r. william funk & associates type executive search private industry executive recruitment founded dallas texas 2006 headquarters dallas texas usa key people r. william bill funk founder ceo website www.rwilliamfunk.com r. william funk & associates headquartered in dallas texas is an executive search firm specializing in higher education . privately owned r. william funk and associates works with universities on searches for positions such as president chancellor vice president provost and dean . the firm was founded by the current ceo r. william funk who has found more than 300 presidents and chancellors for universities . 1 funk has been referred to as the guru of higher education by the chronicle of higher education 2 and was also named a top 200 recruiter in the world . 3 the firm has placed the currently sitting presidents and chancellors at more than 65 universities . 4 references edit search begins for ... . st. petersburg times . archived from the original on march 21 2009 . retrieved 2009 08 06 . consultant selected to aid in search for new uc president . university of california newsroom . retrieved 2009 05 19 . garrison jenn nancy 1998 . the global 200 executive recruiters an essential guide to the best recruiters in the united states europe asia and latin america . jossey bass . isbn 0 7879 4139 5 . about our firm . r. william funk & associates . retrieved 2009 05 19 . external links edit r. william funk & associates home this united states corporation or company article is a stub . you can help wikipedia by expanding it . v t e retrieved from https en.wikipedia.org w index.php title r. william funk % 26 associates & oldid 739025248 categories executive search firmsunited states company stubshidden categories all stub articles navigation menu personal tools not logged intalkcontributionscreate accountlog in namespaces article talk variants views read edit view history more search navigation main pagecontentsfeatured contentcurrent eventsrandom articledonate to wikipediawikipedia store interaction helpabout wikipediacommunity portalrecent changescontact page tools what links hererelated changesupload filespecial pagespermanent linkpage informationwikidata itemcite this page print export create a bookdownload as pdfprintable version languages add links this page was last modified on 12 september 2016 at 10 31 . text is available under the creative commons attribution sharealike license ; additional terms may apply . by using this site you agree to the terms of use and privacy policy . wikipedia is a registered trademark of the wikimedia foundation inc. a non profit organization . privacy policy about wikipedia disclaimers contact wikipedia developers cookie statement mobile view