For over 20 years Elaine Kuttner, a principal of CCA, has been consulting at a national and local level, with health and education related foundations and professional societies, and with the leadership of colleges and universities and their related research organizations. She also provides consulting services to public health & human services organizations and the arts.

Elaine completed both her undergraduate and graduate work at the University of Michigan in 1974 and early in her professional career became interested strategic planning as a mechanism for change in the not-for-profit sector and in higher education. Working closely with faculty, staff and board leadership, she helps shape essential questions, address challenges and plan for the future. She also helps her clients assess and evolve their own governance systems in order to more effectively carry out their mission. Elaine has significant experience working within complex systems and with multiple institutions as they plan together. She presents on topics related to both planning and governance.