable and how do you cultivate them?
January 9, 2025 4:00 p.m. ET via Zoom
Staying Afloat: Financial Stability in an Age of Uncertainty- Part I: Tuition/Cost Drivers/Endowment
Tution and Affordability: How high is too high; Rethinking Cost Drivers: Staffing, Compesation and Outsourcing; Managing your School’s Endowment
February 5, 2025 4:00 p.m. ET via Zoom
Staying Afloat- Financial Stability in an Age of Uncertainty- Part 2: Fundraising/Deferred Maintenance or Campaign for New Build/Budgeting Scenarios
Budgeting for your worst case scenario, Fundraising in a Storm, and understanding the impact of deffered maintenance versus bringing a new or newly renovated building to you campus.
April 10, 2025 4:00 p.m. ET via Zoom
Tales from the Jungle: True Stories and more
Business Officers see it all. In an edition of ‘ You can’t make this stuff up’ – come prepared to share your stories and lessons learned.
