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Expert Guidance to Enhance Efficiency & Advance Student Success
Empower Student Success with Future-Ready Strategies & Insights
Whether you’re navigating complex financial decisions, evolving your HR strategy, or optimizing day-to-day operations, our team brings the insight and experience to help you lead with confidence and focus on what matters most, student success. When educational institutions face operational challenges, Fahrenheit Advisors partners with them to strengthen leadership and drive impactful outcomes.

Higher Education
Colleges and universities face increasing pressure to deliver results amid rising costs, shifting enrollment trends, and heightened accountability. Fahrenheit Advisors works alongside leaders to sharpen institutional strategy, streamline administrative operations, and deploy data-informed, technology-enabled efficiencies.
Hands-on support and proven solutions include:
- Navigating leadership transitions including:
- Executive and Director Searches
- Interim/Fractional CFO, VP of Finance, Controller
- Interim/Fractional CHRO, HR Director
- Redesigning organizational structure
- Launching a new academic or administrative initiative
- Improving budget transparency
- Assessing compensation structures
- Leading strategic and optimization initiatives
- Enhancing recruitment and retention efforts

K–12 Schools and Districts | Independent Schools
Public or independent K-12, share many common challenges, from navigating tight budgets and staffing gaps to adapting to evolving state and federal mandates. Yet, distinct differences remain. Public schools often contend with stricter regulatory requirements and broader funding constraints, while independent schools face unique pressures to maintain enrollment and differentiate through specialized programs.
We partner with superintendents, heads of school, district leaders, and school boards to address these challenges through tailored solutions in key areas such as:
- Strategic planning
- Interim leadership
- HR audits
- Compensation analysis
- DEI strategy
- Organizational effectiveness.

Additional services for independent schools include:
- Business office services
- Financial statement and employee benefit plan audits
- Form 990 tax compliance
- Risk assessments
We can help you redesign central office functions, build stronger talent pipelines, improve employee engagement, find the right critical leader, and implement data-driven financial practices. Whether you’re planning for growth, managing change, or responding to urgent operational needs, we bring practical expertise to help your team stay focused on students.
Partner with Fahrenheit Advisors to enhance student success, optimize resources, and expand your institution’s impact.
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Dale Lachniet
Managing Director

Bob Matkovich
Managing Director

Sarah Gobble
Managing Director

Tamica Goode
Director

Donna Labrador
Senior Director

Mari Litz
Director

Amanda Maino
Director, Executive Search & Recruiting

Elizabeth Mitchell
Director

Mary Radford
Senior Consultant, Executive Search & Recruiting

Brandon Rosas
Senior Director
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