Building Culture Amidst the Storm
How nonprofit CEOs are building organizational culture while battling the coronavirus. The global lockdown to fight the COVID-19 virus dispersed nonprofit organizations from their traditional work environments into remote and virtual ones. CarterBaldwin asked the leaders of Compassion International, Habitat for Humanity, Goodwill Industries, and several others how they are [...]
The Head of School Interview: Navigating Key Questions
The Head of School search process has been described as a delicate dance, with both prospective candidates and boards or search committees putting their best foot forward in hopes of making a strong match. The search committee comes to the interview with carefully crafted questions, which the candidate answers with [...]
CarterBaldwin’s Scott Tanksley Joins Restore NYC Board of Directors
Restore NYC has announced the appointment of Scott Tanksley, Associate Partner at CarterBaldwin Executive Search, to their board of directors. Restore is a nonprofit organization that through survivor-informed solutions for housing, counseling, and economic empowerment is making freedom real for survivors of trafficking in the U.S. At CarterBaldwin, Scott leads [...]
Transforming Education: Unveiling the Power of Retained Search Firms in K-12 Leadership
Partners Chris Hornsby and Jack Hall explore how retained search firms like CarterBaldwin play a pivotal role in shaping K-12 education leadership. Discover their expertise in finding the right leaders, emphasizing cultural alignment, and building lasting connections between candidates and schools. Gain insights into how their approach goes beyond recruitment, [...]
TrustBridge Global Foundation Retains CarterBaldwin to Lead Search for Next Chief Financial Officer
TrustBridge Global Foundation has launched a nationwide search for its next Chief Financial Officer. TrustBridge has retained CarterBaldwin Executive Search as a partner on the search, which will be led by CarterBaldwin's Chairman Price Harding, and Associate Partner, Scott Tanksley. With a mission to make direct global charitable giving common, [...]
Hillsdale College Enlists CarterBaldwin to Lead Search for Next Director of Athletics
Hillsdale College has launched a nationwide search for its next Director of Athletics. The Hillsdale board of trustees has retained CarterBaldwin Executive Search as a partner on the search, which will be led by Bill Peterson, a Partner within CarterBaldwin’s nonprofit and higher education practice. For more information about the [...]
CarterBaldwin Executive Search Team Gives Back with HouseProud Atlanta
The CarterBaldwin team exercised their painting and landscaping skills earlier this week as they partnered with HouseProud Atlanta in their annual Day of Service. This was the second consecutive year CarterBaldwin teamed up with HouseProud Atlanta, a nonprofit organization that provides no-cost home repairs to low-income senior, veteran, and disabled [...]
CarterBaldwin Partner Jack Hall Receives Distinguished Service Award
Jack Hall, CarterBaldwin Executive Search Partner, has been awarded the SAIS (Southern Association of Independent Schools) Distinguished Service Award in recognition and honor of his 38 years of service to independent K-12 schools. The award is given by the SAIS Board of Trustees to a head of school or senior [...]
Northeast Power Coordinating Council, Inc. Announces Search for Independent Board Chair Led by CarterBaldwin Executive Search
Northeast Power Coordinating Council, Inc. (NPCC) has retained Atlanta-based CarterBaldwin Executive Search to identify its next Independent Board Chair to join its Board of Directors. Working closely with Charles Dickerson, President and Chief Executive Officer of NPCC and the current Board of Directors, the new Independent Board Chair will succeed [...]
Why Culture Matters
Partner Chris Guiney shares the importance of culture and its impact on organizations in a new podcast, "How Culture Impacts an Organization," hosted by Rob Adams and Hunt Scanlon. Chris leads the firm's energy and infrastructure practice and has more than 30 years of executive search experience spanning corporate, PE-backed [...]
CarterBaldwin Executive Search Names Chris Hornsby Partner
CarterBaldwin Executive Search is proud to announce Chris Hornsby has become a Partner of the firm, leading the K-12 education practice. Chris joined the firm in 2015 with an expertise in healthcare IT recruitment, but quickly found his “sweet spot” at CarterBaldwin in the nonprofit and K-12 education spaces, where [...]
Leading Forward Podcast Launches with CarterBaldwin Partner Andrea McDaniel Smith
Earlier this summer, CarterBaldwin Executive Search Partner Andrea McDaniel Smith joined forces with Matthew Hall, Provost and VP of Academic Administration at The Southern Baptist Theological Seminary, Christ Church Lake Forest Campus Pastor Ben Dockery, and Vivek Sarin, Founder and CEO of Juvo Company, to launch a new podcast, Leading [...]
CarterBaldwin Executive Search Team Joins HouseProud Atlanta for Day of Service
Earlier this week, the CarterBaldwin team partnered with HouseProud Atlanta, a nonprofit organization that provides no-cost home repairs to low-income senior, veteran, and disabled homeowners across metro Atlanta in a Day of Service. It was an amazing day, as we put both our home improvement and teamwork skills to the [...]
Five Mistakes to Avoid in Leadership Transitions
As an executive search firm, we have led more than 100 searches to find CEOs for the world’s largest faith-based nonprofits. In every instance, there is a board who is strongly committed to the future of the institution, and in every instance, there is great intent to assure that the [...]
Text vs. Email: Seven Reasons Why Email (Still) Reigns in Business Communications
To text or not to text…that should be the question we ask ourselves when it comes to business communication these days. The remote world has created a more relaxed culture - allowing us to take advantage of a work-from-home dress code, and seemingly giving us a pass to default to [...]
Andrea McDaniel Smith Named Partner, CarterBaldwin Executive Search
CarterBaldwin Executive Search is pleased to announce Andrea McDaniel Smith has become a Partner of the firm. Andrea brings a wealth of experience in mission-based organizations and will further expand CarterBaldwin’s scope and capacity in social enterprise, public policy, and the global nonprofit arena. Andrea joined CarterBaldwin in 2015 following [...]
An Impromptu Conversation with our Managing Partner, David Clapp, on our Culture and Core Values
Our Managing Partner, David Clapp, gives insight into the importance of CarterBaldwin’s culture and core values with a friend and seasoned entrepreneur and angel investor, Charlie Paparelli. Spend time with us and you will find these values to be the essence of “who we are.” […]
CarterBaldwin Remains Among Top firms in several Hunt Scanlon Executive Search Rankings
Hunt Scanlon presents its annual executive search rankings, recognizing CarterBaldwin Executive Search in three significant categories including Top 50 Recruiters, Private Equity Recruiting Power 75 and the Top 40 in Higher Education. Rankings are based on an in-depth evaluation of the largest recruiting and talent leadership solutions firms to the [...]
Managing Culture in Chaos
As our team at CarterBaldwin has sought to respond to these unprecedented times, the need to maintain - and indeed even strengthen - our culture in the midst of a dramatically different work environment has been front and center for us. Our team asked a number of our [...]