Dale McGirr is an Affiliated Consultant with KMK Consulting. Dale has been a leader in higher education planning and management for 35 years. Dale spent 29 years at the University of Cincinnati (UC), with 22 of those years as a Cabinet Officer, until retiring from UC in 2006.

In addition to leading all the traditional financial functions at UC, Dale was also responsible for completing the Campus Master Plan in 1989, which led to the establishment of the Office of the University Architect that reported to Dale. Twenty major building projects using a variety of world-class architects paired with local design firms have been completed in the last 17 years, plus several major open space projects, with an aggregate investment of over $1 billion. Dale was an integral team member on all projects from architect selection through design development. These projects included virtually all building types including office, classroom, research laboratory, student housing, student dining, student union, student recreation, conference center/hotel, historic rehabilitation, parking facility, athletic center, performing arts, design and visual arts, and open space.

At UC, Dale was responsible for establishing a highly innovative Community Development program in several neighborhoods surrounding both campuses of the University. Through a series of collaborative non-profit corporations, this program has stimulated several hundred million dollars of new investment in student housing, market housing (rental and for sale), retail, and office development. After several years of UC leadership, the program attracted four other major employers in the area to join UC in this effort and form the Uptown Consortium. That organization continues to support new projects through its neighborhood investment fund, and has leveraged that effort by winning a $52 million round of New Market Tax Credits in 2005. Dale was also invited by the Cincinnati Business Committee to be a founding Director of the Cincinnati City Center Development Corporation (3CDC), the catalytic development corporation leading redevelopment in downtown Cincinnati. KMK Consulting has been instrumental in both 3CDC as well as the Uptown Consortium.