Author Biography

As a consultant in WittKieffer’s Education Practice, Sandra Chu (she/her) supports clients by taking a 30,000-foot view of their leadership challenges while also paying close attention to the details of an executive search. Sandra supports a range of executive recruitments for WittKieffer, giving special attention to creating a broad, diverse pool of candidates for given roles. Sandra has more than 20 years of experience in leadership development, project and relationship management, and executive recruiting. She produces results through innovative, motivational and authentic leadership.

Prior to joining WittKieffer, Sandra was a principal with Two Tigers Consulting in Geneva, New York. In this role, she coached individuals and organizations in leadership development, including administering DISC behavioral evaluations. Concurrently, she was a consultant for MMS Consulting of Langhorne, Pennsylvania, where she project-managed two national conferences on student health and wellness in the K-12 space. A former all-Ivy League athlete, Sandra served as a collegiate rowing coach for 22 years, mentoring athletes at Princeton University, Kansas State University and Hobart and William Smith Colleges. Across these campuses and at New York University, she also had responsibilities as faculty, in admissions, for Middle States accreditation, with development, and for DEI strategic planning and implementation. She collaborated with faculty to develop programs in global studies and leadership education. Among her coaching accomplishments, she mentored 26 All-Americans and 248 All-Academics and was named national, regional and league coach of the year.

Sandra’s passion is for education and athletics broadly. Her volunteer work includes founding Geneva Robotics, a competitive robotics program on the FIRST Lego® platform which focused on serving students from underrepresented backgrounds in STEM; serving on strategic planning committees for the Geneva City School District; and giving back to her rowing community as a starting line announcer for the Head of the Charles® Regatta in Boston, MA.