The NCICU Business Affiliate Program provides a mutually beneficial link between North Carolina’s business community and the state’s 36 private colleges and universities.
Our Business Affiliates are companies or individuals whose work with NCICU colleges and universities has earned NCICU’s endorsement.
To become a Business Affiliate, businesses must have the following:
- Affirmation from at least one North Carolina independent college or university that the applicant is successfully doing business within the State’s private higher education community
- Commitment from a responsible representative of the applying business that the business will endeavor to support North Carolina private higher education
- Annual financial support of $1,000
- Approval from Director of the Independent College Fund
For complete information about becoming an NCICU Business Affiliate, contact Colleen Kinser at kinser@ncicu.org or call (919) 832-5817.
NCICU Colleges and Universities are encouraged to contact these business partners when there is a need for the products and services they provide. Each Business Affiliate can be located through the Campus Buyers Guide, along with a short description of their products, services, contact information and website.
Please check this page often, as we will be continually adding new Affiliates. The list of our current Business Affiliates is shown alphabetically below.
Founded in 2011, ADAVICO® provides subscription-based software and professional services to simplify Endowment Accounting and Reporting (EARE™) for non-profit organizations. Through better tracking of pooled investment and endowment fund activity, the Company’s software facilitates compliance with Uniform Prudent Management of Institutional Funds Act (UPMIFA) regulations and Financial Accounting Standards Board (FASB) disclosure standards. Operating as a subsidiary-ledger, the integrated suite of software applications increases accounting accuracy and transparency and improves reporting to internal and external constituents. ADAVICO’s customers include non-profit organizations, both public & private, across the United States.
Contact: Chris Davis
Phone: 757.286.4174
Email: chris.davis@adavico.com
Website: www.adavico.com
Adirondack Solutions is the worldwide leader in providing innovative software primarily for the college student life market. We offer solutions for campus housing management, conference and event services, parking/vehicle registration, conduct management, and much more. Most of our staff have worked in higher education and we collaborate with our clients to deliver products and services that meet the needs of an ever-changing and dynamic field. Couple that with the best customer service in the industry, and you’ll have a combination that can’t lose.
Contact: Jason Gross
Phone: 908.725.8869 x217
Email: jgross@adirondacksolutions.com
Website: www.adirondacksolutions.com
Since 2008, AffinityLTC, LLC has been a Coalition for College Cost Savings (The Coalition) endorsed program provider, specializing in the marketing and administration of employer and association sponsored Long Term Care (LTC) Insurance programs. AffinityLTC has always been exclusively focused in the LTC insurance marketplace. AffinityLTC developed a proprietary LTC benefits program for member institutions currently utilizing products from Genworth Financial. AffinityLTC has over 100 private Higher Ed clients across the country.
Contact: Michael S. VanGavree
Phone: 717.737.3060 x300
Email: mike@affinityltc.com
Website: www.affinityltc.com
As higher education’s largest provider of managed technology services, Apogee helps colleges and universities transition to and excel in today’s digital era. Its comprehensive Managed Campus Suite includes ResNet and Administrative network solutions that connect the campus to enhance learning outcomes, video that transforms the way students engage, and new digital engagement technologies that captivate students. Partnering with Apogee enables schools to derive greater return on their IT investments and increases student satisfaction while achieving budget stability and predictability. Find out more at apogee.us.
Contact: Gerad Johnson
Phone: 919.244.0171
Email: gjohnson@apogee.us
Website: www.apogee.us
Aramark is in the customer service business across food, facilities and uniforms. We create experiences that engage and inspire, we deliver an impact wherever people work, learn, recover and play.
Contact: Mary Thornton
Phone: 984.204.8373
Email: thornton-mary@aramark.com
Website: www.aramark.com
BDO delivers customized accounting, consulting and financial advisory services to clients of all sizes – across industries, throughout the country, and around the world. We understand the changes and challenges facing institutions of higher education, from rising tuition and fees to reduced government funding, and our clients rest assured that their dedicated BDO industry leaders are at the forefront of the higher education conversation. What truly sets BDO apart is our commitment to higher education and our dedication to delivering exceptional client service, without exception. We understand that at its core, our job is about helping – in thousands of different ways, for thousands of different clients – and that we measure success one relationship at a time.
