The Presidential Practice is committed to successful leadership in higher education.
Established in 2004 by Ann Duffield and James Galbally who spent 25 years plus at the University of Pennsylvania and played major roles in the Pew Higher Education Roundtable, TPP is a group of former long-term college and university presidents and chancellors who provide specialized counsel to current presidents and chancellors in transition: those who are new, tackling a new project in their tenure or leaving their current post for another presidency or for retirement.

Mary Patterson McPherson, Vice President of the Andrew W. Mellon Foundation and President Emerita of Bryn Mawr College, hosted a dinner discussion at the Mellon Foundation for guests of The Presidential Practice. Current presidents, former presidents, search consultants, and other academic experts shared their thoughts about the presidency, new presidents and boards of trustees. To read the transcript of this discussion, please click on the link above