Flatiron Search Partners Names Chief Talent Officer
December 12, 2024 – Flatiron Search Partners (FSP) has expanded with the addition of Michelle Schreck as chief talent officer. “Hiring, onboarding, training, engaging, and retaining the best talent is no small task,” Flatiron Search Partners said in a LinkedIn post. “As we scale, we’re doubling down on these efforts to ensure not only that we have the best team, but that FSP is the best place to work in our industry. With that, we’re thrilled to announce Michelle Schreck as our new chief talent officer.”
“Michelle will focus on all things team FSP while continuing to lend her search expertise to mission-critical client engagements,” the search firm said. “We’re grateful for her leadership and excited to see the impact she’ll make as we continue to grow.”
A global people, culture, and HR leader responsible for guiding executives through talent and organizational design decisions for high-growth brands, Ms. Schreck started her professional career on the agency side in IT recruitment. “With the combination of her hands-on internal and external recruitment experience along with sitting in the operating role of chief people officer, she is able to offer a holistic talent approach to our clients,” FSP said
Most recently, over the past six years, Ms. Schreck led the people and culture function for VC & PE backed tech e-commerce companies and for the CPG brand, The Vita Coco Company. As the first strategic people hire at these organizations, she was responsible for building and scaling the following areas from the ground up: Talent acquisition, employee engagement, people operations, learning & development, succession planning, and talent management. Prior to her executive HR leadership roles, Ms. Schreck spent the first eight years of her career learning the foundations as an HRBP and recruiter at large retail and wellness companies (lululemon, Michael Kors, and Equinox).
Established in 2018, Flatiron Search Partners is a boutique executive search and growth advisory firm with offices in New York City and Denver. The firm leverages a cross-industry network to focus on key sectors: beauty, business services, consumer products/ services, consumer healthcare, education and training, experiential/ specialty retail, food and beverage/restaurants, franchising, health and wellness/active lifestyle, hospitality and nightlife, and technology and SaaS. Flatiron leads recruitment efforts for CEOs and presidents, as well as executives and functional leads overseeing operations, customer experience, sales/revenue, marketing, training, HR, finance, product, technology, and real estate/development.
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Bill Stauffer is co-founder and managing partner with Flatiron. He has spent the past 20 years scaling brands at various growth stages across the consumer, food and beverage, and healthcare sectors. He has experience working with founders, boards of directors, executive teams, and private equity/venture capital sponsors.
Joe Miller is also co-founder and managing partner with the firm. He has spent the last 10 years driving scalable business strategies for high-growth companies in the branded consumer space. He has a background in cross-functional management and financial analysis, and a track record of attracting and managing winning teams, driving operational execution, and achieving growth targets.
Recent Additions
FSP recently named Christina Danka (Farrell) and Adrienne Martasin as partners and co-heads of the finance practice. “Both bring incredible experience building high-performance Finance teams for world-class brands, and further amplify FSP’s already strong capabilities across the finance function,” the firm said. Ms. Danka has spent her career partnering closely with high-growth consumer businesses at all stages, with a particular focus on private equity-backed companies. Prior to joining Flatiron Search Partners, she was a partner at True Search, where she played a pivotal role in building the finance practice for consumer-focused brands.
Ms. Martasin specializes in CFO, controller, and financial planning and analysis searches. A seasoned search professional with deep expertise in finance executive placements, she has experience supporting middle-market, private equity-backed companies across diverse industries, including consumer, retail, manufacturing, distribution, technology, media, and healthcare/life sciences. Prior to joining Flatiron Search Partners, Ms. Martasin served as a partner in True Search’s financial officers practice.
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Contributed by Scott A. Scanlon, Editor-in-Chief and Dale M. Zupsansky, Executive Editor – Hunt Scanlon Media
