Nishant Mehta

Over a career spanning two decades, Nishant has worked in or consulted for K-12 schools of all types on issues of leadership, culture, strategy and change management, and equity and justice. At Storbeck Search, he heads the firm’s Independent Schools practice, recruiting transformational leadership for private, charter, and mission-driven schools across the country. In addition to his active role in executive-level searches, he offers consulting on strategy and DEI, as well as leadership and governance coaching and training for education and nonprofit organizations. Prior to entering the executive search, consulting, and coaching industry, Nishant served as Head of School at The Children’s School (TCS), an independent JK-8 school in Atlanta that was lauded in 2017 as a “model to follow” for innovation by NAIS’s “Independent School” magazine. Nishant has lived in four countries and is fluent in several languages. Based in Atlanta, he currently serves on the advisory boards of the Woodruff Arts Center’s Alliance Theatre and the Children’s Museum of Atlanta, and on the boards of the National Business Officers Association (NBOA) in Washington, D.C., and Asheville School in Asheville, NC. He is a former board member of the National Association of Independent Schools (NAIS) and the Center for Spiritual and Ethical Education (CSEE), where he served as Board Chair.