Conference Carolinas Partners With Buffkin/Baker
GREENVILLE, S.C. – Commissioner Chris Colvin announced recently that Conference Carolinas has partnered with Buffkin/Baker to help identify outstanding leaders who impact and transform organizations.
“We are thrilled to be able to partner for the first time with Buffkin/Baker,” Colvin said. “Buffkin/Baker are experts in recruiting and their knowledge in the marketplace is second-to-none. We believe that this is a partnership that can help our member institutions tremendously.”
Buffkin/Baker is excited to officially start the partnership with Conference Carolinas.
"Buffkin/Baker is delighted to establish a relationship with Conference Carolinas," said Martin Baker, Managing Partner and leader of Buffkin/Baker's higher education practice. “We fully support Conference Carolinas' strong commitment to developing the whole student-athlete with an emphasis on excelling in the classroom, performing at a high level on the fields and courts and serving in the community."
Ken Carrick, partner in the Buffkin/Baker higher education practice added, “I have a long-term association with Conference Carolinas, including assisting the Conference Commissioner search committee. I look forward to continuing to support the member institutions and their student-athletes.”
About Buffkin/Baker
Buffkin/Baker is a retained, national boutique search and consulting firm composed of industry leaders. Each partner in the firm has been a leader in their respective fields and each has more than a decade of retained search experience. Combined, its partners have more than 175 years of search experience and 210 years of industry experience. The firm has several practice areas including: higher education, digital marketing/advertising, technology, health care, media/entertainment and nonprofit. The firm serves public, private, venture and private equity backed companies. Offices are located in Atlanta, Charlotte, Nashville, New York, Los Angeles, Washington, D.C. and Winston Salem, with an affiliate office in London. The company is also a member of Panorama Search, an international federation of retained search firms with 24 firms and more than 50 offices globally.
Buffkin/Baker’s higher education practice is one of the most prominent in the country, having conducted more than 650 searches for universities and colleges and more than 90 searches for universities and colleges within the past three years. The search professionals on the higher education team have recently conducted searches for a number of leading liberal arts colleges, regional private and public colleges and universities, large research universities, HBCUs and AAU institutions.
To learn more, please visit
BuffkinBaker.com.
This is Conference Carolinas
Conference Carolinas has a rich tradition in roots that dates back to its inception on Dec. 6, 1930. The NCAA Division II athletics conference presently has member schools located in Georgia, North Carolina, South Carolina and Tennessee.
Conference Carolinas member institutions in the 2020-21 academic year are Barton, Belmont Abbey, Chowan, Converse, Emmanuel, Erskine, King, Lees-McRae, Mount Olive, North Greenville and Southern Wesleyan. Conference Carolinas believes in the development and formation of the whole person in body, mind and soul. Our students are nationally recognized for their extraordinary success in the classroom, in the community and at the highest levels of NCAA competition.
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