Contact: Julie Hampton
Phone: 919.278.1996
Email: jhampton@bdo.com
Website: www.bdo.com
The challenges of higher education will continue at an extraordinary pace. As the industry continues to face these challenges, you will need an exceptional relationship with, and commitment from, a group of accounting professionals who advise you and support your efforts. For over 40 years, Brown Edwards has been dedicated to providing exceptional service and expertise to our higher education clients throughout the mid-Atlantic region. By partnering with our clients and understanding their needs and concerns, Brown Edwards is a true alternative to the “business as usual” approach. And, as a Top 100 firm, you can be sure you have access to industry-leading resources while receiving the personalized service our clients deserve and expect.
Contact: John Hash, CPA; Mark Woolwine, CPA
Phone: 540.345.0936; 540.443.3606
Email: jhash@becpas.com; mwoolwine@becpas.com
Website: www.becpas.com
Captrust is an independently owned and operated retirement planning and investment advisory firm headquartered in Raleigh, NC with $250 billion in assets under advisory, we serve as fiduciary consultants for more than 146 educational institutions, representing approximately 437 retirement plans and totaling over $66 billion in assets under advisement in the education sector. As a firm, we work with 36 providers for 403(b), 457, and 401(a) plans — counting TIAA, fidelity, and VALIC as our top provider relationships. CAPTRUST has developed the specialized expertise required to help plan sponsors optimize their retirement plans while effectively managing fiduciary risk in a constantly changing environment. We are committed to the independence required for complete objectivity.
Contact: Erica Blomgren
Phone: 919.870.6822
Email: erica.blomgren@captrustadvisors.com
Website: www.captrustadvisors.com
Carolinas IT is a leading provider of technology solutions and has been in business for over 20 years. We offer NCICU and its members premier pricing on Technology Support Services, Cloud Computing, Implementation Solutions, Data Privacy Assessments, and Hardware Procurement discounts. For more information, visit carolinasit.com.
Contact: Krista Cathey
Phone: 919.573.4073
Email: krista.cathey@carolinasit.com
Website: www.carolinasit.com
As a nationally recognized firm, Cherry Bekaert has the resources to take your institution to the next level. Our higher education industry specialists understand the current operating environment and challenges facing independent colleges and universities, so we can help you make the most of emerging opportunities while minimizing compliance headaches. Our capabilities go far beyond audit and regulatory compliance and include customized solutions in the areas of risk advisory, cybersecurity risk, information technology consulting and solutions, compensation and benefits consulting, and international tax services. Ranked among the largest accounting firms in the country, Cherry Bekaert specializes in offering solutions that impact our clients ability to succeed and grow.
Contact: Matthew Socha, Partner / Education Industry Leader
Phone: 704.940.2680
Email: msocha@cbh.com
Website: www.cbh.com
Corporate Risk Management Inc. is an independent insurance consulting firm providing outsourced risk management services to clients on a fee-for-services basis. As we do not sell insurance, our firm is able to provide objective program review and expert advice in order to help our clients obtain the most comprehensive and competitively priced insurance programs available. Our client services include on-going full service agreements, managed marketing projects and program analysis reports.
Contact: Eric Little
Phone: 704.335.0185
Email: elittle@crm1978.com
Website: www.crm1978.com
CORT’s Furniture Rental Solutions has helped Colleges and Universities for over 40 years. These services include overflow housing needs, helping International Students & Scholars Services and Graduate Schools seamlessly accommodate their out-of-area students, visiting faculty & guests, reduce furnished housing program costs, and help you recruit and retain live-on staff while making them feel more at home. CORT can deliver as quickly as within 48 business hours in 66 major markets nationwide.
Contact: Vanida Zdanowicz
Phone: 704.705.6368
Email: Vanida.Zdanowicz@cort.com
Website: www.cort.com/highered
EDC provides Owner’s Representation and Project Management services to institutional owners for the design and construction of their new and renovated facilities. Established in 1990 and based in Midlothian Virginia, EDC has delivered over four million square feet totaling over $600 million of higher education and research and development projects. EDC manages the entire project from preliminary programming and budgeting through construction and occupancy.
Contact: Raymund Hunt
Phone: 804-897-0900
Email: rhunt@edcweb.com
Website: http://www.edcweb.com/
First American Education Finance provides NCICU institutions with customized financing solutions at preferred rates. For more than 20 years, First American has served the needs of the education community helping more than 800 schools deliver the best education possible to their students. Our unique financing solutions solve school challenges ranging from complex campus projects to technology management – all through a simple and transparent experience.
