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About Us

Bryant Group is a leadership firm specializing in executive coaching, leadership development, and retained search. Trusted by some of the world’s most influential organizations in healthcare, higher education, and the nonprofit sector, Bryant Group delivers C-suite solutions that drive organizational excellence. Their search expertise spans fundraising, advancement, finance, HR, academic leadership, and top executive roles, including CEOs and presidents.

For more information or to schedule a consultation, please visit www.bryantgrp.com.

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Advancing Great Leaders

The Bryant Group team brings a wealth of experience as advancement and recruiting professionals. As experts in Recruiting, Team Effectiveness Consulting and Leadership Coaching, we are ready to help you build your most powerful team.

We strongly value our partnerships with each of our clients and pride ourselves on representing you with professionalism and integrity.

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Solutions And Expertise

For more than 30 years, Bryant Group professionals have partnered with some of the world’s most impactful institutions, focusing on recruiting and developing great leadership.

Solutions
  • Diversity & Inclusion
  • Executive Coaching
  • Executive Search
  • Leadership Consulting
  • Recruitment Research
  • Succession Planning
Industries
  • Colleges/Universities
  • Cultural Arts
  • Faith Based
  • Foundations
  • Healthcare Systems
  • Higher Education
  • Hospitals
  • K-12
  • Non-Profits
  • Social Service
Functions
  • Advancement
  • Board/Governance
  • CEO/President
  • CEO/President/Executive Director
  • CFO
  • COO
  • Data/Analytics
  • Development
  • Diversity & Inclusion
  • Finance/Accounting
  • Fundraising
  • General Management
  • GM/Operations
  • Human Resources
  • Marketing & Sales

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News Briefings

Bryant Group Fills Senior Finance Role for HonorHealth Foundation

Dallas-based executive search and talent development firm Bryant Group has placed Christine Sullivan as senior vice president of finance for HonorHealth Foundation. The search was led by Sarah Hempen, vice president of search. “We are thrilled to welcome Christine to HonorHealth Foundation as our new senior vice president of finance,” said Jared Langkilde, president and CEO, HonorHealth Foundation. “Christine

Bryant Group Assists Whatcom Hospice Foundation with Executive Director Search

Dallas-based executive search and talent development firm Bryant Group has helped to recruit Loran Zenonian as the new executive director at Whatcom Hospice Foundation, PeaceHealth System in Bellingham, WA. Sarah Hempen, vice president of search, led the assignment. “I am very excited to welcome Loran as a member of the leadership team as our new executive director for Whatcom

Bryant Group Recruits CHRO for Boise State University

Following a nationwide search, Dallas-based executive search and talent development firm Bryant Group has assisted in the recruitment of Katie Thomas as the new chief human resources officer of Boise State University. Sarah Hempen, vice president of search, led the assignment. “We are thrilled to welcome Katie Thomas as Boise State University’s next chief human resources officer,” said Lauren Griswold,

Bryant Group Retained by HonorHealth Foundation for Two Assignments

Dallas-based executive search and talent development firm Bryant Group has been retained by HonorHealth Foundation to lead in its searches for a senior vice president of finance and senior vice president of communications and donor relations. Both searches are led by Sarah Hempen, vice president of search. Reporting directly to the president and CEO, the SVP

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Press Releases

Bryant Group Selected to Recruit Vice Chancellor for Advancement and Executive Director for the University of Tennessee at Chattanooga (UTC) and the University of Chattanooga Foundation.

