ANTHONY KNERR & ASSOCIATES
51 EAST 42nd STREET - SUITE 1401
NEW YORK, NEW YORK 10017
T: 212-302-9600 F: 212-302-0461 www.aknerr.com
ANTHONY KNERR & ASSOCIATES assists leading nonprofit institutions in the
United States and Europe successfully to solve complex strategic issues.
Established in 1990, the firm’s clients include University of Aberdeen, University of
Akron, American Board of Internal Medicine, Bard College, Barnard College, Baruch
College (CUNY), Cambridge University, Carnegie Council on Ethics and International
Relations, Carnegie Hall, Case Western Reserve University, Central European
University, Sterling and Francine Clark Art Museum, Columbia University, Connecticut
College, Cooper Union, Educational Testing Service, Ford Foundation, Fordham
University, Girl Scouts of the USA, Hospital for Special Surgery, INSEAD, Institute of
Laryngology and Voice Restoration, Institute of Music and Neurologic Function, March
of Dimes Birth Defects Foundation, Massachusetts Eye and Ear Infirmary, Massachusetts
Institute of Technology, Medizinische Fakultät Salzburg Privatstiftung, Memorial SloanKettering Cancer Institute, Metropolitan New York Library Council, National
Association of College and University Business Officers (NACUBO), New York
University, Oxford University, Pace University, Polytechnic University, Princeton
University, Queens College (CUNY), Radcliffe College, Salzburg Festival, Smithsonian
Institution, State University of New York, U.S. Department of Education, Villanova
University, World Bank, Wadsworth Atheneum and Museum, World Monuments Fund
and Yale University.
Illustrative major assignments include assisting Cambridge University design and execute
its global £1 billion 800th Anniversary Campaign; establishing the Institute of
Laryngology and Voice Restoration in affiliation with Harvard University and
Massachusetts General Hospital; repositioning INSEAD as a global business school and
organizing its first world-wide capital campaign; establishing a global performing arts
program at New York University; preparing a strategic plan for SUNY; and merging
Radcliffe College and Harvard University to establish the Radcliffe Institute for
Advanced Study.
ANTHONY KNERR
Anthony Knerr is the Managing Director of Anthony Knerr & Associates. He earlier was
Executive Vice President for Finance and Treasurer of Columbia University and Vice
Chancellor for Budget and Planning of the City University of New York. He was
previously Special Assistant for Budget and Planning to the Acting President of Yale
University; an Associate with the consulting firm of Booz, Allen & Hamilton; a Program
Officer with the International Exchange Program; a Teaching Associate at Indiana
University; and a Teacher at Milton Academy.
Dr. Knerr has taught English Literature at Columbia College, Public Policy and Nonprofit
Management at Columbia University Graduate School of Business, English Literature at
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Indiana University, Philosophy at Yale University and Public Policy at the New School.
He has written and published widely on strategy, non-profit organizations, public policy,
higher education and literature.
Dr. Knerr is currently President Emeritus of the Caribbean Conservation Corporation;
President Emeritus of United Neighborhood Houses of New York City; Vice Chairman
of Humanity in Action; Treasurer of Words Without Borders; and a board member of the
Keats-Shelley Association and New York Society Library. He is also a Director of the
Delaware Group of Mutual Funds and a member of the Mutual Fund Directors Education
Council. He has previously served on numerous other nonprofit and corporate boards.
He is a member of the Foreign Policy Association, New York Economic Club and Phi
Beta Kappa.
He received his Ph.D. in English Literature from New York University; M.A. cum laude
in English Literature from Yale University; and B.A. magna cum laude in Mathematics
and Philosophy from Yale University.
JOHN M. BRAUNSTEIN
John M. Braunstein, a Senior Consultant of the firm, has extensive experience in higher
education strategy, organization, management, enrollment and planning.
He was earlier a Senior Associate in the Higher Education Consulting Group of Coopers
& Lybrand, a Senior Consultant in Higher Education at KPMG Peat Marwick and a
Principal in the higher education strategy and financial analysis practice of The Stillwater
Group. His clients in these positions included Columbia University, Educational Testing
Service, University of Maryland System, University of Missouri, MIT, New York
University Stern School of Business, University of Chicago Law School, University of
Pennsylvania and Yale University.
Mr. Braunstein has also served as Associate Provost for Enrollment and Planning at
Hebrew Union College – Jewish Institute of Religion; Interim Associate Provost for
Enrollment Management and Dean of Admission at Franklin and Marshall College; Vice
Provost for Enrollment Management at Iona College; Associate Director of Admission at
Oberlin College; and Assistant Director of Admission at Brown University.
He has written and spoken widely on higher education strategy, planning, financing and
athletics.
He received his B.A. degree in semiotics from Brown University and his M.B.A. in
management of organizations and marketing from Columbia University. He also
participated in the Management Develop Program of the Harvard Graduate School of
Education.
ANTHONY KNERR & ASSOCIATES