Financing Programs:
- Technology Renewal Financing Program
- Software Financing Program
- Campus Maintenance Financing Program
- Energy Financing Program
- Purchasing Card Program
Contact: Phil Palermo
Phone: 786.475.7234
Email: phil.palermo@faef.com
Website: www.faef.com/education
Driven by our food-first philosophy, Harvest Table Culinary Group brings innovative, authentic and personalized food experiences to life for each unique college and university we serve.
We believe everyone should experience the timeless camaraderie of mealtime, the delicious moments that a hand-crafted meal brings. Our world-class chefs and food enthusiasts create dishes to satisfy every nutritional need and evolving appetites for something new, exciting, and enriching.
Contact: Mary Thornton
Phone: 804.229.4941
Email: thornton-mary@harvesttableculinary.com
Website: www.harvesttabeculinary.com
Honeywell Building Solutions partners with private Colleges & Universities to make them more competitive in the market. An appealing campus that is safe and secure is essential to attracting and retaining students but can be challenging to achieve with limited budgets and escalating costs. Honeywell helps you implement campus improvements with minimal need for capital funds by optimizing your operating budget. Honeywell also improves your students’ campus experience by leveraging our suite of software, enhancing the relationship students have with their facilities. Let us handle your technology, energy and infrastructure challenges so you can be more competitive in attracting students and teachers to your campus.
Contact: Devona Blake
Phone: (919) 636-0215
Email: Devona.Blake@honeywell.com
Website: www.buildingsolutions.honeywell.com
HRP Associates, Inc. is an environmental health & safety risk management consulting engineering firm that specializes in the fields of environmental and OSHA health and safety compliance, lab safety, industrial hygiene, asbestos, mold, and lead paint consulting, and property acquisition due diligence.. To date, we have helped over 300 college and university campuses across the United States resolve their environmental, health and safety risk management challenges. HRP’s professional environmental engineers have been helping private and public organizations meet complex regulatory compliance obligations for over 35 years. Example services include compliance auditing, technical EPA and OSHA compliance training, permitting, and industrial hygiene testing. HRP works diligently to keep you up-to-date with changes in federal, state, and local EH&S regulatory requirements and provide you with sound and practical solutions that you can realistically implement.
Contact:
Tad A. Goetcheus, PE
Executive Vice President
1327-D Miller Road
Greenville SC 29607
Phone: 800.752.3922 or 864.289.0311
Email: tad.goetcheus@hrpassociates.com
Website: www.hrpassociates.com
Jenzabar’s mission is to support education by enabling institutions of higher education to thrive, grow, and achieve student success. We help our clients align their technology solutions with their unique missions and goals—to generate the maximum return on their technology investments. Across the entire institution, our software and services enable our clients to deliver on the promise of higher education.
Contact:
Dale Hess
101 Huntington Ave., Suite 2200
Boston, MA 02199
Phone: 617-492-9099
Email: dale.hess@jenzabar.com
Website: www.Jenzabar.com
The Campus Studio of McMillan Pazdan Smith Architecture provides professional planning, architectural and interior design services to a Southeastern clientele of colleges and universities through 5 office locations in the Carolinas and Georgia. Past experience includes academic, athletic, residential and dining facilities on over 60 college campuses. We work with institutions to understand their culture and mission, creating spaces to enhance the social and educational experience specific to each.
Contact: Ron Smith or Karen Calhoun
Phone: 864.585.5678
Email: rsmith@mcmillanpazdansmith.com or kcalhoun@mcmillanpazdansmith.com
Website: www.mcmillanpazdansmith.com
Metz Culinary Management is a culinary and environmental services firm that provides exceptional quality culinary products and services to the college and university industry. We offer the freshest ingredients and menus to exceed our guests expectations.
Contact: John Geronimo
Phone: 724.312.6758
Email: johng@metzcorp.com
Website: metzculinary.com
Millennium Advisory Services, Inc. is an SEC-registered investment advisory firm that provides 403(b) retirement plan services for private institutions of higher education throughout the eastern and mid-western United States. We work with other professional fiduciary partners offering a turn-key retirement plan solution, designed to help plan sponsors meet their fiduciary obligations on both the participant level and the plan level. We provide communication and education services for plan sponsors as well as financial planning, fiduciary advice, and professional asset management for plan participants and high net worth individuals. Millennium’s mission is to help plan sponsors deliver a retirement plan to their employees that truly changes participant behavior and drives meaningful retirement outcomes, helping participants and their families achieve their personal and financial life goals.
