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ANTHONY KNERR & ASSOCIATES
51 EAST 42nd STREET - SUITE 1401
NEW YORK, NEW YORK 10017
T: 212-302-9600 F: 212-302-0461
ANTHONY KNERR & ASSOCIATES assists leading nonprofit institutions in the United States and Europe successfully to solve complex strategic issues.
Established in 1990, the firm’s clients include University of Aberdeen, University of Akron, American Board of Internal Medicine, Bard College, Barnard College, Baruch College (CUNY), Cambridge University, Carnegie Council on Ethics and International Relations, Carnegie Hall, Case Western Reserve University, Central European University, Sterling and Francine Clark Art Museum, Columbia University, Connecticut College, Cooper Union, Educational Testing Service, Ford Foundation, Fordham University, Girl Scouts of the USA, Hospital for Special Surgery, INSEAD, Institute of Laryngology and Voice Restoration, Institute of Music and Neurologic Function, March of Dimes Birth Defects Foundation, Massachusetts Eye and Ear Infirmary, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Medizinische Fakultät Salzburg Privatstiftung, Memorial Sloan-Kettering Cancer Institute, Metropolitan New York Library Council, National Association of College and University Business Officers (NACUBO), New York University, Oxford University, Pace University, Polytechnic University, Princeton University, Queens College (CUNY), Radcliffe College, Salzburg Festival, Smithsonian Institution, State University of New York, U.S. Department of Education, Villanova University, World Bank, Wadsworth Atheneum and Museum, World Monuments Fund and Yale University.
Illustrative major assignments include assisting Cambridge University design and execute its global £1 billion 800th Anniversary Campaign; establishing the Institute of Laryngology and Voice Restoration in affiliation with Harvard University and Massachusetts General Hospital; repositioning INSEAD as a global business school and organizing its first world-wide capital campaign; establishing a global performing arts program at New York University; preparing a strategic plan for SUNY; and merging Radcliffe College and Harvard University to establish the Radcliffe Institute for Advanced Study.
ANTHONY KNERR
Anthony Knerr is the Managing Director of Anthony Knerr & Associates. He earlier was Executive Vice President for Finance and Treasurer of Columbia University and Vice Chancellor for Budget and Planning of the City University of New York. He was previously Special Assistant for Budget and Planning to the Acting President of Yale University; an Associate with the consulting firm of Booz, Allen & Hamilton; a Program Officer with the International Exchange Program; a Teaching Associate at Indiana University; and a Teacher at Milton Academy.
Dr. Knerr has taught English Literature at Columbia College, Public Policy and Nonprofit Management at Columbia University Graduate School of Business, English Literature at Indiana University, Philosophy at Yale University and Public Policy at the New School. He has written and published widely on strategy, non-profit organizations, public policy, higher education and literature.
Dr. Knerr is currently President Emeritus of the Caribbean Conservation Corporation; President Emeritus of United Neighborhood Houses of New York City; Vice Chairman of Humanity in Action; Treasurer of Words Without Borders; and a board member of the Keats-Shelley Association and New York Society Library. He is also a Director of the Delaware Group of Mutual Funds and a member of the Mutual Fund Directors Education Council. He has previously served on numerous other nonprofit and corporate boards. He is a member of the Foreign Policy Association, New York Economic Club and Phi Beta Kappa.
He received his Ph.D. in English Literature from New York University; M.A. cum laude in English Literature from Yale University; and B.A. magna cum laude in Mathematics and Philosophy from Yale University.
JOHN M. BRAUNSTEIN
John M. Braunstein, a Senior Consultant of the firm, has extensive experience in higher education strategy, organization, management, enrollment and planning.
He was earlier a Senior Associate in the Higher Education Consulting Group of Coopers & Lybrand, a Senior Consultant in Higher Education at KPMG Peat Marwick and a Principal in the higher education strategy and financial analysis practice of The Stillwater Group. His clients in these positions included Columbia University, Educational Testing Service, University of Maryland System, University of Missouri, MIT, New York University Stern School of Business, University of Chicago Law School, University of Pennsylvania and Yale University.
Mr. Braunstein has also served as Associate Provost for Enrollment and Planning at Hebrew Union College – Jewish Institute of Religion; Interim Associate Provost for Enrollment Management and Dean of Admission at Franklin and Marshall College; Vice Provost for Enrollment Management at Iona College; Associate Director of Admission at Oberlin College; and Assistant Director of Admission at Brown University.
He has written and spoken widely on higher education strategy, planning, financing and athletics.
He received his B.A. degree in semiotics from Brown University and his M.B.A. in management of organizations and marketing from Columbia University. He also participated in the Management Develop Program of the Harvard Graduate School of Education.
ANTHONY KNERR & ASSOCIATES