On behalf of our client, Mounds Park Academy, CohenTaylor is conducting a retained executive search for their Chief Financial & Operations Officer.
Mounds Park Academy (MPA), a top ranked independent PreK-12 private school in Minnesota, nurtures students through a rigourous college-prepartory program that develops dreamers and doers. MPA’s curriculum challenges students to apply their understanding to stir the human spirit, advocate for justice, and shake the world.
With a passion for MPA’s mission and values, the ideal candidate is collaborative and accessible with an ability to build trust across key stakeholders and has experience leading a customer-focused finance and operations team. As a senior administrator, the Chief Financial & Operations Officer is responsible for setting the strategic direction and overseeing the organization, management, and implementation of all business, finance, technology, and facilities functions of the school.
Mounds Park Academy is a PreK-12 independent school in Saint Paul, MN that serves approximately 575 students from throughout the Twin Cities area. Since 1982, Mounds Park Academy has engaged students in a rigorous college preparatory experience that is demanding, but not draining, and goes far beyond memorization. Students are challenged to apply their understanding to stir the human spirit, stand for justice, and shake the world. This is what we call rigor with purpose, and it grounds our students in the radical idea that their identity in the world is not measured by a test score, but rather by the depth and decency of their impact on the world.
MPA is committed to embracing diversity, seeking equity, and continually striving to be truly inclusive. As a community, MPA is focused on fostering a safe and inclusive space for all, aspiring to be cognizant of gender-identity and equality, religious understanding, socio-economic diversity, and racial justice.