About Us
CBO Partners® specializes in operations and management consulting and recruiting in higher education. While our recruiting associates focus primarily on schools of medicine, our consulting associates have significant experience in general management at both the university and the school level.
Our firm believes that well managed organizations have an opportunity to excel relative to their competitors even in a highly competitive and resource constrained environment. Through effective management and selective hiring, CBO Partners® can help your organization meet its strategic goals.
CBO Partners® was founded in 2007 by several former principal business officers from some of the nation's more prominent schools of medicine and universities. They all recognized a significant unmet consulting and recruiting need in academic medicine and higher education in general and are committed to helping fill that need.
Our associates have worked for and with the following institutions:
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Our Associates:
- Amy Doonan Cronin
- William M. Gleason
- Rosemary A. Martino
- Jeffrey C. Miller
- Michael Nicholaou
- David R. Perry
- James H. Scott, III
- Amy S. Sebring
Amy Doonan Cronin
Amy Doonan Cronin has more than 25 years experience in the areas of strategic planning and evaluation, crisis communications, fund raising, media relations, marketing, special events, writing and editing, and publications management. Her background includes work at the University of Virginia, the University of Maryland System, Hobart and William Smith Colleges, and Ithaca College.
At the University of Virginia, Amy served as Chief of Staff and Special Assistant to the President. She was a member of the President's Cabinet and also served as the President's liaison to the Executive Vice President & Chief Operating Officer, University General Counsel, Vice President for Finance, Vice President for Management and Budget, Vice President & Chief Information Officer, Chief Executive Officer of the University Health System, Director of Athletics, and federal and state government relations.
Prior to joining the President's staff at UVA, Amy served as Director of Individual Giving and as a Major Gifts Officer for UVA's College of Arts and Sciences. Her previous development experience includes work as Director of Annual Giving at Hobart and William Smith Colleges, and Director of the President's Club for the University of Maryland System. Amy began her career in higher education as the Sports Information Director at Hobart and William Smith, and later held the same post at Ithaca College.
Amy holds a Master's degree in journalism/public relations from the University of Maryland and is accredited in public relations by the Public Relations Society of America.
Contact Amy Doonan Cronin: amy@cbopartners.com
William M. Gleason
With 17 years of medical school experience, Bill Gleason recently held the position of Senior Associate Dean for Finance and Administration in the School of Medicine, Medical College of Virginia Campus of Virginia Commonwealth University (VCU) where he was responsible for finance, administration, personnel, information technology and facilities for the Dean's Office and the twenty- nine clinical and basic science departments. He joined the School of Medicine in 1991 as Associate Dean for Administration, a position he held until he became the Senior Associate Dean for Finance and Administration in 2000. From 2002 - 2005, Bill also served as Associate Vice President for Health Sciences (Finance) while he continued his responsibilities in the Dean's Office.
Prior to joining the VCU School of Medicine, he served as VCU's Director of Resource Planning in the Planning and Budget Division, a position he held from 1980 - 1988. He was appointed Executive Director of University Planning in 1988 and held this position until joining the medical school in 1991. He has worked in higher education in various capacities for 37 years at both university and state level including administrative positions at Purdue University and the Indiana Commission for Higher Education. His experience includes institutional research, budgeting and financial management, strategic planning, administration and information technology. He has a B. A. in Economics from the University of North Carolina in Chapel Hill, where he was a Morehead Scholar, and an M.B.A. from Indiana University - Bloomington.
Contact William M. Gleason: wmg@cbopartners.com
Rosemary A. Martino
Over thirty years of academic health center experience, a background in the biological sciences, first hand experience in research and clinical trials, and an MBA underpin Rosemary A. Martino’s leadership strengths in strategic planning, finance, administration, research and operations.
Prior to joining CBO Partners, Ms. Martino served as the Executive Dean of the Grand Rapids campus for Michigan State University’s College of Human Medicine (2008 – 2010). As its chief administrative officer, she facilitated the development of all policies and functions necessary to establish a complete expansion campus at this location, as well as to effectively integrate these offices with those on the East Lansing campus. In collaboration with the College’s executive leadership team and its external partners (hospitals, universities, and research institutes) she was responsible for strategic planning of programs and key new initiatives. In addition, Ms. Martino was integral in building relationships for MSU in the greater Grand Rapids community.
