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BoardWalk Consulting is a national executive search firm specializing in the recruitment of CEOs and their direct reports for nonprofits and foundations. The firm’s staff are seasoned practitioners who themselves have served as nonprofit executives, grantmakers and Board leaders for a wide variety of organizations. Nonprofit leadership is our passion and life’s work. BoardWalk delivers on its promise: Finding leaders that matter for missions that matter.®

Headquartered in Atlanta, we have conducted hundreds of leadership searches for clients in at least 33 states and a number of other countries, and it has recruited candidates from all 50 states and beyond. Each search is unique, but our approach is consistent, delivering professionally and demographically diverse leaders ready to make a difference.  Nonprofit leadership is not just part of what we do – it’s all that we do.

We have been a member since inception of the AESC and had the privilege of serving on AESC’s own CEO search committee upon the retirement of its long-time leader.  BoardWalk is also a proud member of Panorama, a partnership of leading boutiques that combine global capability with local sensitivity.

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At Boardwalk Consulting, they are practitioners with diverse corporate and nonprofit backgrounds. They have chaired boards, provided leadership within nonprofit and grant making organizations and served as community volunteers.

Their combined experience in the private and nonprofit sectors enables them to quickly identify the mission-critical strengths and abilities necessary to further an organization’s mission and aspirations.

The combination of nonprofit experience, knowledge and passion gives them an uncommon advantage in Finding leaders that matter for missions that matter.®

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BoardWalk has led over 200 searches for over 110 distinct clients in 27 states. Its nonprofit clients are national, regional and local. They have missions that are global, or national, regional or place-based.

Their diversity spans mission, size, culture, challenges and aspirations. In each unique context, BoardWalk’s proactive, comprehensive, client-centered approach delivers leaders who exceed expectations, from the start and over the long haul.

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BoardWalk Consulting Recruits CEO for The Asia Foundation

Executive recruitment firm BoardWalk Consulting has assisted in the recruitment of Laurel E. Miller as president and CEO of The Asia Foundation. She succeeds David D. Arnold, who is retiring after 12 years of leading the international development non-profit during a period of profound change across Asia and the Pacific. Managing director Kathy Bremer, director of research Patti Kish, and senior

BoardWalk Consulting Recruits New Leader for the Sierra Club

Executive recruitment firm BoardWalk Consulting has assisted in the recruitment of experienced civil rights leader, community organizer,  and coalition builder Ben Jealous as the new executive director of the Sierra Club in Oakland, CA. Mr. Jealous will be the seventh executive director since the position was created in 1952 and the first person of color to serve in

BoardWalk Consulting Seeks Executive Director for Soccer in the Streets

Executive recruitment firm BoardWalk Consulting has been enlisted to find the next executive director for Soccer in the Streets (SITS), an Atlanta-based non-profit that empowers underserved youth through soccer, character development, mentoring, and employability programs. Leading the assignment are John Sparrow, senior director, and Lysondra Somerville, senior research associate. “As it looks toward the future, SITS seeks

BoardWalk Consulting Assists the Betty and Davis Fitzgerald Foundation in the Recruitment of New Leader

Executive recruitment firm BoardWalk Consulting has assisted in the recruitment of Brittany Collins as the new executive director of the Betty and Davis Fitzgerald Foundation in Atlanta. She succeeds Jackie Stradley, who has led the organization since its inception. Ms. Collins’ appointment culminates a wide-ranging national search that reached about 200 potential candidates and referral sources. “Brittany is

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