About Us

We are the search firm with purpose. Everything we do is fueled by our mission to connect people with their purpose so that our client organizations can thrive.

Women-owned and operated, Pearl Street identifies purpose-driven leaders for the nonprofit sector. Our commitment to finding better ways to serve, support, and amplify social impact through executive search is central to our firm. We offer a hands-on, people-centered approach guided by our proven 100-step search process, which enables us to create high-performing teams in partnership with clients who span education, medicine and healthcare, arts and culture, and advocacy and policy.

Clients return to Pearl Street time and again because of our ability to connect on a human level and because of our expert delivery of talent consulting and recruitment services. We make this work easy for our partners, and we care for every detail on their behalf. Equally important, we help candidates articulate their purpose so that we can guide them to client missions that flow into that sense of purpose. This has informed our belief system that when you take the time to intentionally connect people to their calling, organizations will always succeed.

Achievements

Recent Searches

You can find current searches of Pearl Street Collective here: https://pearlstreetcollective.com/searches/

Solutions And Expertise

Everything we do is fueled by our mission to connect people with their purpose so that our client organizations can thrive. Clients return to Pearl Street time and again because of our ability to connect on a human level and because of our expert delivery of talent consulting and recruitment services. We make this work easy for our partners, and we care for every detail on their behalf. Equally important, we help candidates articulate their purpose so that we can guide them to client missions that flow into that sense of purpose. This has informed our belief system that when you take the time to intentionally connect people to their calling, organizations will always succeed.

Solutions
  • Data Analy./Mrkt. Intell.
  • Executive Search
  • Recruitment Research
Industries
  • Associations
  • Clinical Research
  • Colleges/Universities
  • Cultural Arts
  • Education
  • Family Offices
  • Foundations
  • Higher Education
  • K-12
  • Non-Profit
  • Venture Capital
Functions
  • Board/Governance
  • Business Development
  • C-Level
  • C-Suite
  • CEO/President
  • Communications/PR
  • Data/Analytics
  • Development
  • Diversity & Inclusion
  • General Management
  • GM/Operations
  • Human Resources
  • Marketing & Sales

News Briefings

Pearl Street Collective Fills Key Position for Northeastern University

Boston-based executive search firm Pearl Street Collective has assisted in the recruitment of Chris DeMeo to the newly created leadership role of associate vice president of marketing and communications for the office of university advancement at Northeastern University. Co-founders and managing partners Adele Mezher and Maeve Clifford led the assignment. Mr. DeMeo has a track record

Pearl Street Collective Seeks Two CDOs for University of Massachusetts Amherst Foundation

Boston-based executive search firm Pearl Street Collective has been enlisted to help fill two key roles for the University of Massachusetts Amherst Foundation (UMAF). The non-profit is seeking chief development officers for the university’s Elaine Marieb College of Nursing and its Commonwealth Honors College. Leading the assignments are Adele Mezher, co-founder and managing partner, and

Press Releases

Pearl Street Welcomes Jiberly Sandoval

Please join us in warmly welcoming Jiberly to our team! An experienced researcher with a passion for bold, unique projects that improve lives and help communities thrive, Jiberly conducts strategic research, market intelligence and analysis, and prospect name generation for the firm’s range of searches. She helps Pearl Street do what it does best: connect

Felecia Webb Joins PAI as Chief Strategy Officer, Philanthropy and Partnerships

We are excited to welcome Felecia Webb to Partnership on AI as the organization’s Chief Strategy Officer, Philanthropy and Partnerships (CSOPP), a new executive leadership position reporting to CEO Rebecca Finlay. In this role, Felecia will be responsible for managing PAI’s strategic efforts across philanthropy and marketing. She will also support the design of a

Dianne Moody Joins Pearl Street

We are excited to share news that Dianne Moody has joined our team as a Research Consultant! Dianne has spent the last 15 years in the nonprofit sector with professional experiences that span human services, arts, workforce development, disease advocacy, and higher education. During this time, she developed an expertise around institutional development and prospect

Kevin Ruiz Joins Northeastern in Miami

Northeastern University announces Kevin Ruiz as a founding member of the Miami campus with responsibility for leading strategic partnership development and positioning the campus as an asset in greater Miami. With this appointment, Kevin becomes a Director within the Northeastern University Global Launch Services team and will contribute to the success of this growing global

Rutgers Introduces Kimberly Hopely

After a national search that attracted an outstanding pool of candidates, Kimberly A. Hopely is the next executive vice president for development and alumni engagement and president of Rutgers University Foundation. Her first day at Rutgers was October 11, and she’s already making a big impact. Meet Kimberly

Multimedia

In the News/Insights
A Spin Through Wonderhell
2023 Top Search Firm for Women of Color
Northeastern Launches Most Ambitious Fundraising Campaign to Date
Pearl Street Ranked #1 | 2021 Search Firms That Work for Women of Color

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Pearl Street’s Commitment to DE+I
Our clients serve a beautifully diverse and interconnected humanity. As their partners and allies, but more importantly, as human beings, we are intent on leading with the values of diversity, equity, inclusion, and belonging as we help advance their missions.

We believe that search firms can and should play a critical role in building diverse leadership teams and intentionally activating DEIB principles at all levels of an enterprise. As talent strategists, we take seriously our unique position to influence how organizations think about DEI. In our work, we have an opportunity to uplift others and drive equal access to opportunity.

Pearl Street Collective is committed to taking deliberate and specific actions to advance equity by:

  • leading with DEI principles to help clients reframe the way they think about talent and organizational culture.
  • challenging our own implicit and explicit biases through honest conversation.
  • identifying and checkpointing our processes against DEIB imperatives.
  • employing deliberate sourcing techniques and building relationships with affinity networks to engage diverse candidate pools.
  • fundamentally valuing and respecting experiences that are different from our own.

Search Outcomes for 2023 YTD:
57% of our placements are Black, Indigenous, or Persons of Color.
86% of our placements identify as Women with 43% who are Black, Indigenous, or Women of Color.
11% of our placements identify as LGBTQIA+ persons.
17% of our placements are veterans.

2022:
40% of our placements are Black, Indigenous, or Persons of Color.
83% of our placements identify as Women with 30% who are Black, Indigenous, or Women of Color.
5% of our placements identify as LGBTQIA+ persons.
4% of our placements are veterans.