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Michael Diamond
Senior Partner
Academic Leadership Associates, LLC (ALA)


Michael A. Diamond is the Senior Partner at ALA with extensive experience in university management and finance, budgeting processes, strategic planning, and international partnerships. During his lengthy career as a leader in academic institutions he has maintained an active consultancy focused on assisting over 75 colleges and universities of all types and sizes, as well as individual academic and administrative units with strategic planning and change management. Prior to forming ALA, Dr. Diamond served as Vice President and Executive Vice Provost of the University of Southern California until 2005, after being appointed Vice Provost for Planning and Budget in 1995. In his capacity as Vice President and Executive Vice Provost, working closely with the Provost, Diamond was responsible for managing the academic enterprise at the University of Southern California and overseeing an academic budget of over $1 billion at that time. Prior to his role in the Provost’s Office, he served as dean of the Leventhal School of Accounting and director of the school's SEC and Financial Reporting Diamond is currently a Professor Emeritus at the University of Southern California (as of September 2013). Prior to his retirement he was a full professor with an appointment in the USC Rossier School of Education and has a joint appointment in the USC Marshall School of Business. Diamond has taught at California State University, Los Angeles, and has been a visiting professor at the University of California, Berkeley and the University of California, Los Angeles, prior to his tenure at the University of Southern California.

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