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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News Briefings

CarterBaldwin Assists M.J. Murdock Charitable Trust with CEO Search 

Following a national search, CarterBaldwin Executive Search has helped to place Microsoft executive Romanita Hairston as chief executive officer of the M.J. Murdock Charitable Trust in Vancouver, WA. The assignment was led by partner Andrea McDaniel Smith and consultant Ted Wieber. Ms. Hairston will officially join the non-profit in July. She succeeds Steve Moore, who announced his

CarterBaldwin Names Partner

CarterBaldwin Executive Search has named Chris Hornsby as a partner and leader of the firm’s K-12 education practice. Mr. Hornsby joined the firm in 2015 with an expertise in healthcare IT recruitment, but quickly found his “sweet spot” at CarterBaldwin in the non-profit and K-12 education spaces, where he has spent the past six years honing

CarterBaldwin Recruits CIO for CCRM Fertility

The chief information officer is considered one of the most strategic roles in any organization. Still, head hunting within the function remains challenging, as skilled C-suite IT professionals are among the toughest to find. Recently, CarterBaldwin Executive Search assisted in the recruitment of Wade Lowder as chief information officer for Denver-based fertility service CCRM Fertility

CarterBaldwin Tapped by Southside Electric Cooperative to Find New CEO

CarterBaldwin Executive Search has been enlisted to find a chief executive officer for Southside Electric Cooperative. Current president and CEO Jeff Edwards has announced his retirement, effective July 2022, closing a 37-year career at electric cooperatives. Partner Chris Guiney and consultant Elizabeth Rushing are leading the assignment. The new CEO will assume leadership of a foundationally

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Press Releases

Thomas H. Knudsen Named General Counsel of Pepperdine University

(February 23, 2023) – CarterBaldwin Executive Search has assisted in the appointment of Thomas H. Knudsen (’91) as general counsel at Pepperdine University. The general counsel is the University’s chief legal officer and is responsible for providing ethical, practical, and effective advice to further the mission of the University. Knudsen will assume his new role

Energy Consulting Group Names Mark Svrcek Chief Executive Officer

Following a nationwide search in partnership with CarterBaldwin, Energy Consulting Group’s (ECG) Management Committee has named Mark Svrcek as its next president and Chief Executive Officer. Svrcek will join ECG on May 1 and will transition to his role of CEO when Anis Sherali, the current president and CEO, retires on June 20. Sherali has

Dondi Costin Named Sixth President of Liberty University

CarterBaldwin Executive Search recently partnered with Liberty University’s Board of Trustees in the unanimous appointment of Maj. Gen. (Ret.) Dondi E. Costin, PhD, as the sixth president of the University. He will assume his duties ahead of the 2023-24 school year. As President of Liberty University, Costin comes to the University’s leadership as a continuation

Eastern Nazarene College Names Colleen Derr its 15th President

Eastern Nazarene College Board of Trustees announces the appointment of Dr. Colleen Derr as the school’s 15th President. She succeeds Dr. Jack Connell, who announced he will resign at the completion of this term and academic year. ENC partnered with CarterBaldwin Executive Search in the nationwide search that led to Derr’s selection. Derr currently serves

Flip Electronics Names Andrew Moeller, Executive Vice President of Sales

CarterBaldwin Executive Search recently partnered again with Flip Electronics to place Andrew Moeller as Executive Vice President (EVP) of Sales. Flip is a leading distributor of obsolete semiconductors and electronic components whose unique business model, channel strategy, and recent investment have led to global success. As EVP of sales, Andrew will facilitate the company’s next