Contact: Paul Hunt
Phone: 804.346.1044
Email: phunt@mcmva.com
Website: www.mas-edu.com
Moseley Architects has provided professional architecture and engineering services for over 150 collegiate projects. Clients can rely on the firm’s extensive campus planning, programming, and design experience in a broad portfolio of college and university facilities, including academic, research, recreation, athletic, arts, and student life. Additionally, our campus master planning experience includes preserving green spaces and promoting sustainability initiatives. Our success with colleges and universities is based in large part to an inclusive and participatory design process stemming from the belief that the active involvement of our clients and facility users leads to better design solutions.
Contact: Stephanie Cooper
Phone: 704.540.3755
Email: scooper@moseleyarchitects.com
Website: www.moseleyarchitects.com
PNC Financial Services Group, Inc. is one of the nation’s largest diversified financial services organizations, providing retail and business banking; specialized services for corporations and government entities, including corporate banking, real estate finance and asset-based lending; wealth management and asset management. Our Public Finance group’s capabilities include industry-leading treasury management products—such as lockbox, remote deposit and purchasing cards—that help increase the efficiencies for not-for-profit entities and negotiated underwriting and re-marketing services.
Contact: Marcus Smith
Phone: 919.788.5795
Email: marcus.smith@pnc.com
Website: www.pnc.com
Understanding that every campus is a complex community composed of people, buildings, landscape, infrastructure, transportation, and natural systems, the experienced team of planners, architects, interior designers, and landscape architects at Quinn Evans have integrated campus design to create memorable places that support each institution’s unique educational mission. For over 35 years, the professionals of Quinn Evans have shown their passion for our clients by designing and caring for their varied campuses and needs. We believe every campus should be a unique and vibrant place, rooted in history, respectful of the environment and, prepared for the future.
Contact: Charles D. Piper
Phone: 804.788.4774
Email: cpiper@quinnevans.com
Website: www.quinnevans.com
Regions Financial Corporation, with $126 billion in assets, is a member of the S&P 500 Index and the 16th largest full-service bank in the nation, with products and services that offer customers convenience and the ability to bank the way they choose. Regions’ franchise spans across the South, Midwest and Texas.
Contact: Jeremy Fisher
Phone: 704-362-3590
Email: Jeremy.fisher@regions.com
Website: www.regions.com
SunTrust Banks, Inc. is one of the nation’s largest and strongest financial holding companies. Through its banking and leasing subsidiaries, the company provides deposit, credit, trust, and investment services to a broad range of institutional clients. Specialized subsidiaries also offer investment management and capital market services. The company operates 1,616 retail branches throughout the Southeast and provides customers with a full range of technology-based banking channels.
Contact: Jeff Stoddard
Phone: 919.381.3286
Email: jeff.stoddard@suntrust.com
Website: www.suntrust.com
Transact Campus Inc. provides NCICU campuses with an enabling agreement (pre-negotiated master terms) and aggressive year-one discounts on hardware and software for: securing campuses with access control and video surveillance; giving campuses the convenience of a true cashless environment; tracking attendance in the classroom; facilitating the delivery of financial aid and campus tuition and payments; and offering students a secure and easy way to make purchases on and off-campus using just their ID card or mobile credential. Our unified credential methodology includes using the ID card, mobile phone, and biometrics. Over 65% of all NCICU campuses use Blackboard Transact.
Contact: Jared Marber
Phone:404.872.7121
Email: jared.marber@blackboard.com
Website: www.blackboard.com/transact
Womble Bond Dickinson (US) LLP’s multi-disciplinary Education Team has served institutions of higher education for 30+ years, helping them meet business, legal and regulatory challenges. We support the full range of legal needs in the education industry and are active with a number of organizations, including the National Association of College and University Attorneys (NACUA), Colleges and University Personnel Association (CUPA) and the National and North Carolina School Boards Associations (NSBA, NCSBA).
Contact: Liz Riley or Beth Jones
Email: Liz.Riley@wbd-us.com and Beth.Jones@wbd-us.com
Website: www.womblebonddickinson.com/us/sectors/public-sector/education