Who We Are

An Introduction to the Firm

Julie Wang, Research and Project Associate

Victoria Taranto, Office and Project Manager

Judith Aaron Auerbach, President (judith@auerbach-assc.com)

Judith Auerbach founded Auerbach Associates in 1986, after two decades in academic publishing and in law. For the past twenty years she has provided search and consulting services to universities, medical centers and other health care organizations, scholarly institutions, and not-for-profit organizations generally. At Harvard University Press she was an editor for history and the social sciences and she also served as publications consultant to the Harvard Business School, MIT Press, and the Criminal Justice Center at Harvard Law School. From 1980 to 1985 she practiced law in Boston, specializing in health care and government regulation. A graduate of Barnard College, she holds degrees in history and in law from Columbia University and Boston College Law School. Judith has led over two hundred searches at all levels and in all disciplines of the firm's practice.

Kit Nichols, Vice President (kit@auerbach-assc.com)

Kit J. Nichols joined Auerbach Associates in 2004 after several years in consulting, research, and non‐profit management. Prior to joining the firm, she was Senior Policy Manager at Pioneer Institute for Public Policy Research, a Boston‐based research institute. She has also been a Project Consultant for the Center for Applied Research (CFAR), a consulting firm spun‐off from the Wharton School of the University of Pennsylvania. A graduate of Middlebury College, Kit holds an M.A. in international relations from the Fletcher School of Law and Diplomacy at Tufts University. Kit leads searches in all areas of academic and not-for profit administration. Recent searches include:

Provost and Executive Vice President for Academic Affairs, University of Michigan

Executive Dean of Arts & Sciences, Rutgers University

Vice President for Enrollment Management, Rutgers University

Vice President for International Affairs, Brown University

Vice Provost for International Program, University of Virginia

Director, Yong Siew Toh Conservatory, National University of Singapore

Deputy Director, Yong Siew Toh Conservatory, National University of Singapore

President, Linda Hall Library for Science Engineering and Technology

Marjorie Stockford, Senior Consultant (marjorie@auerbach-assc.com)

Marjorie Stockford leads searches in academic administration and professional schools. Recent searches she has co-led include Executive Dean of the School of Arts & Sciences at Rutgers University, Dean of the School of Kinesiology at the University of Michigan, and Dean of the School of Design at the University of Pennsylvania. Before joining Auerbach Associates, she held executive management positions in corporations and non-profits for more than two decades, including serving as the Assistant Executive Director for Operations of the YWCA of the U.S.A. and as a vice president of information technology for a division of Dun & Bradstreet. In addition, she is the author of "The Bellwomen: The Story of the Landmark AT&T Sex Discrimination Case," published by Rutgers University Press in 2004. Marjorie holds an undergraduate engineering degree from the University of Massachusetts, Amherst, an MBA from NYU, and an MPA from the Kennedy School of Government at Harvard.

Julie Wang, Research and Project Associate (juliew@auerbach-assc.com)

Julie Wang, Research and Project Associate, joined the firm in 2006. Prior to joining Auerbach Associates, she spent several years with The Asia Foundation, managing international programs designed to strengthen private philanthropy, corporate responsibility, and the non-profit sector in Asia. She holds a Master's degree in international affairs from The Johns Hopkins University School of Advanced International Studies (SAIS) and a Bachelor's degree in Foreign Service from Georgetown University.

Ellen Offner, Of Counsel (ellen@auerbach-assc.com)

Ellen Offner plays a leadership role in academic administration, health care, and other not-for-profit sector searches. Her search clients have included Case Western Reserve Medical School, the University of Colorado, Rutgers University, and Williams College. She was previously a Vice President at Harvard Pilgrim Health Care, a large health plan in Boston, and served as a senior manager in the MIT Medical Department. Ellen also works as an independent consultant specializing in strategic planning and program development for academic medical centers, foundations, health care organizations and universities. In that capacity, she has worked with the Dana-Farber Cancer institute, Tufts Health Care Institute, and the University of Michigan. A graduate of Barnard College, Ellen also holds an M.B.A. from Boston University in public and nonprofit management.

Victoria Taranto, Office and Project Manager (vicki@auerbach-assc.com)

Victoria Taranto, Office and Project Manager, oversees the administration of all search projects; maintains the database and other office systems and supervises the production assistants. Prior to joining Auerbach Associates, she spent several years at Concentric Energy Advisors as the Office and Financial Manager, overseeing both the office and financial operations of the company. Vicki holds a Marketing and Management degree from Bentley College in Waltham, Massachusetts.