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Richard Ekman

President · Council of Independent Colleges

President at Council of Independent Colleges. Listed as an officer, director, or key employee across 2 organizations on the Form 990 record.

Ambiguous identity This name matches 4 other individuals we could not verify as the same person. Each is kept as a separate record below — treat them as distinct people unless an explicit match is confirmed.
Organizations
2
Roles reported
2
Reported compensation
$859K
Others who share this name
4

Who this is

Profile

Everything on the left is verified from the IRS filings. The biography on the right is compiled from public web sources and grounded to that filed record.

✓ Verified from filings
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Reported as President of Council of Independent Colleges, based in Washington, DC.
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Received $859K in total reported compensation on the most recent Form 990 (Part VII).
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Also listed as Director of American Academic Leadership Institute INC Pmb 5334, uncompensated.
Facts extracted directly from each organization's Form 990, Part VII.
Biography Web-sourced

Dr. Richard Ekman is President Emeritus of the Council of Independent Colleges, where he served for 21 years as President, growing membership from 450 to 660 U.S.

colleges and universities while developing programs including the Presidential Vocation and Institutional Mission Program and Online Course Sharing Consortium. Prior roles include Vice President for Programs at the Andrew W.

Mellon Foundation and leadership positions at the National Endowment for the Humanities.

Compiled from public web sources (4 cited), grounded to the filed record.

Track record

Career & tenure

Real tenure, career, and education — from public web sources, what you need to vet a founder or leader beyond the filing window.

Tenure here
21 years as President; current President Emeritus
Education
  • PhD in history of American civilization) · Harvard University (AB in history

Affiliations

Organizations

Linked as the same person by IRS Schedule R, a shared officer mailing address, or shared fellow board members.

Council of Independent Colleges President · $16.0M revenue · Washington, DCTHE COUNCIL OF INDEPENDENT COLLEGES IS AN ASSOCIATION OF NONPROFIT INDEPENDENT COLLEGES AND UNIVERSITIES, STATE- BASED COUNCILS OF INDEPENDENT…pay $818K → $859KFiled FY2020, FY2019 · Source: Form 990, Part VII
$859Kreported comp
American Academic Leadership Institute INC Pmb 5334 Director · $668K revenue · Washington, DCSERVICES INCLUDE, BUT ARE NOT LIMITED TO, IDENTIFICATION AND DEVELOPMENT OF ACADEMIC LEADERSHIP TALENT AND PROGRAMS ENABLING THEM TO BE SUCCESSFUL IN…Filed FY2019 · Source: Form 990, Part VII

Disambiguation

Other people named Richard Ekman

Different individuals who share this name, separated by IRS Schedule R, mailing address, and shared-board evidence. The 990 carries no person identifier, so some may still be the same person.

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Richard Ekman 1 organization · Austin, TXCollege-In-3 Exchange INC
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Richard Ekman 1 organization · Raymond, WAWillapa Harbor Gun Club INC
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Richard Ekman 1 organization · Miami, FLEmeriti Consortium for Retirement Health Solutions
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Richard Ekman 1 organization · New York, NYProject Pericles INC

Network

Serves alongside

Other officers, directors & key employees at this person's organizations, by latest reported compensation.

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President · FY2021
$875K
M
President · FY2024
$788K
C
Sr. Vice President & Chief of Staff · FY2024
$271K
T
Sr. Vice Pres. for Academic Programs · FY2024
$263K
C
& Chief of S · FY2020
$258K
H
Sr. Vice President- Until 01/23 · FY2022
$231K
K
Academic Pro · FY2020
$224K
M
Vice President for Networks · FY2024
$224K
D
Dir. and President · FY2024
$200K
A
Director of Conferences · FY2024
$197K
J
For Communic · FY2020
$194K
J
Vice President for Member Engagement · FY2024
$192K

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Public data from IRS Form 990 e-file & the Business Master File. Individuals appear here because they were named as an officer, director, or key employee on a nonprofit's Form 990; people are grouped by name plus corroborating evidence (Schedule R, shared address, shared board members). · philanthropy.org