Resource Group 175 was established in 2002, and its founders, Edes Gilbert and Clay Stites (Founder), were head search consultants associated with Independent Educational Services. IES was the premier, non-profit teacher and administrative placement firm that served independent schools all over the country for three decades. RG175, from its inception, has been committed to highly personalized leadership and governance consulting to schools, based on the values of integrity, inclusivity, knowledge, and flexibility. There are now 16 of us working on head of school searches as well as providing other services to independent schools all over the country, and international schools around the world.

Since the firm's founding, our goal has been to offer highly personalized and reasonably priced leadership consulting to schools. Today, RG175 remains true to those goals. Our work is based on integrity, inclusivity, knowledge, transparency, and flexibility—all in the service of the client school and its mission. We are personally and professionally experienced in recognizing, promoting, and sustaining leadership at both the executive and governance levels in schools. A consultation begins with the premise and principle that RG175 becomes a partner with and advocate for the school.