Rick Staisloff

Richard Staisloff is the founder and senior partner of rpk GROUP, a leading national consulting firm supporting colleges, universities, and other nonprofits with their growth and reallocation strategies. In this role, he oversees the firm’s growth strategy and operations. Staisloff has been a leading voice in the development of sustainable business models for higher education, working closely with the American Council on Education, Association of Governing Boards, Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation, Lumina Foundation, National Association of College and University Business Officers (NACUBO), and others to develop a new language and new metrics around cost, price, and finance issues for the higher education sector. Staisloff joined Notre Dame of Maryland University in 1998 as vice president for finance and administration. Prior to that, he served for four years at Carroll Community College (MD), where he helped lead the college’s creation. From 1992–1994, Staisloff was a finance policy analyst for the Maryland Higher Education Commission. He also staffed the Maryland General Assembly, including the Ways and Means Committee, from 1989–1992, focusing on education and taxation issues. Staisloff holds a B.A. in political science from Loyola University Maryland and an M.A. in international affairs from American University (DC).