2027 Leadership Retreat for Chief Business Officers

Join us at Texas A&M University

Join EAB Senior Director Jonathan Duke and John Crawford, Vice President for Finance and Chief Financial Officer, for an intimate gathering of chief business and operations officers from leading research universities.

This closed-door meeting will explore the three A’s consuming a disproportionate amount of attention from university leaders: athletics, advancement, and AI. Through facilitated peer discussions, participants will exchange perspectives, examine how institutions are beginning to respond, and consider the implications for their own universities.

Key takeaways:

• Athletics: Examine the evolving financial and governance landscape of college athletics and consider how institutions can bring greater discipline to rising costs to recruit and retain talent while sustaining the broader athletics enterprise.
• Advancement: Explore the growing role advancement plays in the university’s financial outlook and how peers expand funding and make intentional choices about its deployment.
• AI: Evaluate the financial and people implications of AI as a strategic investment and determine where it creates meaningful capacity for the university.

Event Details

Audience: This session is limited to chief business officers, chief operations officers, and chief finance officers from leading research universities.

For travel planning: The meeting will begin at 10:00 a.m. on April 12 and adjourn at 12:00 p.m. on April 13. EAB will host a dinner for attendees following the first day of presentations.

There is no registration cost associated with this meeting. Space is limited, so please register at your earliest convenience.