“Grant Lichtman is an uber-expert. He is the guest speaker to afford your audience with the exact blend of experience, research, thoroughness and wit to engage an audience to not only listen but decide to act on his words. He demonstrates the importance of community challenge coupled with circumspect thoroughness. I invited Grant to take on the intelligent minds of CFO’s and Heads of Schools at our Risk Management Conference for Boarding Schools and he hit the mark with his opening address.
Katie Koestner
Executive Director
Campus Outreach Services
“Grant stopped by St. Luke’s to visit the Center for Leadership on his journey, and I can’t tell you how valuable an experience it was to be on the hosting end. Spending the morning talking with him, connecting with the insights he’s discovered on his journey, reflecting on the probing questions he asks and interesting issues he raises about the nature of our school and the way we pursue our mission… about as rewarding as it gets.”
Jim Foley
Director of Center for Leadership
St. Luke’s School
“Great job, Grant. I think everyone in the room at the last session of the ISAS Business Officers’ Conference was blown away with the open presentation and participation. The energy, enthusiasm, and creativity just exploded. Just goes to show you that numbers people can think out of the box! Can’t wait to see how everyone takes the message back to their schools and what form of implementation comes about. I know I can’t wait to share with my head of school and leadership team.”
Elise Murphy
CFO
The Lamplighter School
“Your recent presentation was the highlight of the conference for me! The inspiration you provided led to an amazing idea-generation process with my peers that I found incredibly exciting. I feel more motivated to facilitate change and improvements in my school than I have in years, and I’m anxious to take my ideas back to see where they land. Grant, thanks for re-igniting the spark for me!”
Kathy Peters
CFO
Phoenix Country Day School
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Papers, Talks, and Facilitations
St. Christopher’s School, Richmond, VA Annual Board Retreat, March 2013
Assoc. of Business Officers of Independent Schools, March 2013
“On the Road”, TEDx Denver Teachers, March 2013
National Business Officers Association Annual Meeting, Feb 2013
“On the Highway of School Innovation”; National Association of Independent Schools Annual Meeting, Feb 2013
Keynote: Strategic Leadership Forum, National Business Officers Association, 2012
Active Learning Session: “Damn the Troll, Cross the Bridge”; Indep. Schools Assoc. of Southwest, 2012
Keynote: “Big Enterprise-Level Questions for Boarding Schools to Successfully Manage Risk” The Association of Boarding Schools (TABS) Annual Risk Management Conference, 2012
“What if Great is Not Good Enough”, Net Assets Magazine, National Business Officers Association, 2012
“Move from ‘Why Innovate’ to ‘How’-Become an Entrepreneurial School”, NAIS Annual meeting, 2012
“Bringing Educational Change to the Developing World”, Silliman University College of Education Convocation, Philippines, 2012
“Only 89 Thing to Worry About”, Net Assets Magazine, National Business Officers Association, 2011
“Educational Change for the 21st Century”, LEAD San Diego, 2011
“Independent Schools and 21C Education”, San Diego conference, 2011
“Implementing a Technology Vision”, Francis Parker School, 2010
“Teaching for the 21st Century”, American Association of Civil Engineers, 2010
“Education in a Time of Change” College of Education, Silliman University, Philippines, 2010
“The Falconer Model of Strategic and Creational Thinking”, Benchmark Research Academic Symposium, 2010
“Economic Diversity at an Independent School” NBOA webinar, 2009
“The Falconer Model of Strategic and Creational Thinking”, US Military Academy West Point, 2009
“2007 NAIS Leading Edge Award for Financial Sustainability”, Benchmark Research Annual Meeting, 2007
