CarterBaldwin Executive Search

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CarterBaldwin is a retained executive search firm that partners with our clients to build exceptional leadership teams. For more than two decades, we have played a pivotal role in transforming the leadership and landscape for clients, impacting the future of their organizations for years to come.

Since our inception in 2001 as a corporate firm, we have expanded our client portfolio to include nonprofit and academic sectors, serving both domestic and international clients from our headquarters in Atlanta, GA and our Washington, D.C. office. Despite our growth, we remain intentional about our “small” size, choosing to focus on delivering great search outcomes with the right balance of partner involvement, recruitment, and research support.

With more than 125 years of combined executive search experience, our partners lead a highly engineered search process that is collaborative, efficient, and effective with consistent success. Our in-depth approach enables us to deeply understand each client’s needs and creates a seamless partnership for every search project.

We pride ourselves on our highly experienced staff, an unrivaled process, and an exceptional client and candidate experience. As a result, many of our engagements are with repeat clients, referrals, or candidates significantly impacted by our work.

To see why many of the best and most admired organizations continue to trust CarterBaldwin with their most critical leadership needs, connect with us.

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With more than 125 years of combined executive search experience, our partners lead a highly engineered search process that is collaborative, efficient, and effective with consistent success. Our in-depth approach enables us to deeply understand each client’s needs and creates a seamless partnership for every search project.

We pride ourselves on our highly experienced staff, an unrivaled process, and an exceptional client and candidate experience. As a result, many of our engagements are with repeat clients, referrals, or candidates significantly impacted by our work.

To see why many of the best and most admired organizations continue to trust CarterBaldwin with their most critical leadership needs, connect with us.

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Large enough to bring significant resources, muscle and international reach but small enough to build intimate, long term client partnerships, CarterBaldwin is a bright, fresh, high energy alternative in an industry cluttered with dated, impersonal search models. The world is changing … shouldn’t executive search change with it?

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  • All Functions
  • Board/Governance
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  • CEO/President
  • Communications/PR
  • Customer Service
  • Data/Analytics
  • Development
  • Diversity & Inclusion
  • Finance/Accounting
  • General Management
  • GM/Operations
  • Government
  • Human Resources
  • Information/Digital
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  • Manufacturing
  • Marketing & Sales
  • Medical/Clinical
  • Research & Develop.
  • Risk Management
  • Supply Chain

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News Briefings

CarterBaldwin Recruits First Female Provost for Wheaton College

CarterBaldwin Executive Search has placed Dr. Margaret Diddams as provost of Wheaton College. She succeeds Dr. Stanton Jones, who announced last year that he will step down as provost and return to teaching at the end of the 2015 / 2016 academic year. The search was led by CarterBaldwin consultant Debby White and founding partner Price Harding. Dr. Diddams, an alumni

CarterBaldwin Recruits CEO for Feed The Children

CarterBaldwin Executive Search has placed J.C. Watts as president and chief executive officer of Oklahoma City-based Feed the Children. Bill Peterson, co-leader of the firm’s non-profit and academic search practice, led the assignment. With a background in politics and business, the board of directors found Mr. Watts to be an ideal candidate. His experience serving others domestically and abroad,

CarterBaldwin Recruits VP HR for Coca-Cola Bottling Co.

CarterBaldwin Executive Search has placed Jim Matte as vice president of human resources for the Coca-Cola Bottling Company Consolidated. Managing partner David Clapp led the search. Based in Charlotte, Coca-Cola Consolidated is the nation’s largest independent Coca-Cola bottler. Mr. Matte has 25-plus years of experience in human resources leadership and labor law. At Coca-Cola Consolidated he will have responsibility

Recruiting for the Family Business … It’s All About Passion

CarterBaldwin Executive Search has placed John Sabol as president of Pinnacle Promotions, a family-owned promotional marketing agency. Dave Sobocinski, a founding partner of CarterBaldwin, headed the assignment. Mr. Sabol has more than 25 years of experience leading apparel, automotive, sporting goods and consumer products companies — ranging from early-stage startups to the Fortune 500. He will report to

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Press Releases

Sean Burnett Named Chief Marketing Officer at Pepperdine University

(March 2022) Following an extensive national search led by CarterBaldwin Executive Search, Sean Burnett has been appointed senior vice president for integrated marketing communications and chief marketing officer at Pepperdine University. Sean will lead Pepperdine’s award-winning marketing and communications team to share the Pepperdine brand story to an ever-widening audience through signature events, publications, and

M.J. Murdock Charitable Trust Announces Romanita Hairston as New CEO

(March 2022) The M.J. Murdock Charitable Trust announced today that Romanita Hairston will join the private foundation as its fifth CEO and executive director. “We could not be more pleased with or grateful for this outcome,” said Jeff Pinneo, trustee, Murdock Trust. “Romanita brings a robust leadership profile that is uniquely suited to the mission

Trenton Cycholl Appointed Vice President, Digital Experience at ModMed

(March 2022) CarterBaldwin Executive Search announces that Trenton Cycholl has been named Vice President, Digital Experience, for the Warburg Pincus-backed healthcare software and cloud-based solutions company, ModMed. Trenton will have responsibility for the enabling technology platform ModMed leverages across its entire enterprise (ERP, Marketing, CRM, HR, BI, etc.) Trenton joins ModMed from Citrix Systems (NASDAQ:CTXS),

ModMed Names Bryon Thomas Vice President, Growth Marketing

(March 2022) CarterBaldwin Executive Search announces the appointment of Bryon Thomas as Vice President, Growth Marketing for ModMed, a Warburg Pincus-backed healthcare software and cloud-based solutions company. Bryon joins ModMed from Playvox, a contact management software company headquartered in Colombia, where he served as Vice President of Marketing. Bryon has 22 years of strategic marketing,

Craig Detweiler Appointed Dean, College of Fine Arts and Production at Grand Canyon University

(Feb. 2022) CarterBaldwin Executive Search together with Grand Canyon University (GCU) announces the appointment of Dr. Craig Detweiler as Dean, College of Fine Arts and Production. Detweiler brings a wealth of both industry and theological knowledge to GCU, merging theology, arts, and culture with a Bachelor of Arts in English from Davidson College, an MFA