A native New Yorker, Rosemary spent significant portions of her career at New York Medical College in NY’s Hudson Valley region (13 years) and Columbia University College of Physicians and Surgeons in Manhattan (14 years) prior to moving to West Michigan. At NYMC, she most recently served as Senior Associate Dean for Academic Administration and Research Development (2000-2008), where her responsibilities included budgeting and financial management; strategic planning; space, capital and resource allocation; research faculty recruitment; operational review of the medical school’s 45 academic and administrative departments; and institutional research. From 1995 – 2000, Ms Martino was Associate Dean for Academic Administration, with similar duties.
Ms. Martino’s career began in basic science research in the Department of Medicine at Columbia P & S in 1980, and quickly transitioned to leadership of the microsurgical research and training program in the Department of Orthopaedic Surgery (1984 – 1986). From 1986 – 1987 she managed clinical studies for Spectra Pharmaceutical Services (formerly of Hanover, MA). She subsequently returned to Columbia P & S in 1988 and crossed over to health care administration – first in the Department of Radiation Oncology, and then (1989 – 1995) as Administrative Director of the Irving Center for Clinical Research.
Rosemary holds a BS in Biology from Adelphi University and an MBA from Columbia University, both with honors.
Contact Rosemary A. Martino: rosemarymartino@cbopartners.com
Jeffrey C. Miller
Jeffrey C. Miller has 40 years leadership experience, first in government and then in academic medicine.
He was most recently Vice Dean and Chief Operating Officer at Northwestern University Feinberg School of Medicine. His areas of expertise include strategic planning, performance monitoring, financial planning and budgeting, communications, funds flow, governance and alignment.
Mr. Miller taught a required course for second year medical students on the organization and financing of the American health care system.
Prior to joining Northwestern in 1991, Mr. Miller was Chief of Staff to Governor James R. Thompson of Illinois. As Chief of Staff, he was responsible for policy development, budget formulation, and program implementation across a broad spectrum of state government activities.
Mr. Miller held a variety of positions in Illinois State government before becoming Chief of Staff. He established the first strategic planning unit within the Governor’s Office, served as a senior member of the Cabinet responsible for welfare and medical assistance programs, and was an Assistant Director in the Illinois Budget Bureau.
Mr. Miller served two years as a lieutenant in the United States Army in the military intelligence branch.
He was a founding member of the National Academy for State Health Policy and a Director of its parent corporation, the Center for Health Policy Development for its inaugural 20 years. While at Northwestern, he served on the board of Northwestern Medical Faculty Foundation, the McGaw Medical Center of Northwestern University, and the Pediatric Faculty Foundation. He is a past chair of the Association for American Medical Colleges Group on Business Affairs and an emeritus member of that organization. He currently serves on the Institute for Health Policy Solutions Board.
Mr. Miller holds a Master of Governmental Administration Degree in Public Finance from the Wharton School of Finance and Commerce, University of Pennsylvania. His undergraduate degree is a Bachelor of Science in Industrial Engineering from Rutgers University.
Contact Jeffrey C. Miller: jcm@cbopartners.com
Michael Nicholaou
Mike has over 29 years experience working in healthcare related businesses and institutions. He recently completed a seven and a half month assignment for CBO Partners® as the interim department manager for a Department of Internal Medicine at a public university's School of Medicine.
Prior to joining CBO Partners® in 2010, Mike had 15 years of experience working in the contract drug research industry. Mike held the position of Director of Business Systems Integration with INC Research, a $200 million privately held CRO. The primary responsibility of this position was the orderly and regulatory-compliant introduction of new technology into the corporate information system. Prior positions include director-level positions in clinical operations support, accounting, project management and quality assurance.
For 7 years prior to joining INC, Mike held the positions of Administrative Director for the Department of Neurosurgery and the Director of Administration for the Department of Anesthesiology, both at the University of Virginia. In addition, Mike has an additional 7 years of career experience in the medical device and instrument manufacturing industry working for Medtronic and Hewlett-Packard. He holds a B.S. in Electrical Engineering, and M.E. in Biomedical Engineering and an MBA, each from the University of Virginia. Mike has also completed Six Sigma Green Belt level training.
