In February 2025, NAIS launched a long-range strategic planning process to ensure that we are meeting the evolving needs of our members. This process will involve a thorough review of our offerings, including the ways we support our members’ inclusion and belonging goals, which is key to fulfilling our mission.
Partnership
To help us with this exploration, we are partnering with MehtaCognition, a leadership and strategy consultancy with a deep commitment to independent schools and a broad understanding of NAIS as an organization. The work will be led by its founder and president, Nishant Mehta, and senior managing director, Allen Broyles.
How to Get Involved
This strategic planning work will be organized into three phases, and the first phase will be focused on research and need-finding. Member insights will be critical to this phase, and we will offer several ways to gather feedback. At Thrive 2025, the NAIS annual conference, we engaged in focus groups with nearly 100 members.
If you are interested in being involved in future opportunities to give feedback, please fill out this interest form. As we put together these opportunities, we will aim to bring together individuals who play a range of roles at various types of schools in different regions. We will be in touch with you if there is an opportunity that is a good match with your role and school. If you have any questions, please send an email to engage@nais.org.