NU Advisory Partners Expands With Three Partner Additions
March 27, 2026 – NU Advisory Partners has added Caitlin Maloof, Jessica Johnson, and Alan Mait as partners, continuing the firm’s buildout across key sectors and functional areas. Nada Usina, CEO and co-founder of NU Advisory Partners, said the additions reflect the firm’s focus on building a world-class leadership team. “We’re bringing together an exceptional group of partners who chose NU because of an AI-native approach that’s truly differentiating and a shared commitment to delivering a more modern, effective search experience for clients, candidates, and consultants,” she said.
Ms. Maloof focuses on go-to-market leadership search and talent advisory for private equity-backed companies. She has nearly 15 years of experience across technology and executive recruiting roles, supporting clients at every stage of growth, from scaling through transformation. She is known for her detailed, thoughtful, high-touch approach to executive recruiting and her ability to partner closely with operators and investors to build exceptional leadership teams. Prior to NU, she founded The Maloof Group and earlier helped build the internal executive search function at Accel-KKR.
Ms. Johnson brings nearly 25 years of experience in healthcare and life sciences executive search. She is known for her deep sector knowledge and ability to build long-term relationships across growth equity, private equity, and public companies. Prior to NU, Ms. Johnson co-led the global healthcare and life sciences practice at True Search and spent 15 years at Korn Ferry, supporting private capital-backed and public clients across a wide variety of functional roles. She has led hundreds of executive search assignments in healthcare and life sciences, including providers, payors, healthcare services, pharma services, biotech, HealthTech, life sciences SaaS, and technology-enabled services companies, spanning all asset classes from venture capital to the Fortune 20.
Mr. Mait specializes in HR, talent, and corporate functions leadership roles for private equity, venture capital, and public companies. He primarily supports life sciences clients across biotech, pharma, medtech, diagnostics, and the broader ecosystems of consumer healthcare, personal care, and both human and animal nutrition. Over the past 25 years, Mr. Mait has worked across Europe, Asia Pacific, the United States, and LATAM, helping companies identify, shape, and retain executives who turn vision into strategy and strategy into outcomes. Beyond search, he specializes in advising board, CEO and operating partners as to organizational design and succession planning, zeroing in on the criticality of bringing the right leaders to the table at key inflection points on a company’s growth journey.
In 2023, NU Advisory Partners was launched by former Russell Reynolds Associates recruiters Mar Hernandez, Libby Naumes, Meredith Rosenberg, and Ms. Usina. NU takes an AI-native approach to executive recruiting, leveraging technology and data to make search smarter, faster, and more aligned with how businesses operate today.
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Ms. Hernandez is a trusted advisor to top executives and a global expert in corporate officer placements (CHRO, CFO, GC) across financial services, fintech, telecom, and hospitality. Prior to co-founding NU, she was a senior leader in the corporate officers, DE&I, and financial services practice at Russell Reynolds Associates, where she co-led the Hispanic Board Initiative. With over a decade in search and prior leadership roles in global firms, she has partnered with private equity firms and Fortune 500 companies to build high-performing leadership teams.
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Ms. Naumes specializes in placing go-to-market and commercial leaders across sports, media, entertainment, technology, consumer, retail, and marketplace industries. Prior to co-founding NU, she spent 11 years at Russell Reynolds Associates, where she built the consumer digital practice and co-led the global sports practice, working with major brands and leagues worldwide. Previously, she was director of marketing and communications for NASDAQ’s Global Corporate Solutions Group.
Ms. Rosenberg is a market-leading voice in edTech, where she leverages over 25 years of experience in the education sector. A recognized leader, she is known for her innovative approach and commitment to accessibility and inclusivity. At NU, Ms. Rosenberg guides public and private companies, investors, universities, and nonprofits in navigating the evolving education landscape.
Before co-founding NU, Ms. Rosenberg led the global edTech practice at Russell Reynolds Associates. Her career is marked by her ability to challenge conventional thinking. She has held key roles at a number of tech and edTech-focused companies and she holds several board roles including The Perkins School, Cornell University Brooks School of Public Policy, and The Fletcher School at Tufts. She is also a former trustee of Cornell University. Her thought leadership and advocacy are informative as well as transformative, driving meaningful conversations about the future of work and education at industry events.
Ms. Usina is a recognized industry leader in board, CEO, and C-suite placements across technology, sports, media, entertainment, and industrial sectors. Prior to co-founding NU, she was on the executive committee at Russell Reynolds Associates, where she led the global technology, media, entertainment, and sports practices, shaping leadership across these industries. With over 15 years in executive search, Ms. Usina is a trusted advisor to leading PE and VC firms, Fortune 500 companies, CEOs, and boards on leadership, succession planning, and board composition. She’s held executive roles at Nokia, broadcast.com—which IPOed and was acquired by Yahoo!, where she later held an executive role—and Comcast Ventures-backed XOS Technologies, which she successfully sold and merged with NeuLion. Ms. Usina also played key leadership roles with the Florida Sports Foundation, the Atlanta Committee for the Olympic Games, and Florida State University Athletics.
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Contributed by Scott A. Scanlon, Editor-in-Chief and Dale M. Zupsansky, Executive Editor – Hunt Scanlon Media
