GHP Search Fills Board Positions with Literacy Partners

March 12, 2025 – According to recruiters interviewed by Hunt Scanlon Media, the executive search process for board directors is inherently complex and demands a customized approach. Firms specializing in board recruitment typically start with a thorough evaluation of the organization’s existing board structure, strategic objectives, and industry dynamics. This assessment helps shape the ideal candidate profile, which often includes sector-specific expertise, leadership experience, and a demonstrated ability to tackle challenges. Beyond technical qualifications, there is a strong focus on diversity—encompassing gender, ethnicity, and professional backgrounds—to foster a broader range of perspectives within the boardroom.

GHP Search, formerly known as Greenwich Harbor Partners, recently assisted in the recruitment of four board new members for Literacy Partners. They include: Sonia Chaliha, managing director, global head of banks, broker-dealers and insurance companies, asset servicing at BNY, Aureon Herron-Hinds, partner at RSM US LLP, Richard Hooper, managing director, technology investment banking at RBC Capital Markets, and John Rosso, president and CEO at Triton Digital.

Ms. Chaliha is a managing director at BNY where she leads all relationship management activities in the Americas for Banks, Broker Dealers and Insurance Companies for its Asset Servicing Division, the largest line of business in BNY. With BNY since 2002, she has held a variety of leadership roles globally across the firm.

Ms. Herron-Hinds is a partner at RSM US LLP, where she advises some of the world’s largest financial institutions on complex cross-border transactions. Prior to that, she was the director of global information reporting for PwC and a member of the national tax controversy services practice for Deloitte.

Mr. Hooper is a technology and financial markets executive with experience in accelerating shareholder value across the technology ecosystem. He currently serves as managing director, technology investment banking at RBC Capital Markets. He was previously director, technology investment banking at Barclays Capital, and has held roles with Lehman Brothers and Morgan Stanley.

Mr. Rosso is the president and CEO of Triton Digital where he oversees global operations delivering advertising, technology, and audience measurement solutions. He has held numerous other leadership positions within the broadcasting industry, most recently as president of Citadel Media, as well as roles with ABC Radio Networks.

Literacy Partners advances literacy two generations at a time, by supporting adults, parents, and caregivers in nurturing the literacy skills they and the children in their lives need to thrive. Literacy Partners envisions a world in which everyone has the literacy skills necessary to create social and economic opportunities for themselves, their children, and their communities.

GHP Search’s principals, Carrie and Ted Pryor, have worked in the industry as general managers and investors and have direct professional experience with the types of issues that face their clients. The firm’s client roster includes IBM Cloud Services, Media General, Marlin Equity Partners, DIRECTV, SpinMedia, ReelzChannel TV, and Keurig Green Mountain, among others.

Ms. Pryor has over 20 years of senior executive search experience. She has recruited board directors, CEOs and their direct reports, as well as partners for private equity firms. In addition to holding a board seat with the New York Pops, she serves as an advisory board member for Constellation Ventures. A veteran of the internet space since the early ’90s, she has deep experience in digital media, entertainment, and private equity.

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Mr. Pryor focuses on senior-level assignments for general management, sales, marketing, and digital transformation. He specializes in recruiting executives using his four years as CFO and CEO of a venture-backed start-up, 10 years at General Electric Capital, and 20 years in international finance and investment banking. Mr. Pryor has served on public, private, and non-profit boards, and chaired the audit committee for the NBA’s Boston Celtics. In executive recruiting, he has focused on business services, digital marketing, E-commerce, ad sales, place-based advertising, communications, and customer service for growth companies and large national brands.

Recent Search

GHP Search recently helped to recruit Candice Cook Simmons, Kelly Griffin, Mitra Hormozi O’Neill, and John Rose as new members of the board at Playwrights Horizons, a writer’s theater dedicated to the development of contemporary American playwrights, and to the production of innovative new work.

Ms. Cook Simmons is an executive producer, the former chief strategy officer for RadicalMedia LLC, founder and managing member of The Cook Law Group, and was recently selected to run the Impact Production Studio, Color Farm Impact, as president.

Mr. Griffin is a passionate music executive experienced in the strategic development and management of multi-platform music operations. As head of creative content strategy at Warner Music Group, 300 Entertainment, he is known for combing strategic vision with hands-on execution.

Ms. Hormozi O’Neill is a veteran trial attorney and former federal prosecutor with extensive experience working with clients facing investigations and criminal prosecutions. In addition to her time as chief of the organized crime and racketeering section for the U.S. Attorney for the Eastern District of New York, she has also served as EVP, General Counsel at Revlon.

Mr. Rose is senior partner emeritus and senior advisor at BCG where he has been a global leader of the media sector, as well as an executive advisor for Rockefeller Capital Management.

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Contributed by Scott A. Scanlon, Editor-in-Chief and Dale M. Zupsansky, Executive Editor  – Hunt Scanlon Media