Contact Michael Nicholaou: mike@cbopartners.com
David R. Perry
David R. Perry is a veteran senior business officer in the field of academic medicine. His professional track-record includes two years of active duty as a commissioned officer in the U.S. Army (1966-68), and seven years' service as legislative analyst and budget examiner for the U. S. Office of Management and Budget/Executive Office of the President (1968-75). The greater portion of his career, however, occurred in the medical education arena, where he served variously as chief planner, principal business officer, and confidential administrative advisor to medical school Deans at St. Louis University (1975-89), and the University of North Carolina-Chapel Hill (1989-2006). Prominent amongst the Deans with whom he worked closely for many years were Drs. David Challoner and William Stoneman at St. Louis University, and Drs. Stuart Bondurant and Jeffrey Houpt at UNC-Chapel Hill. Born and raised in Indiana, he earned his higher education degrees at Indiana University (Bloomington), A.B. (with honors) in 1964, M.A. in 1966, both in the discipline of political science. In mid-2006 he was invited by the Chancellor, UNC-Chapel Hill, to serve as that University's Interim Vice Chancellor for Finance and Administration, during a national search for a permanent successor to that position. Upon the arrival of this new University officer, Perry concluded his service to UNC and retired effective April 30, 2007. In 2010, he was called upon to serve as the Interim Associate Provost for Finance at UNC-Chapel Hill while that institution conducted a search to fill the position.
His 31+ years of active service in academic medicine exposed Perry to a wide array of policy and operational challenges that commonly confront Deans and other senior leaders in both the private and public sectors. He is well-equipped to advise and assist medical school and general university leadership in diagnosing --- and devising thoughtful, pragmatic solutions for --- a wide cross-section of contemporary institutional issues. His particular areas of interest include: general administration, organizational design, inter-institutional relationships (e.g., with teaching hospitals, parent universities, and other health professions schools), financial planning and budgeting, human resources, regulatory compliance, and faculty compensation systems.
David has been a presenter on multiple occasions at regional and national conferences of the AAMC’s Group on Institutional Planning and Group on Business Affairs. He also is a co-author of peer-reviewed articles published in the NEW ENGLAND JOURNAL OF MEDICINE and ACADEMIC MEDICINE. During most of the decade of the 1980s, he served the National Institutes of Health as a Special Reviewer on grant renewal site visits to all seven of the federally-sponsored Regional Primate Research Centers, as well as to several federally-funded General Clinical Research Centers.
Contact David R. Perry: drp@cbopartners.com
James H. Scott, III
Jay Scott has over 20 years of experience working with higher education and academic medical centers. Until June of 2007 when he joined CBO Partners®, Jay held the position of Senior Associate Dean for Finance and Administration at the University of Virginia, School of Medicine. He held this position for nine years and worked with two different deans while the school grew from a budget of $338 million to a budget of over $544 million per year. His responsibilities included but were not limited to: accounting, budget, and compensation operations; administrator development programs; capital projects and space management; grants and contracts management; information technology management; and marketing and public relations.
Prior to taking on the Senior Associate Dean position, Jay held the position of Director of the Budget for the University of Virginia. He has also held the positions of Director of Administration for the Department of Ophthalmology and Director of Budget and Payroll at the University of Virginia, School of Medicine. Jay has additional previous career experience in management of small businesses and investment management. He holds a bachelor of arts in economics and a master of business administration, both from the University of Virginia.
Jay has completed additional training in coaching for greater effectiveness at the Center for Creative Leadership® (CCL®). CCL® is ranked No. 3 overall in the 2010 Financial Times worldwide survey of executive education programs. In addition, Jay is certified by CCL® to administer CCL®'s suite of 360-degree assessment tools.
Contact James H. Scott, III: jay@cbopartners.com
Amy S. Sebring
Amy serves as Associate Dean for Finance and Administration at Virginia Commonwealth University’s (VCU) School of Medicine. In this capacity, Ms. Sebring serves as the principal business officer with responsibility for the financial management of the School’s budget, strategic planning, and administration. Prior to coming to VCU, she served as a legislative analyst for the Commonwealth of Virginia Senate Finance Committee during the 2003, 2004, 2005, and 2006 Virginia General Assembly sessions. In that capacity, Amy focused primarily on budget and legislative issues related to higher education and debt finance. She has also served in the executive branch of Virginia, both as the finance policy director for the State Council of Higher Education for Virginia (SCHEV) and as a budget analyst for the Department of Planning and Budget. Amy began her career in education policy as a research associate with the Education Commission of the States, a national non-partisan policy organization located in Colorado.
Amy received a bachelor’s degree in public policy studies from Duke University and a Master of Public Policy (M.P.P.) from the College of William and Mary.
Contact Amy S. Sebring: asebring@cbopartners.com
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