Duwain is a Partner in McKinsey’s Ohio office who serves higher education institutions on strategy and operational topics. He also leads McKinsey’s research and client service on the topic of racial equity through the McKinsey Institute for Black Economic Mobility. Prior to joining McKinsey, he worked for the Teach For America as the Director of Growth, Development and Partnerships where he helped launch two Teach For America offices (one in Cleveland, one in Cincinnati).
Relevant Experience:
- Network of large and medium size universities – COVID-19 response and operations. Led the team to support 30+ minority serving universities on crisis response, financial scenario planning, use of technology, and quick implementation of high value cost reduction analysis and implementation.
- Top 50 private university – Strategic planning and implementation. Led the implementation of the university’s strategic plan initiatives with by creating clear implementation roadmaps, metrics for success, and accountability. Refined initiatives as necessary to respond to changing university and external conditions.
- Top 25 public university – Administrative operations transformation. Led the first and second phase of an administrative operations shared services transformation (focusing on HR, Finance and Research Administration) as the university aimed to improve operations to accelerate their overall performance and increase employee satisfaction. The work included a comprehensive diagnostic of current operations and managing 5 client teams that met to identify pain points, design solutions, and scale solutions across the university. One of the initiatives rapidly improved hiring time by 50% in fewer than 6 months.
- Private, for profit university system – Five-year strategy and target financial profile. Led the team that created the 5-year strategy statement for this international higher education provider. This effort clarified the vision and competitive differentiation and valued the underlying components of each business unit to determine potential financial performance. The team analyzed and benchmarked the company’s operational and financial performance and led several workshops with senior leaders to clarify the strategy and align on the financial aspiration.
- Top 50 Private University – Ten-year strategy. Led the team that analyzed and made recommendations for a strategy for this university to solidify its Top 50 status (according to U.S. News and World Report) and carve out a distinct place within the higher education landscape. The work included an analysis of all major aspects of the university and compared the results with industry best practices and benchmarks. The team developed a set of strategic aspirations for the leadership of the university and facilitated working groups to implement the strategy.
- McKinsey Institute for Black Economic Mobility. Led research on racial disparities in wealth and the impacts of automation. He is the co-author the recent McKinsey reports entitled “COVID-19: Investing in black lives and livelihoods”, “The economic impact of closing the racial wealth gap”, and “The future of work in black America”. This research now forms the base for McKinsey’s newly formed Institute for Black Economic Mobility focused on inspiring, empower, accelerate, and sustain action that leads to the socioeconomic development of Black communities across the globe.
Education:
- Harvard University, M.B.A., Business Management, 2017
- Harvard University, M.P.P., Business and Government Policy, 2017
- Case Western Reserve University, B.S., Finance, 2010
Work History:
- McKinsey & Company, Partner, 2010-2012, 2017-present
- Teach For America, Director, Growth, Development and Partnerships – Ohio Region, 2012-2014
