We have had the privilege of working with Andy Mozenter for ten years. During that time he has helped us become a better, more consistent, and more effective community. Knowledgeable in a wide range of areas, he balances his remarkable understanding of systems and the goals and culture of our community with his keen ability to understand and connect with the individuals who make it up. As a result, he has been able to help all of us, the people and the School, move forward on some complex and complicated fronts in a caring and effective way. He understands how to balance the individuals’ and School’s needs which has allowed the people to grow and the School to move forward and come closer to accomplishing our mission. He is superb.

My greatest anxiety about choosing a consultant for our Strategic Planning process was whether or not the consultant would be a good fit with our trustees. From the time Andy began his initial session, I knew that I didn’t have to worry at all about this. Andy’s style is engaging and intelligent. Throughout the entire process, he did an amazing job of getting people from all of our different constituencies talking and thinking deeply about so many issues around the question of who we are as a school and what we would like to be.

As the head of school, I appreciated the working relationship I had with Andy. He helped me to strategize before each of our strategic planning sessions, and he proved to be a very effective sounding board for me.

Everyone I talked with, during and after the strategic planning process, commented on how Andy did such a great job of making people feel that their opinions were appreciated and valued. It was from this foundation of trust and inclusivity that we were able to move forward with direction and purpose, even when there was a difference of opinion on particular issues.

Andy listened very well and knew what we needed. We didn’t need a bazillion dollar plan we needed perspective of who we were and what we wanted. We needed to learn how to keep our history while creating new ideas that would ensure our future. He handled conflict very well and was incredibly thorough in reaching out and making himself available so that no one felt left out during our strategic planning process. He was very accommodating incredibly prompt. He was always there to get the job done no matter what was required.

Andy has a genuine quality. He pays attention and is very focused on the strategic planning process and how everyone feels in the meeting. He addresses the issues with everyone and does not editorialize beyond the process. He keeps the personal out of it.

I attended a strategic planning lead by Andy and have heard a lot of positive press from the schools he works with. Andy knows schools very well. He goes in with a 360-approach – going wide at first and is then able to bring it all back to the center in the end. He is easy to talk to and provides a very comfortable setting for people to feel valued and to engage, which allows people to open up.