About Us

Search Done Better™

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

Oklahoma Baptist University Turns to CarterBaldwin to Find President

As the academic year winds down, a number of universities across the country are looking to install new leaders. Oklahoma Baptist University (OBU) recently tapped CarterBaldwin Executive Search to find a new president after David W. Whitlock announced his retirement. The search is being led by consultant Debby White and founding partner Price Harding. Representatives from CarterBaldwin

7 Reasons Why Companies Hire Search Firms 

In times of change, a crucial executive-level appointment can mean the difference between success and catastrophe. Last time, your company may have kept this critical search in-house, leveraged its own network or hired a contingency recruiter. But, mistakes were made, and you now know that a bad hire to a crucial position can have detrimental

Why Trust is the Most Critical Ingredient to a Successful Search

Of all the elements that go into an executive search, the most important is trust, according to Price Harding, founding partner of CarterBaldwin Executive Search, in a new report. “Interestingly, there may not be anything in our lives that is more foundational to both business and personal relationships than trust and yet, for most of

CarterBaldwin Recruits CEO for CRISTA Ministries

CarterBaldwin Executive Search and CRISTA Ministries in Shoreline, WA, have announced the appointment of Jacinta Tegman as the new president and CEO of CRISTA. She becomes just the sixth individual to serve as CEO in the 69-year history of the organization, one of the largest non-profits in the Pacific Northwest. The search firm’s founding partner Price

Press Releases

Manu Chauhan Appointed Senior Vice President, Product Management at Infinicept

CarterBaldwin Executive Search is proud to partner again with enterprise SaaS company Infinicept in the appointment of Manu Chauhan as their new Senior Vice President, Product Management. Manu joins Infinicept following a successful 20-years of product management leadership and product scaling roles with global technology and cloud computing leader Citrix Systems, Inc. Prior to Citrix,

Infinicept Names Khristin Dickey as its first Vice President of Customer Success

CarterBaldwin is proud to partner again with Infinicept, an industry-leading enterprise SaaS payments company, in the appointment of Khristin Dickey as its first Vice President of Customer Success. A veteran customer success leader, Khristin joins Infinicept from FullContact, an identity resolution software company where she built and led their customer success function. Prior to FullContact,

Jonathan Kulaga Named Indiana Wesleyan University’s Tenth President

CarterBaldwin Executive Search is proud to partner again with Indiana Wesleyan University as they appoint Dr. Jonathan Kulaga, a highly accomplished senior leader and lifelong advocate for Christian higher education, as the 10th president of the University. “I am pleased and excited to welcome Dr. Kulaga to the Indiana Wesleyan community,” said Carl Shepherd, Chairman

Freeman Group Names Joe Olivas Senior Vice President, Corporate Controller

CarterBaldwin Executive Search announces the appointment of Joe Olivas as Senior Vice President, Corporate Controller for Freeman Company, the world’s largest brand experience and event management company. In this post-pandemic era, Freeman plans to accelerate its organic growth, further its international business, expand its vertical offerings, and look for strategic acquisitions to complement these initiatives.

Matthew McDermott Selected to Lead Sales for Flip Electronics‘ Broad Market

CarterBaldwin Executive Search announces the appointment of US Air Force veteran Matthew McDermott as Director of Sales for the Broad Market at Flip Electronics, one of the most innovative and fastest-growing electronic component and chip distributors, globally. Matthew joins Flip following more than two decades at A2 Global Electronics, a global leader in the distribution