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Talent Citizen

Leading Principals

Tracy Welsh, Founder & President
Rachel K. Partin, Managing Associate

Firm Overview

Talent Citizen is a woman-owned executive search firm with an equity-centered, partnered learning approach. We work collaboratively with a range of mission-driven organizations—nonprofit, education, philanthropy, research, policy, and advocacy. We have a successful track-record of recruiting C-level and director-level professionals across the mission-driven ecosystem.

Industry Focus
Functional Expertise
Areas of Service

Advocacy
Education
Higher Education
Non-Profit/Mission-Driven
Philanthropy
Policy
Research

C-Suite
Executive Director
Head of Department

Executive Search

Off-Limits Policy

We do not actively recruit our placements as long as they remain in the role for which they were hired. During a client engagement and for one year after, we do not recruit members of the leadership team of the placed candidate.

Average Time to Completion on Assignment

18 Weeks

Recently Completed Assignments

Chief Engagement & Culture Officer

University of Pennsylvania

Associate Vice Dean for Advancement, Arts & Sciences

University of Pennsylvania

Associate Vice President for Development

Caltech

Associate Vice President of Development

Mount Holyoke College

Associate Vice President, Major & Planned Giving

Wayne State University

Assistant Vice President for Strategic Communications

Robert Wood Johnson Foundation

Chief Program Officer

Law Foundation of Silicon Valley

Chief Executive Officer

First 5 Santa Clara

Deputy Director of Impact Assessment & Learning

The James Irvine Foundation

Director of Development, Center for Antiracist Research

Boston University