Mission and Data

@MissionAndData enhances mission-driven, data-informed leadership and governance. We bring together custom data products and integrated consulting serving organizations that make the world a better place. Co-founded by @AriBetof and @KVroomEdu Learn more: missionanddata.com

@MissionAndData is kicking off 2024 with the exciting announcement that Alex Halladay and Martha Griffith Ambros will be joining the firm as Affiliate Consultants. medium.com/mission-and-da…

As @MissionAndData winds down 2023, we are full of gratitude for our clients and the work we do together. It truly is #MissionDrivenDataInformed joy.

What do you do when you have a @MissionAndData work flight and layover at DFW the night before the @Eagles vs @dallascowboys game? Wear your Eagles hat, turn on the @SportsRadioWIP @Audacy recording of @RealGlenMacnow and @MikeSielski, and nod knowingly at other Eagles fans in sea of Cowboys gear. #FlyEaglesFly

Last week Kelsey Vrooman and Eric Heilman were back north of the boarder at Ridley College in St. Catharines, Ontario with a trip to Niagara Falls from the Canada side worked into the schedule for good measure. #MissionDrivenDataInformedTravel

Thank you to Susan Baldridge for the shoutout at the opening keynote of the @TABSorg Conference last week. We love @MissionAndData being TABS strategic data partner. @KVroomEdu

It has been a fantastic corner-to-corner (Miami to Seattle) week with a couple lovely days home in the middle. Thank you to @FCIS_FKC , Nicole Robison, and the team at @FCISnews and Mark Crotty, Emily McGrath, and the team at @NWAISconnect . It was a joy to present with @OverlakeSchool head-elect and @MissionAndData affiliate consultant Gretchen Warner on effective governance committees and to sit in on Christina Dotchin and Allison Davis' session previewing @EnrollmentORG 's upcoming Ride to Independent Schools report. @CliffKling and I were able to be together in person following Mission & Data's announcement last week that he will be joining our firm to launch our executive compensation practice. Plus, we shared dinner with Brett Jacobsen (who gave a wonderful keynote) and Ethan Shapiro who caught us up on the exciting things happening at Saint Andrew's School. Gretchen and I even ran into Elizabeth Kolb Farr in person! Out west with @NWAISconnect, I loved reconnecting with Antonio Viva before his exciting opening keynote and presenting about building trust when everyone is a skeptic and another session on mission-driven data-informed decision making (after getting a beautiful morning run along the water). On my way to the airport, I saw @peterdbaron before his big day on Tuesday and Alex Halladay after her award-winning time at EMA AC. And...if that wasn't enough, I managed to stay on East Coast time. It was G-R-E-A-T to be with so many wonderful people.

Before dressing up in our Halloween costumes on Tuesday, Anne-Marie Balzano and I spent Monday in a strategic planning retreat with Amani Reed, administrators, faculty, parents, and trustees of University School of Nashville. Thank you @theNMAAM for hosting us in their beautiful and engaging facility. This is a must-visit place for anyone in Nashville marrying important historical narrative, stunning visuals, and exceptional music. @MissionAndData #MissionDrivenDataInformedStrategicPlanning

It was a treat to be on campus with Amani Reed and the team at University School of Nashville for student focus groups on Halloween! 🎃

Congratulations to @AAisgw and @AISGWtweets on the launch of the AISGW 2023 Strategic Plan. Anne-Marie Balzano and Barbara Rosston have been working with the Strategic Visioning Task Force and it has been a joy to support this wonderful organization. aisgw.memberclicks.net/message2/link/…

If you are at the @SAISnews annual conference this week, connect with Cliff in person.

Mission & Data is thrilled to announce that Cliff Kling, JD, will join the firm in the role of Senior Executive Compensation and Leadership Strategist at the conclusion of his tenure as President of Gulliver Preparatory School in June 2024. @CliffKling medium.com/mission-and-da…

Ending the week where it started...in Rye, NY where @AriBetof and Mike Kegler joined Randall Dunn, Meredith deChabert, and the @ryecountryday Board of Trustees for their #MissionDrivenDataInformed fall retreat focused on what effective boards do with reliable and relevant data.

Check out the newest #EMAImpossibleQuestions podcast episode from @AriBetof and Christian Donovan with guests Jennifer Osland Hillen and Elizabeth Dabney from National Business Officers Association (NBOA).

Anne-Marie Balzano and Kelsey Vrooman were in Vancouver earlier this week for the @CAIS_Schools Heads & Chairs conference. They presented sessions including "Managing Ambiguity: How to Make Your Board Future Ready" and "Looking to the Future: Governance & Leadership Trends"

Check out "Demystifying Data: Institutional Research at Independent Schools" from the Talking Technology with @theatlis podcast. podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/dem…

We are taking a break from @MissionAndData's fall travel retrospective to feature a fantastic new podcast episode with Eric Heilman (wearing his @CIRIS_Maret hat).

Day 4 of our @MissionAndData fall travel retrospective...just beat the snow. Anne-Marie Balzano caught up with @debra_p_wilson, President of @NAISnetwork, and Alan Smiley, Executive Director of ACIS, at the ACIS Leadership Conference before a fall Colorado snowstorm.

Day 2 of our @MissionAndData fall travel retrospective. @AriBetof and Mike Kegler visited Catherine Cook School in Chicago for a campus visit and board retreat.

We are kicking off a retrospective of @MissionAndData's recent fall travel. Today we are featuring Anne-Marie Balzano and Barbara Rosston's recent visits to High Point Academy and our recent board retreat at Presidio Hill School.

Fall board retreat season continues with Anne-Marie Balzano and Barb Rosston's #MissionDrivenDataInformed visit to @SMHallSA in San Antonio, TX.