Allen E. Koenig

ALLEN E. KOENIG, Ph.D. is Senior Partner of the higher education search practice of R. H. Perry & Associates, specializing in public and independent higher education presidential and senior administrative searches.  To date, he has led more than 200 presidential and interim CEO searches and an equal number of senior administrative searches.

Dr. Koenig joined R. H. Perry & Associates in 1993. He brings a unique perspective to his specialty as a result of his many years as a college president.  He served as president of Chapman University in Orange, California from 1989-1991. He was also president of Emerson College in Boston, Massachusetts from 1979-1989.  Prior to these assignments, he served in administrative, teaching and research positions in both public and private higher education.

In 1992, Allen co-founded the Registry for College and University Presidents and currently serves as the organization’s Vice Chair.  The Registry is the nation’s premier organization for placement of interim presidents and senior officers and has a membership of over 150 past presidents and senior academic administrators.  Since 1993, R. H. Perry & Associates has regularly partnered with the Registry to offer interim placement services during the course of a permanent search.

Dr. Koenig has a distinguished record as author of a number of journal articles on subjects in mass communication and higher education.  Allen is also co-author of a chapter in Presidential Transition in Higher Education – Managing Leadership Change (2004, Johns Hopkins University Press).  He co-edited one of the first books on educational television in the United States, published by the University of Wisconsin Press. The Press also published his edited book on labor relations in radio and television – the first such book in North America.

Dr. Koenig has received a number of awards. He was named “One of Ten Outstanding Citizens of Massachusetts.” The American Arbitration Association honored Allen for his book on labor relations in the broadcasting industry.  He also received a Presidential Emmy from the Boston/New England chapter of the National Academy of Television Arts and Sciences, and he has been cited in Who’s Who in America since the early 1980s.  Allen has been appointed a director on corporate boards in the banking and higher education software industries as well as a trustee and on several college and university governing boards.

Born in Los Angeles, California, Allen received degrees in communication/mass communication from the University of Southern California (B.A.), Stanford University (M.A.), and Northwestern University (Ph.D.).