Bryant Group, a Dallas-based executive search and talent development firm, has been selected to recruit the Vice Chancellor for Advancement and Executive Director for the University of Tennessee at Chattanooga (UTC) and the University of Chattanooga Foundation. Bryant Group’s Executive Search Director, Katie Riecke, is spearheading this key search. This role will set the vision

Bryant Group Welcomes Nick Miller as Vice President & Consultant

Impact-driven relationship builder joins the firm to expand partnerships across higher education, healthcare and nonprofits. DALLAS, TX — January 28, 2026 — Bryant Group, a woman-owned executive search and leadership consulting firm specializing in higher education, healthcare and nonprofits, announced today that Nick Miller has joined the organization as Vice President & Consultant. Miller brings

Bryant Group Places Vice President, Campaign Manager for HonorHealth Foundation

January 20, 2026 Dallas-based executive search and leadership consulting firm Bryant Group conducted a nationwide search led by the firm’s Executive Search Director, Colleen Rogers Aivazian, resulting in Holly Stanco of Stockton, California securing the role of Vice President, Campaign Manager at HonorHealth Foundation. Ms. Stanco is a senior advancement leader with 28 years of

Bryant Group Launches National Search for Assistant Vice President for Advancement, OU Health Campus at the University of Oklahoma Foundation

Bryant Group, a Dallas-based executive search and talent development firm, has been selected to recruit the Assistant Vice President for Advancement, OU Health Campus for the University of Oklahoma Foundation, Inc. Bryant Group Vice President Sarah Hempen is spearheading this key search for the Foundation. “We’re seeking a dynamic leader with principal gift expertise and

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Real Talk on Leadership with Sally Bryant at the Inc. 5000 Conference

Blogs
Why Most Leadership Programs Don’t Change Behavior
The Most Important Element in Executive Search: Organizational Culture
Scale Your Impact, Not Just Your Size
Leading Through Loss: What Five Leaders Taught Me About Caring for Ourselves While Caring for Others
Alignment: The Quiet Force Behind High-Performing Teams
Are You Putting a Band-Aid Over a Bullet Hole?
3 Critical Shifts Every Leader Must Make ASAP
Mid-Year Reviews Are a Joke—Unless You Make Them Matter
EQ Beats AI: The Hiring Edge You’re Missing
From Disconnected to Dialed In
What Coaching Is — and What It Isn’t: Unlocking Leadership Potential
Filling Advancement Gaps Before They Drain Your Bottom Line
Building Strength in the Messy Middle
Are You Strong, Smart, Kind and Brave?
Difficult Truth and Ridiculous Grace
The Hidden Power of Philanthropy: How Hospitals Can Thrive in Tough Times
Unleashing Potential in Leadership Teams
Bryant Group Recognized for the Second Year in a Row as One of America’s Fastest-Growing Private Companies on the 2024 Inc. 5000
Well, Well, Well…Are You?
Navigating Workplace Stress: The Art of Integration and Intentional Change
Leading Through Crisis: The Role of Moxie in Leadership
Are You Prioritizing “Keeping” Over “Hiring?”
Role Modeling for Working Moms during Women’s History Month
Tech-Tested Virtual Interview Tips for Professionals
Celebrating Black Excellence in Leadership: A Reflection on my HBCU Experience
Better Leaders are Happier Leaders —and Vice Versa
Remote Work, Candidate Pools and Attrition
Facilitating an Equitable Search Process: Insights from a Certified Diversity Recruiter
What does it mean to be an American Latino?
Are You Waiting on Moxie?
Are You Prioritizing “Keeping” Over “Hiring?”
The Great Opportunity Continues
What I Didn’t Know About Success
COVID Inspired Leadership – Changes, Lessons, and Reminders Is It Remote?
Do You Run With Scissors?
The Positive Transition
Interview Secrets to Success
Put Your Own Oxygen Mask On First
Are You Supporting Your Free Agents?
What We’ve Been Missing
The Great Opportunity (Part III)
The Great Opportunity (Part II)
The Great Opportunity (Part I)
Remote Work. What Now?
Planning a Successful Departure

Podcasts
Keeping Fundraisers Fundraising: Insights on Retention and Leadership with Sally Bryant
The Great Resignation is Here. How to Leverage it as The Great Opportunity
Efficient Advancement Staffing
Life Unedited: Working Women
Get Better at Business (Part 2) Shownotes
Get Better at Business (Part I) Shownotes
We Are For Good Podcast Shownotes
Hiring and Workplace Trends During and After COVID
Sally Bryant’s Podcast with The Eight Principles
A Non-Profit Empowerment Webinar Series
How to Ace Your Interview

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