Jett Pihakis

Jett Pihakis identifies senior academic and administrative leaders for colleges and universities, with a focus on nationally-ranked research universities and highly-ranked small colleges. Based in Washington D.C., Jett leads the Higher Education Practice for Russell Reynolds Associates, leveraging his more than 15 years of leadership experience at top-ranked research universities. Jett leads high-profile academic searches for university presidents, provosts and deans, as well as searches for functional vice presidents, chief administrative officers and chief information officers.

Jett brings an in-depth knowledge of the higher education market. He previously served as Vice President for Programs at Management Leadership for Tomorrow, a nonprofit that has made groundbreaking progress addressing the dramatic under-representation of Blacks, Hispanics and Native Americans in leadership positions at top-tier MBA programs and Fortune 500 companies. He previously served as associate dean of the Full-time MBA Program at Georgetown University. Earlier in his career, he held positions at the University of California at Berkeley and Vanderbilt University.