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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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At CarterBaldwin, its team is comprised of experienced, focused search professionals who share a passion for being better. They give them a better environment, better support and a better opportunity.

Search done right is hard work, requiring hustle, inquisitiveness and a “never rest” mentality. People content with “good” don’t like it here.

They expect a lot from their team because clients expect a lot from them. In return, the firm works hard to make CarterBaldwin a better place to work. They have a fun, collaborative, team-oriented yet heavily performance-driven culture. This yields better outcomes for clients and candidates.

Solutions And Expertise

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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  • Executive Search
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Functions
  • Advertising
  • All Functions
  • Board/Governance
  • Business Development
  • CEO/President
  • Communications/PR
  • Customer Service
  • Data/Analytics
  • Development
  • Diversity & Inclusion
  • Finance/Accounting
  • General Management
  • GM/Operations
  • Government
  • Human Resources
  • Information/Digital
  • Invest. Mgmt./Banking
  • Investor Relations
  • Legal/Compliance
  • Manufacturing
  • Marketing & Sales
  • Medical/Clinical
  • Research & Develop.
  • Risk Management
  • Supply Chain

News Briefings

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

CarterBaldwin Executive Search Seeks CEO for M.J. Murdock charitable Trust

CarterBaldwin Executive Search has been enlisted to find a chief executive officer for the M.J. Murdock Charitable Trust in Vancouver, WA. The assignment is being led by partner Andrea McDaniel Smith and consultant Ted Wieber. In partnership with the board of trustees, the non-profit’s CEO is the primary steward of the foundation’s legacy and future, said

Press Releases

Delta-Montrose Electric Association Names Jack Johnston New Chief Executive Officer

CarterBaldwin Executive Search, together with the Delta-Montrose Electric Association (DMEA) Board of Directors, recently announced the appointment of utility executive Jack Johnston as Chief Executive Officer for the Colorado-based electric cooperative. He will lead both the member-owned cooperative and its broadband subsidiary, Elevate. “Jack is a proven utility leader with executive experience not only in

Keith Aulson Named Chief Information Officer at Malibu Boats

CarterBaldwin Executive Search recently partnered again with Malibu Boats, Inc. (NASDAQ: MBUU) in the appointment of technology executive Keith Aulson as Chief Information Officer. As Malibu continues to experience rapid growth, Keith will partner with the executive team to lead Malibu’s entire technology enterprise, spanning all corporate, global, manufacturing, dealer and customer facing systems. Keith

Todd Hillman Named Chief Executive Officer for Sunflower Electric Power Corporation

CarterBaldwin Executive Search, together with the Sunflower Electric Power Corporation Board of Directors, is pleased to announce the selection of energy industry veteran, Todd Hillman, as the next president and chief executive officer for the Kansas-based electric generation and transmission cooperative. He will succeed Stuart Lowry, Sunflower’s current president and CEO, upon his retirement. Todd

Young Life Names Shelley Meador Chief Human Resources Officer

CarterBaldwin Executive Search partnered again with Young Life in the appointment of Shelley Meador as Chief Human Resources Officer. She will report to Young Life’s President and CEO, Newt Crenshaw. Shelley joins Young Life with a unique blend of experience in accounting, corporate tax, and human resources. She began her career in public accounting at

PPC Names George Rose Executive Vice President and GM, Healthcare and Specialty Packaging

CarterBaldwin Executive Search recently partnered again with PPC Flexible Packaging LLC, a leading provider of custom flexible packaging, in the appointment of George Rose to the newly created position of Executive Vice President and General Manager, Healthcare and Specialty Packaging. Effective immediately, George will assume the commercial and operations leadership role to drive the long-term