DRiWaterstone Human Capital Partners with Bryan & Jordan Consulting
September 16, 2024 – Arlington, VA-based DRiWaterstone Human Capital has formed a partnership with Bryan & Jordan Consulting LLC, a Richmond, VA-based consulting firm focused on historical organizations, museums, libraries, and educational institutions. “With this collaboration, we can better serve public history and education clients through our partnership with specialized consultants with deep, industry-specific networks,” said Doug Trout, CEO at DRiWaterstone. “By working together, both DRiWaterstone and Bryan & Jordan will leverage our collective strengths and expertise to ensure we meet the recruitment, retention, and governance needs of our clients across the U.S.”
“Bryan & Jordan and DRiWaterstone share a positive, collaborative culture and value relationships. Our shared principles will strengthen client service,” said Meredith Handakas, managing partner at Bryan & Jordan. “Our team is excited to work with our colleagues at DRiWaterstone.”
By aligning with Bryan & Jordan, DRiWaterstone can now offer clients access to a suite of services, including executive search, that support their overall growth and performance goals:
- Management and governance services.
- Support with strategic issues.
- Capital campaigns and fundraising strategy.
- Strategic planning.
- Customized retainer agreements.
- And more.
Created through a recent merger between DRi and Waterstone Human Capital, DRiWaterstone Human Capital is a culture-centric executive search, leadership advisory, and human capital firm focused on helping mission and purpose-driven organizations across the U.S. build high performance teams and cultures. The firm’s team of talent management professionals has placed over 1,000 exceptional executives since it opened in 2001.
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The firm offers executive search services focused on helping clients achieve sustainable organizational and cultural growth by finding leaders who align to the organization’s purpose, and who can help take the organization and its culture to the next level. DRiWaterstone Human Capital also offers a full portfolio of cultural talent management and leadership advisory services (including culture assessment, culture measurement, and culture curation) – to help organizations put culture at the center of strategy and drive success.
New CEO
DRiWaterstone Human Capital has appointed Doug Trout as its new CEO succeeding Jennifer Dunlap, who has served as president and CEO since the organization opened its doors in 2001. Ms. Dunlap will continue to serve as an advisor to the CEO and to work with a limited number of clients until her retirement from the organization in January 2025. She will serve on the board of directors as founder and vice chair. “DRiWaterstone is in excellent hands with Doug Trout,” said Ms. Dunlap. “His extensive experience in the nonprofit industry, coupled with the relationships he has built during his four years as a senior consultant and most recently a managing director, make Doug the right person to drive the company’s growth and success moving forward. I’m confident that DRiWaterstone, its clients, and its team will thrive under Doug’s leadership.”
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Mr. Trout joined DRiWaterstone in 2020 and has led the non-profit search practice since 2022. His practice areas for the firm have focused on the clean energy sector, public policy centers, research and cultural institutes, and higher education.
“I am excited about the future of our company and about working with the DRiWaterstone team to grow the organization, and to support the human capital needs of the nonprofit and social impact sectors,” said Mr. Trout. “Our two co-founders, Jennifer Dunlap and Nancy Racette, built an incredible company – one that is solely committed to purpose and mission-driven organizations and partnering with them to build high-performance teams. I look forward to continuing that vision and expanding DRiWaterstone’s partnerships in the industry.”
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Contributed by Scott A. Scanlon, Editor-in-Chief and Dale M. Zupsansky, Executive Editor – Hunt Scanlon Media
