- designing and facilitating strategic,
operational, and capital planning processes
- assessing board and internal governance
effectiveness
- conducting program and administrative
productivity reviews
- guiding executive searches
First serving with KPMG Peat Marwick
and throughout her consulting career, Dr. Linhart has
focused on providing highly personalized assistance to
educational and nonprofit organizations in building
commitment to change. At the centerpiece of her
consulting approach, she designs processes, quantitative
models, and benchmarking tools to support data-based and
informed decision-making about organizational futures
and issues. She also facilitates strategic discussions
among management and constituent groups, often
representing disparate views, to build consensus.
Prior to initiating her consulting
career in 1986, she served and gained twelve years of
management experience at the University of Pittsburgh.
While at the University, she provided support to the
President and senior staff by conducting special
analytic studies and preparing documents for policy
development, planning, and decision-making. Included in
her work were studies related to intercollegiate
athletics, including academic support services, academic
progress assessment, and facilities. She also served as
Executive Secretary of the Commission for Commonwealth
Universities and represented The Pennsylvania State
University, Temple University, and the University of
Pittsburgh at the Pennsylvania Association of Colleges
and Universities where she worked in collaboration with
representatives from Pennsylvania's other higher
education sectors. In addition, she represented the
Commonwealth Universities at all State Board of
Education meetings and worked closely with the
Commissioner for Higher Education on special issues.
Dr. Linhart contributes to the
educational and nonprofit communities through her
presentations, training seminars, and publications. She
has presented papers and published articles reflecting a
wide variety of issues in education and nonprofit
management, including strategic planning and finance.
She assisted the Presidents Commission on Collegiate
Athletics of the American Council on Education as it
deliberated the impact of various national athletic
governing bodies on institutional management. In
addition, Dr. Linhart was a contributing author to KPMG
Peat Marwick's proprietary strategic planning toolkit,
The Resource Development System, and served as an
instructor in strategic planning seminars for many
diverse nonprofit organizations. As an adjunct faculty
member, she has designed and taught graduate courses in
educational planning and management and in statistics,
research design, and evaluation methodology at the
University of Pittsburgh.
Dr. Linhart received a B.A. with
honors in Psychology from Chatham College, and a M.A.
degree in Educational Research and a Ph.D. in Higher
Education from the University of Pittsburgh.
