Corporate Affiliates

Baker Tilly: is a national full-service advisory and accounting firm, providing assurance, tax, internal audit and consulting services to colleges and universities and collaboratively addressing areas such as risk management, research and institutional compliance, fiscal resiliency, data analytics, cybersecurity, talent management, cost reduction, fraud, construction and other strategic and operational issues.
Contact: David Capitano, dave.capitano@bakertilly.com or 610-927-4512
AICUP Participation: Campus Leaders Forum Sponsor, Exhibitor & Presenter; Member Meeting Sponsor, Presenter, Exhibitor & VIP Table Sponsor; Good Citizen Scholarship Golf Outing Sponsor; Business Efficiency Manual Sponsor

Berkeley Research Group: BRG provides expert and highly experienced consulting services to a variety of corporate and governmental clients in specific areas. In our higher education practice, we partner with client institutions to identify their strengths, recognize particular challenges and formulate innovative plans to support their growth and prosperity in a rapidly changing environment. BRG provides guidance in such areas as operational financial analysis to include debt restructuring, strategic planning, enrollment, curriculum design and fundraising.
Contact: Richard G. Jewell, rjewell@thinkbrg.com or 412-370-1131

CliftonLarsonAllen: Exists to create opportunities for our clients, our people and our communities through our industry-focused advisory, outsourcing, audit, tax and consulting services.
Contact: Sara Doyle, sara.doyle@CLAConnect.com or 267-419-1653
AICUP Participation: Good Citizen Scholarship Golf Outing Sponsor

Cornerstone Advisors Asset Management: A Registered Investment Advisor providing full-service investment consulting and OCIO services via a sound fiduciary process and individually customized solutions.
Contact: Malcolm L. Cowen, scowen@cornerstone-companies.com or 610-694-0900
AICUP Participation: Good Citizen Scholarship Golf Outing Sponsor

Corpay:  is the leading provider of Intelligent Supplier Payment Automation, as well as the largest commercial Mastercard issuer in North America. Our Nvoicepay software automates payments for accounts payable teams, transforming a traditionally expensive and disjointed process into an efficient, unified workflow, while our physical and virtual card programs allow our customers to make secure payments to their vendors while generating rebate revenue from those payments. Corpay solutions are easily deployable, ERP-agnostic, and adaptable to all your payment conditions. Whatever you company’s size, we have a solution to power you now and in the future.
Contact: Matt Riexinger, Matthew.riexinger@comdata.com or 908-938-4884

Forvis: FORVIS National Higher Education Group (formally BKD) serves the various needs of more than 200 public and private colleges and universities throughout the U.S. Clients look to FORVIS for strategic solutions that demonstrate foresight, transparency and accountability. Our dedicated team of advisors works with schools of all shapes and sizes, offering audit, tax and consulting services, including financial sustainability support, cybersecurity, enterprise risk management, forensics and litigation support.
Contact: Adam Smith, adam.smith@forvis.com or 260-460-4047
AICUP Participation: Campus Leaders Forum Presenter, Member Meeting Sponsor, Exhibitor & Presenter; Good Citizen Scholarship Golf Outing Sponsor

FSL Public Finance: FSL Public Finance is a financial advisory firm that provides financial advisory and debt-related consulting services to private and public institutions of higher education, and other municipal issuers, throughout the Commonwealth and Mid-Atlantic region. Formed in response to yield burning and other abuses in the tax-exempt finance industry, our mission is to provide value-added services consistent with the integrity, honesty and professionalism our clients expect and deserve. We are an independent financial advisory firm and serve only our clients. We do not underwrite, purchase, place or sell securities, nor do we act as principals or counterparties in transactions with our clients. FSL Public Finance has operated since 2001, is a member of the National Association of Independent Public Finance Advisors (NAIPFA) and is a registered municipal adviser with the MSRB and SEC.
Contact: Becky Delia, rebecca.delia@fslpf.com or 717-399-6629
AICUP Participation: Member Meeting Presenter

First American Education Finance: A financial services company providing AICUP institutions with specialty finance solutions for campus projects.
Contact: Matt Rankin, matthew.rankin@faef.com or 585-643-3459
AICUP Participation: Campus Leaders Forum Sponsor & Exhibitor; Member Meeting Sponsor, Exhibitor & Presenter; Good Citizen Scholarship Golf Outing Sponsor

Graystone Consulting – Morgan Stanley: A business unit of Morgan Stanley under the Global Wealth Management Group. For over 40 years, they have been serving the specialized needs of educational institutions, where they currently have relationships with over 1,300 higher education institutions. This work includes public and private universities, foundations and endowments, college preparatory, research institutes and theological seminaries.
Contact: Allan D. House, Allan.D.House@MSGraystone.com or 410-736-5534

Hirtle Callaghan & Co. LLC: Serves as Chief Investment Officers for colleges, nonprofits and families.
Contact: John Griffith, jgriffith@HirtleCallaghan.com or 610-828-7200

KPMG, LLP: Delivers audit, tax and advisory services to over 200 higher education clients nationally, including many AICUP member institutions served by our Philadelphia, Harrisburg and Pittsburgh offices.
Contact: Daniel McCurdy, danielmccurdy@KPMG.com or 717-576-7200
AICUP Participation: Member Meeting Presenter

Nelnet Campus Commerce: Partners with more than 1,200 campuses across the country, providing a suite of PCI Level 1 validated solutions that integrate with every major ERP to process every payment on campus.
Contact: Karyn Sousa, Karyn.Sousa@nelnet.net or 508-91-7588
AICUP Participation: Endorsed Program Provider, Member Meeting Sponsor & Exhibitor

OMNIA Partners: OMNIA Partners is the largest and most trusted cooperative purchasing organization for public sector and education procurement.
Contact: Michael Schwalm, Michael.Schwalm@omniapartners.com or 615-236-9080
AICUP Participation: Endorsed Program Provider, Member Meeting Sponsor, Exhibitor & Presenter; Business Efficiency Manual Sponsor

Paymerang: Our A/P payment automation frees higher education from repetitive manual tasks, reduces fraud, and eliminates compliance risks.
Contact: Tom Smith, tcsmith@paymerang.com or 804-395-6193
AICUP Participation: Member Preferred (AMP) Provider, Campus Leaders Forum Sponsor, Exhibitor & Presenter

S&P Global Ratings: A leading provider of credit ratings with more than 430 rated U.S. public and private colleges and universities.
Contact: Anthony Ivancich, anthony.ivancich@spglobal.com or 212-438-5060
AICUP Participation: Member Meeting Presenter & Exhibitor

Stevens & Lee – Assists colleges and universities in a wide range of strategic matters, including finance, government affairs, exigency planning, acquisitions and combinations, and issues related to development and planned giving programs, as well as traditional legal matters.
Contact: James M. White, jmw@stevenslee.com or 717-234-1250

Stifel: Provides independent financial advisory or underwriting services for 508 higher education issues exceeding $19 billion.
Contact: Linda Eremita, eremital@stifel.com or 412-419-8437
AICUP Participation: Endorsed Program Provider, Member Meeting Sponsor, Exhibitor &Presenter; Brian Mitchell Award for Collaboration Winner