Peña Search

About Us

Empowering missions through the power of people

“Empowering missions through the power of people” is more than a slogan on our website. It is a promise we strive to fulfill every day. When you partner with us, your search becomes ours. We fully invest in it and will not rest until you have the right person in place to help your organization flourish.

What drives you drives us.

Peña Search focuses on placing leaders in mission-driven organizations. We are passionate about contributing to your work and helping you thrive. We understand how important culture, inclusion, environment, and goals are to your success. We take a hands-on approach to gain in-depth knowledge of your organization and of every candidate we consider for your position.

We understand you.

In addition to more than 60 years of collective recruiting experience, the Peña Search team brings unique personal experience working in both nonprofit and for-profit sectors. We understand the specific requirements of executive-level roles because we have held some of the very roles we now help others fill. We leverage that knowledge to serve our client organizations and advance their beliefs and values. We have been in your shoes many times, so we understand the challenges you face and the goals you aspire to. We will take every step with you to get you where you want to be.

Completed Searches

Peña Search

Find a Recruiter

8

The power of inclusion. A culture of caring.

A wide range of perspectives strengthens nonprofit organizations and advances mission impact. Teams that reflect the communities they serve are better equipped to make sound decisions, navigate complexity, and achieve effective, sustainable outcomes. We apply these principles in our work and partner with nonprofit leaders and boards as they think intentionally about building leadership teams prepared for today’s evolving challenges.

An inclusive, collaborative workplace supports staff engagement and well-being while enabling organizations to deliver higher-quality programs and services. Through its nonprofit-focused executive search and advisory work, Peña Search helps organizations identify and place leaders with the experience, judgment, and perspective to advance mission and stewardship.

We’d love to help your organization take its next steps — one person at a time.

Peña Search

Solutions And Expertise

We understand you.

In addition to more than 60 years of collective experience in executive recruiting, the Peña Search team brings unique personal experience working in both nonprofit and for-profit sectors. We understand the specific requirements of executive-level roles because we have held some of the very roles we now help others fill. We leverage that knowledge to serve client organizations and promote their beliefs and values.

We have been in your shoes many times, so we understand the challenges you face and the goals you aspire to. We will take every step with you to get you where you want to be.

Solutions
  • Executive Recruitment
  • Executive Search
  • Interim
  • Permanent Search
  • Retained Searches
  • Temporary Staffing
Industries
  • Advocacy
  • Associations
  • Colleges/Universities
  • Cultural Arts
  • Education
  • Executive Search
  • Foundations
  • Health & Wellness
  • Higher Education
  • Human and Family Services
  • Human Services
  • K-12
  • Legal
  • Legal/Compliance
  • Non-Profit
  • Non-Profits
  • Public & Social Sector
  • Social Service/Social Justice
Functions
  • Business Leaders
  • C-Level
  • C-Level Leaders
  • C-Suite
  • CEO/President
  • CEO/President/Executive Director
  • CFO
  • Communications/PR
  • COO
  • Development
  • Diversity & Inclusion
  • Finance/Accounting
  • Financial Officers
  • Fundraising
  • GM/Operations
  • Head of Department
  • Human Resources
  • Legal/Compliance
  • Marketing
  • Marketing & Sales
  • Operations
  • Presidents & Chancellors
  • Vice President

Peña Search

News Briefings

Peña Search Seeks VP of HR for The Meadows Foundation

Peña Search has been retained by The Meadows Foundation to lead its search for a vice president of human resources. Travis Hillier and Cindy Maloney are leading the assignment. The ideal candidate will have a proven track record of handling complex situations and multiple responsibilities simultaneously, balancing short–and–long–term planning and projects with the urgency of immediate demands. They should demonstrate the ability

Peña Search Recruits Chief Development Officer for Healthy Futures of Texas

Virtually every industry needs top-drawer chief development officers. CDOs play a key role in planning, coordinating, and administering capital campaigns, corporate giving, and galvanizing new donors while keeping previous funders content. Implementing funding strategies that “keep the lights on,” according to recruiters specializing in the function, is job one. Recruiters continue to report that CDOs

Peña Search Seeks Key Leaders for Two Texas Non-Profits

Peña Search has been enlisted to conduct key searches for two Texas non-profits. The executive search firm is seeking a chief development officer for San Antonio-based Healthy Futures of Texas and a chief advancement officer for Dallas Children’s Advocacy Center (DCAC). Search directors Maria Dickson Parigi and Travis Hillier are leading the assignments respectively. The

Peña Search Seeks New Executive Director for Leadership ISD

During a time of tremendous societal transformation, not-for-profit organizations provide support and stability for individuals and their communities.  Executive recruiters say today’s not-for-profits face a growing need for exceptional leaders. Carlos González Peña and Travis Hillier of Peña Search were recently called in to find a new executive director for Leadership ISD (LISD) in Dallas. Since its inception,

Peña Search

Press Releases