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Leadership Team
Collegiate
Enterprise Solutions, LLC (CES) is managed
by its founders -- Dr. George J. Matthews, Dr.
Bryan E. Carlson, and Dr. William D. Abbott.
Dr. Matthews served as a Trustee at Northeastern
University from 1978 through 1999, and was Chairman
of the Board for his last 10 years of service.
As the current Chairman Emeritus, he is the University's
senior advisor to the Board Chair and the President.
A well-known entrepreneur, he has been instrumental
in founding over thirty business ventures. In
addition to serving as Chairman and Chief Executive
Officer of CES, he is currently the Chairman of
the Gorbachev Foundation of North America, which
he founded with the former President of the Soviet
Union, Mikhail S. Gorbachev; he serves on the
Executive Committee of the Club of Madrid, which
is an international resource center for the formation
and support of democratic nation states; he is
the Managing Director of Hickory Hill Advisors,
LLC, a venture capital firm; and he is the Chairman
of Pinnacle Training Corporation.
Dr. Carlson served for 23 years as President of
Mount Ida College, and brought that institution
through a period of extraordinary financial growth,
enrollment expansion, and academic transformation.
Mount Ida grew from a small junior college into
the leading TWO-PLUS-TWO baccalaureate college
in the northeast. Subsequently, Dr. Carlson has
served as president of four different entities
in the higher education sector including the New
England Exchange for Executive Leadership (NEXEL)
and College Bound Selection Service (CBSS). In
addition to his current role as President and
Chief Operating Officer of CES, he is President
of the Registry for College and University Presidents--the
nation's premier interim presidential service,
and is also a Senior Consultant for R.H. Perry
& Associates in Washington, D.C.
Dr. Abbott was raised in Hershey, Pennsylvania
at the Milton Hershey School for Orphaned Boys.
He eventually went on to earn four degrees including
a doctorate from Boston University, and to serve
as President of Ricker College in Houlton, Maine.
Dr. Abbott also served as Vice President of Administration
for the Boston Breakers (USFL), and as Director
of Criminal Justice Education for the Sheriff
of New Orleans, Louisiana. Upon his return to
New England, he served as a Director of Development
at Northeastern University, and subsequently he
was responsible for the establishment of the Executive
Alumni Forum, which IS an exclusive membership
organization for over 300 Northeastern alumni
CEOs.
Corporate Staff
, Chairman & CEO
, President & COO
, Senior Vice President
, Vice President & Clerk of
the Corporation
, Special Assistant to the
President
, Vice President
, Vice President
, Vice President
, Vice President
, Vice President, CES IP Partners
, Vice President
, Vice President
, Vice President
, Vice President
, Senior International Consultant
National Consulting Network
CES consulting
team leaders have offices in 20 different states
throughout the nation. All CES consulting team
leaders are either former college presidents,
former board chairs, former corporate CEOs --
or presidents of affiliated consulting firms.
The national roster of CES consulting team leaders
is currently capped at 75 members based upon selection
criteria and performance evaluation standards.
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