About Us

Founded in 1994, Reffett Associates is a privately held executive search and HR solutions provider with six offices throughout the U.S. Our consultants utilize their professional backgrounds and expertise to provide our clients with customized services and solutions across the talent management spectrum. As one of the premium boutique firms in the executive search industry, we work with our clients to help them build a stronger organization by incorporating the most effective leaders of today into the firms of tomorrow.

The firm’s Managing Directors are comprised of senior industry executives whose expertise focuses primarily on the retail and consumer products; private equity; technology; and government and federal services areas. Additionally, our diversity practice is one of the premier in the industry.

As a Veteran-Owned small business (VOSB), our firm is proud to have been selected by the U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs to assist them in fulfilling the five-year Blanket Purchase Agreement for (placing or helping them build) their healthcare professionals (team).

Our focused and disciplined executive search process is founded on listening to the client and then customizing that process to best fulfill their needs. This has enabled us to consistently deliver outstanding results, and to achieve unparalleled client satisfaction.

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Reffett Associates is a nationally recognized, fully retained executive search firm.  As one of the premiere boutique firms in the executive search industry, we work with you to build a stronger organization by incorporating the most effective leaders of today into your firm of tomorrow.  We have extensive experience in retail and consumer packaged goods, private equity, commercial & federal services, government sectors and associations and non-profits.

Our team is comprised of executives with tangible industry experience, possessing real world, relatable knowledge about the challenges executives face in managing talent in a competitive marketplace.

Solutions And Expertise

Solutions
  • Board Services
  • Diversity & Inclusion
  • Executive Coaching
  • Executive Search
  • Recruitment Research
  • Succession Planning
Industries
  • Aerospace/Defense
  • Associations
  • Clean Tech./Sustain.
  • Consumer
  • Consumer Products
  • Consumer Services
  • Cybersecurity
  • Devices
  • Healthcare Services
  • Industrial
  • Investment Banking
  • Life Sci./Healthcare
  • Manufacturing
  • Mobile
  • Non-Profit
  • Pharmaceuticals
  • Private Equity
  • Professional Services
  • Retail
  • Sports
  • Supply Chain
  • Technology
  • Venture Capital
Functions
  • Board/Governance
  • CEO/President
  • Communications/PR
  • Consumer Services
  • Finance/Accounting
  • GM/Operations
  • Government
  • Human Resources
  • Marketing & Sales

News Briefings

Reffett Associates Places General Counsel for Northwest Seaport Alliance

Executive search firm Reffett Associates has placed the first-ever general counsel of the Northwest Seaport Alliance (NWSA), one of the largest container gateways in North America. William Reffett, founder and managing partner, and Tom Young, director of operations, led the assignment for the search firm. The new general counsel, Dana Henderson, will be responsible for providing legal

Reffett Associates Forms Search Agreement with Air Force Research Laboratory

Executive search firm Reffett Associates has been awarded an executive search contract as part of an experimental pilot program by the U.S. Air Force Research Laboratory (AFRL) to conduct a national effort to recruit senior-level scientific, technical and professional personnel in critical hard-to-fill disciplines. “We are honored to have been selected by the Air Force Research Laboratory

Reffett Associates Tapped to Find New Leader for First Responders Network

Executive search firm Reffett Associates has been selected by the First Responders Network Authority (FirstNet) to assist in the recruitment and selection of the agency’s executive director and CEO. The search is being led by Eric Reffett, managing director of the recruitment firm’s Washington, D.C., office. The incoming leader will be responsible for all day-to-day operations for

Reffett Associates Recruits President for the Naval Postgraduate School

Following a nationwide search, executive recruiting firm Reffett Associates placed Ann Elisabeth Rondeau as the 50th president of the Naval Postgraduate School (NPS). She replaces outgoing president vice admiral (retired) Ronald Route, who has led the organization since 2013. The search was led by Marshall Reffett, managing director of the firm’s Seattle office, with assistance from Thomas