Ronald Schiller

Founding Partner of the Aspen Leadership Group, LLC, and the Philanthropy Career Network, Ronald J. Schiller is a nationally recognized advisor to presidents, board members, and other leaders in nonprofit organizations: higher education, arts and culture, health care, and social services. Since 2011, he has focused his attention on executive search and strategic consulting, bringing the perspectives of fundraising leader, executive team member, board member, and search consultant, together with a large and trusted network of nonprofit leaders built over his career, to the service of clients.

He has held leadership positions in seven educational and cultural institutions, including the University of Chicago, where he led a team of more than 450 that completed a $2.3 billion campaign and facilitated two nine-figure gifts. He serves on the faculty of the annual CASE conference, "Inspiring the Largest Gifts of a Lifetime" and serves as co-chair of CASE's Winter Institute for Chief Development Officers. He is the author of two books: "Belief and Confidence" and "The Chief Development Officer."

Ron is president of the Cornell University Glee Club Alumni Board and of the board of the Salt Bay Chamberfest. He has served on the boards of the American Friends of Covent Garden, Chicago's Harris Theater for Music and Dance, the University of North Carolina School of the Arts, the Buddy Program, the Cayuga Chamber Orchestra, and the Mendelssohn Choir of Pittsburgh.