DSG Global

About Us

DSG Global is an award-winning executive search and consulting firm that partners with clients to cultivate the talent and leadership they need to navigate today and thrive tomorrow. With broad expertise and a commitment to long-term partnership, DSG Global helps organizations reach their full human potential and stay ahead in a rapidly evolving world.

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ACHIEVEMENTS

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Find a Recruiter

At DSG Global, Your search will always have a Managing Director leading the process from the beginning through to completion. This emphasis on experience enables the firm to work with clients in challenging internal perspectives and moving beyond the expected.

For more information on our Managing Directors, and all our experts, please visit: https://www.dsgco.com/our-people/

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Solutions And Expertise

In addition to serving Fortune 500, mid-market, and private equity-backed companies through our Corporate practice, we also deliver niche expertise through our family of brands.

Nonprofit & Social Impact Practice

Koya Partners has been placing transformational leaders in the Nonprofit and Social Impact sector for 20 years. Now under the DSG umbrella, Koya’s belief that the right person in the right place can change the world continues to guide their work with leading social impact organizations.

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Education Practice

Defined by excellence and informed by experience, we provide the best value in the education market—because the costs of hiring the wrong leader and benefits of finding the right one are both enormous.

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Healthcare Practice

Grant Cooper has spent over 60 years navigating the healthcare landscape. From academic medical centers to physician groups, children’s hospitals and beyond, they know what it takes to provide the highest-level care.

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Solutions
  • Advisory Services
  • Assessment
  • Board Services
  • Culture Shaping
  • Executive Coaching
  • Executive Search
  • Leadership Develop.
  • Mgmt. Consulting
  • Onboarding
  • Succession Planning
Industries
Functions

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News Briefings

DSG Global (Diversified Search Group) Names CFO

DSG Global (Diversified Search Group) has appointed Rob Alessandrini as its new chief financial officer. “We are thrilled to welcome Rob to our team,” said Aileen K. Alexander, CEO of DSG. “His depth of finance experience in growth environments, strategic insight, and commitment to driving results will be invaluable as we continue to scale our

CFOs as Strategic Architects: Navigating Transformation in Financial Services

Financial services organizations, generally, are facing a new competitive market, regulatory challenges and a constant struggle to manage cost and efficiency, recruiters tell Hunt Scanlon Media. This requires strategic leaders, both men and women, with a multidimensional skill-set and competencies that often go above and beyond any typical job description. CFOs play a pivotal role

Diversified Search Group (DSG Global) | Koya Partners Retained by The Shaker Museum to Find New Leader

The Shaker Museum has retained Diversified Search Group (DSG Global) | Koya Partners to lead in its search for a new executive director. Naree W.S. Viner and Stephen Milbauer led the assignment for the recruitment firm. The Shaker Museum seeks a dynamic, forward-thinking, and visionary executive director to lead the organization into a new era of growth and

Diversified Search Group | Koya Partners Recruits Chief Development Officer Solomon R. Guggenheim Foundation

Koya Partners, a part of Diversified Search Group, has assisted in the recruitment of Lauren Stakias as chief development officer at Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum and Foundation in New York City. The assignment was led by Gerard F. Cattie Jr. “We are delighted to welcome Lauren as our new deputy director, chief development officer,” said Mariët Westermann, director and

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Press Releases

Diversified Search Group on Today’s Higher Education Challenges

(June 29, 2022) This spring, Diversified Search Group consultants Shelly Weiss Storbeck, Ralph E. Tavares, Jr., and Ruth Shoemaker Wood contributed to Hunt Scanlon’s 2022 Higher Education Report. In this detailed industry report, editors from Hunt Scanlon Media, a news network for the executive search and talent management sector, addressed the topic of the growing

Sonya Olds Som Joins Diversified Search Group as Global Managing Partner

(June 21, 2022) Diversified Search Group, one of the fastest-growing and most highly regarded companies in the executive search industry, has announced that Sonya Olds Som, Esq., has joined the company as a Global Managing Partner, and will lead the firm’s newly created Legal, Risk, Compliance, and Government Affairs practice. Som is a recognized leader in

Diversified Search Group Announces New Managing Director, Karen Yetman Rea

(May 26, 2022) Diversified Search Group, one of the fastest growing companies in the industry, has announced that Karen Yetman Rea has joined the firm’s Nonprofit practice as Managing Director. Based in Seattle, Yetman Rea brings deep capabilities in serving the needs of mission-driven clients in the social sector and broadens the firm’s reach in

The 16th Annual NACD Directorship 100™ List Recognizes the Most Influential Corporate Directors and Governance Experts

(April 15, 2022) The National Association of Corporate Directors (NACD) announced the 2022 NACD Directorship 100™—the most influential peer-nominated leaders in the boardroom and corporate governance community. Included among this year’s esteemed honorees is Lauren Smith, Managing Director of Diversified Search Group Now in its 16th year, the NACD Directorship 100 awards recognize peer-nominated leading directors and governance professionals. Honorees are

Rob Crawford Joins Diversified Search Group

(July 27, 2021) Diversified Search Group (DSG) announced today that Rob Crawford has joined their New York City office as Managing Director in the firm’s Private Equity, Financial Services, and Financial Officers practices. Crawford is joining DSG from Egon Zehnder, where he was a core member of the Financial Services, Private Equity, and Financial Officers