Executive Advisory Sessions are focused, one-on-one conversations designed to support senior leaders and administrators navigating complex institutional decisions.

These sessions are structured engagements intended to help leaders clarify options, pressure-test assumptions, and move forward with greater confidence.

When Advisory Sessions Are Most Useful

Executive Advisory Sessions are often used to:

• Assess readiness for a new initiative or partnership
• Clarify institutional constraints, risks, and tradeoffs
• Sense-check strategy before committing resources
• Navigate cross-unit alignment, governance, or political dynamics
• Prepare for conversations with boards, funders, or senior leadership

How This Is Different from Community Office Hours

Community Office Hours are open, peer-based conversations focused on shared learning and perspective.

Executive Advisory Sessions are:

• Private and confidential
• Focused on a single institution or organization
• Centered on decision-making, not discussion
• Designed to support leaders with formal responsibility and authority

What to Expect

• 60- or 90-minute structured session
• Pre-session context questions to focus the conversation
• Direct, experience-informed perspective grounded in higher education realities
• No templates, slide decks, or deliverables
• No assumed follow-up work unless mutually agreed

If deeper engagement is appropriate, next steps are discussed separately.

Pricing

• Community Members: $300 per hour
• Non-Members: $400 per hour

Community membership is free and provides access to Office Hours, shared resources, and priority availability for Advisory Sessions.

Access & Stewardship

Ollin EDU sets aside a limited number of complimentary or reduced-rate Executive Advisory Sessions each year for leaders working in resource-constrained institutional contexts.

These requested sessions are offered on a case-by-case basis, based on availability, institutional context, and alignment with the mission of strengthening access and long-term impact in higher education.

Priority is given to leaders working at:

• Public institutions serving high-need populations
• Minority-serving institutions
• Resource-constrained community-based (CBO) or mission-driven organizations

Institutions with significant discretionary resources or large consulting budgets are generally not eligible.

Access requests are handled quietly and with discretion.

Peer Convening's for Leaders of Color

In addition to Office Hours and Advisory Sessions, Ollin EDU hosts a small number of invitation-based and peer-nominated convening’s each year for leaders of color working across higher education and aligned sectors.

Ollin EDU hosts a small number of invitation-based, peer-nominated convening’s each year for leaders of color working across higher education and aligned sectors. These conversations are facilitated, and focused on peer connection, shared reflection, and cross-sector learning. Participation is free.

Convening's are facilitated in a confidential, trust-based setting. Community members may indicate interest during sign-up.

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Ollin EDU occasionally shares limited, subsidized, or scholarship-supported opportunities for community members. These may include 1:1 executive advisory sessions, learning experiences, or events that typically carry a cost. Please indicate any options you’d like us to keep you in mind for. All opportunities are limited and context-dependent. Selecting an option does not create an obligation, guarantee access, or initiate solicitation.

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