Shelli Herman and Associates, Inc. provides retained executive search services to clients across a wide range of industries, including Fortune 500 companies, leading investment management firms, nonprofit organizations, and top-ranked colleges and universities.
By design, our work is focused on the executive or decision-maker level within the organizations we serve. We have developed a deep, robust practice in higher education and the nonprofit sector, driven by a nuanced understanding of academia and the unique needs of mission-driven organizations. What unites our diverse clients is their need for a nimble, adept search partner who can customize the search process to fit their specific requirements and timelines. Motivated by our commitment to integrity, quality, and success, Shelli Herman and Associates, Inc. consistently delivers on that partnership, as shown by approximately 98% of our searches coming from repeat clients or referrals. Our firm’s leadership touches every project, and clients have access to well over 75 years of experience in retained executive search.
Our innovative and strategic approach involves working closely with our client organizations at every stage of the search: understanding their needs, ensuring a thorough and fair process that identifies and attracts the best talent, defining the role by creating the position description, establishing target markets, and sourcing strategies, interviewing and assessing candidates, and negotiating offers. Our method is uniquely transparent and efficient, so clients always know the status of the search at any given moment. Our mastery of new technologies and current market intelligence, combined with our high-touch customer service, creates a global reach with a personal touch. This enables us to quickly identify and cultivate candidates worldwide, presenting a slate of professionals ready to succeed in the role.
We at Shelli Herman and Associates, Inc. are proud to help organizations thrive by connecting them with executives who will guide their future.
Our knowledgeable executive search consultants, our combined decades of experience, and our innovative search process allow us to consistently achieve results for our clients. In addition, we’ve developed an extensive global network. This enables us to identify and recruit talented executives around the world. Our proprietary database contains the best potential sources and candidates across all sectors, ensuring an unparalleled network and reach. This means that we present our clients with extremely qualified candidates from diverse backgrounds. As a result, our clients hire exceptional leaders, each with a strong track record of success.
At Shelli Herman and Associates, Inc., we firmly believe that high quality work produces high quality placements. Our 98% retention rate has proven it. Our dedication to personal attention, agility, and quality is why our clients return to us repeatedly despite having other less expensive options available. We’ve seen first-hand the effect trailblazing, innovative leaders can have on organizations and helping our clients acquire such executives is what motivates us every day.
Los Angeles-based Shelli Herman and Associates has assisted in the recruitment of Sabarras George as director for the Saint Louis Zoo WildCare Park, a $230 million, 425-acre zoo expansion project that is scheduled to open to the public in 2027. He succeeds Jo-Elle Mogerman, who assumed the role of president and CEO of Philadelphia Zoo in October. “I
Following a comprehensive national search for a new leader for the organization, Los Angeles-based Shelli Herman and Associates has placed Lisa New as the new CEO of the Dallas Zoo. She will be the Zoo’s first female CEO in its 135-year history. Ms. New succeeds someone she often has recognized as one of her mentors, Gregg Hudson,
Los Angeles-based Shelli Herman and Associates has assisted in the recruitment of Lori Carmona as the new CEO of the YWCA Greater Los Angeles (YWCA GLA). “YWCA conducted an extensive, thoughtful search process to identify the right leader for our organization, and Lori Carmona emerged as the standout candidate,” said Alva P. Adams, YWCA’s board chairwoman. “Lori has
Los Angeles-based Shelli Herman and Associates has been selected to find the next director for the Saint Louis Zoo WildCare Park, a $230 million, 425-acre zoo expansion project that is scheduled to open to the public in 2027. “The realization of the WildCare Park will offer a new and exciting tourist attraction in St. Louis and
UCLA, CA, January 14, 2015 – Wesley Thorne has joined UCLA as director of the UCLA Career Center, one of the nation’s largest and most comprehensive centers of its kind. Thorne comes to UCLA from Carnegie Mellon University, where he was the associate director for employer relations for the Career Center since 2010. His duties included responsibility for all on-campus recruiting
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