Huron Consulting Names Jim Sowers Managing Director for Huron Education Practice

Huron Consulting Group HURN, a leading provider of business consulting services, today announced that Jim Sowers has joined the Company as a managing director in its Huron Education practice focused on human resources and change management for universities. “Higher education institutions are struggling to align their academic missions with their resources, while maintaining their financial health,” said Laura Yaeger, executive vice president, Huron Education. “Jim will work with the existing Huron Education team to strengthen our robust offerings in performance improvement, change management and enterprise wide transformation. We are pleased to welcome him aboard and are confident he will be a tremendous resource for our academic and research institution clients.” Sowers has more than 25 years of consulting experience across a variety of industries, including working with colleges and universities. Prior to joining Huron Education, he served as a managing director at WIPRO Consulting Services where he founded and managed the global human resources and change management practice. At Huron Education, Sowers will be responsible for expanding Huron Education's performance improvement and transformation offerings, specifically related to human resources and change management. He will work with institutions to identify critical talent needs and build talent management and human resources capabilities.