Buffkin / Baker

About Us

Buffkin / Baker is a partner-led executive search firm specializing in Healthcare, Higher Education, Private Equity, Technology/Digital, Consumer, and Non-Profit sectors. Each partner, a leader in their field, brings over a decade of retained search experience, contributing to a collective total of more than 300 years in search and over 400 years in industry and operational expertise. The firm operates from multiple locations, including Atlanta, Austin, Boston, Charlotte, Chattanooga, Cleveland, Kansas City, Los Angeles, Nashville, New York, San Francisco, Seattle, St. Simons Island, Tampa, Washington, DC, and Winston-Salem. Buffkin / Baker is a member of Panorama, a global community of over 400 leadership experts working together in 70+ office locations to promote a diverse perspective on leadership, embracing creative thinking, and sharing our expertise and experience to bring our clients the very best results.

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At Buffkin/Baker, its partners are experts in the verticals in which they specialize. This is one secret to their success in finding the right talent for clients’ organizations. The firm possess firsthand knowledge and understanding of the industries in which they work, and know what it takes to be successful in each of its domains. This understanding, partnered with their extensive network and proven process, allows the firm to effectively help clients with their important hiring decisions.

For them, success means not just finding a leader for our client companies but finding the right leader. The firm carefully evaluates clients’ company culture, specific organizational needs, and leadership talent to ensure they place an individual who is not only capable of excelling at the position, but who also is an ideal fit for that specific company culture and environment. At the end of the day, their 99% completion rate for their searches speaks for itself.

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Solutions And Expertise

Buffkin / Baker is a retained, specialty boutique search firm composed of industry leaders. Each partner in the firm has been a leader in their respective fields and each has over a decade of retained search experience.

Combined, its partners have more than 300 years in search and over 400 years in industry and operational expertise.

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  • Assessment
  • Board Services
  • Executive Search
  • Succession Planning
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  • Board/Governance
  • CEO/President
  • Data/Analytics
  • Finance/Accounting
  • GM/Operations
  • Information/Digital
  • Legal/Compliance
  • Marketing & Sales
  • Medical/Clinical

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News Briefings

Buffkin / Baker Recruits Vice Provost for Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion at the University of San Diego

Martin M. Baker, managing partner of Buffkin / Baker, assisted the University of San Diego (USD) in the recruitment of Regina Dixon-Reeves as its vice provost for diversity, equity and inclusion. “I am delighted to announce that Regina Dixon-Reeves, PhD, has been appointed as vice provost for diversity, equity and inclusion,” said USD VP and

Buffkin / Baker Assists Oklahoma State University in President Search  

Martin M. Baker of  Buffkin / Baker has assisted Oklahoma State University (OSU) in the recruitment of Kayse Shrum as the university’s 19th president. With her hiring Dr. Shrum will become the first woman to lead a public research institution in the state of Oklahoma. Dr. Shrum, currently president of the OSU Center for Health Sciences (OSU-CHS)

Buffkin / Baker Retained by Lees-McRae College to Find New Provost

Executive recruitment firm Buffkin / Baker has been selected to assist in the search for a new provost for Lees-McRae College in Banner Elk, NC. Managing partner Martin M. Baker is leading the assignment. Lees-McRae College is seeking a creative and dynamic provost who will provide active and engaged leadership across campus, serve as an advocate for the faculty,

Buffkin/ Baker Recruits Chief Revenue Officer for Alliant

Top-drawer chief revenue officers are commonly found at start-ups and smaller businesses and tend to the bottom line while the rest of the C-level team expand key partnerships, look for growth opportunities or source funding. That is changing, however, as larger businesses now view the CRO post as an essential, long-term role. Executive recruitment firm Buffkin

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Press Releases

Alyson Gill Named as New Provost for Lees-McRae

(April 2021) Alyson Gill, PhD, has accepted the position of provost for Lees-McRae College. She comes to the college from the University of the Ozarks in Clarksville, Arkansas, where she held the titles of provost and chief academic officer. Her anticipated start date is July 1. The announcement follows a nationwide search for the position

Hugh Boston Joins JEGI CLARITY as Managing Director

(April 19, 2021) JEGI CLARITY, a pre-eminent M&A advisory firm for the global media, marketing, information and technology industries, headquartered in New York, NY and London, UK, is pleased to announce that Hugh Boston has joined the firm as Managing Director. Hugh brings more than 20 years of M&A, capital markets and operating experience working

Altafonte Appoints Ricardo Chamberlain to Global Marketing Senior VP

(April 30, 2021) Ricardo Chamberlain has been appointed Altafonte’s global marketing senior vice president, Billboard has learned. The announcement follows an extensive search involving a comprehensive process led by Buffkin / Baker Partner Tom Truitt and Associate Ashleigh Shulman. As global marketing svp, Chamberlain will be tasked with developing strategic initiatives and opportunities for Altafonte’s

Manring Named New Dean of the College of Engineering

(April 14, 2021) University of Missouri Provost Latha Ramchand today announced that Noah Manring has been named the new dean of the MU College of Engineering. Manring has served as the interim dean of the college since May 2020 following the departure of Elizabeth Loboa. He will assume his new duties on May 1, which

Buffkin / Baker Names Jen Bradley New Partner

(Jan. 27, 2021) Buffkin / Baker, a partner-led executive search firm, is pleased to announce the promotion of Jen Bradley to partner, where she will be responsible for creating value for clients in both the firm’s healthcare and private equity practice. Bradley joined Buffkin / Baker in 2008 as an associate actively engaged in executive

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