Katie Rockman

Katie joined Isaacson, Miller in 2012 and works with a wide range of clients across the preK-16 education landscape, including regional and national education nonprofits, schools and school systems, education funders, advocacy and research organizations, and colleges and universities. Her clients also include arts and culture institutions, conservatories and schools of performing arts, and philanthropic organizations across the country. She has conducted numerous presidential and CEO searches, and brings deep experience advising search committees and boards of trustees about these important moments of leadership transition. Katie leads our PreK-12 Education + Education Improvement practice, chairs the firm’s Craft Quality + Development Committee, and was an inaugural member of the firm’s Promotions Committee.

Katie’s prior work in education gives her first-hand knowledge of successful academic leadership. Before joining Isaacson, Miller, she was a member of the Office of External Relations at the MIT Sloan School of Management, where she helped create content and develop stewardship programs for the School’s donor community. Earlier in her career, she worked for an educational recruiting company that specializes in placing teachers and administrators at independent schools across the country.

In all of her work, Katie brings a strong and consistent commitment to diversifying the leadership of the civic sector. Over the last ten years, more than 75% of her placements have been women or people of color. Repeat clients such as City Year, the Carnegie Corporation of New York, New England Conservatory, the Student Conservation Association, and Vanderbilt University speak to her strength in building real and lasting partnerships.