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July 2009

     

Welcome to DRG

Executive Search Consultants
for the Nonprofit sector

With over 20 years of experience, DRG has established a national reputation as a firm that specializes in recruiting for the nonprofit sector. We have worked throughout the United States conducting searches and consulting assignments with nonprofit organizations and institutions from a wide variety of fields.

We are a firm committed to recruiting nonprofit executives who possess the experience and leadership qualities necessary to help nonprofit organizations manage change and achieve their goals. We believe that with creative professional leadership, nonprofit organizations will succeed in building the resources and services that can have a positive impact in communities around the world. Continue.

DRG Consultants in the News

DRG is please to announce that Mark A. Seal has joined the firm as its newest recruiter. Bio

David Edell writes about business professionals segueing into nonprofit organizations. As more corporate executives face possible layoffs, many begin contemplating a long postponed interest in transitioning to the nonprofit sector. In Looking for Work in the Nonprofit Sector, Edell provides 8 tips for these professionals as they apply for positions within nonprofit agencies. Click here to read this article.

David Hinsley Cheng, spoke on a forum about Perspectives on Executive Succession in Nonprofit Organization at the Center for Nonprofit Strategy and Management at Baruch College. The video of the session is available online. Click here to view the session.

Expanded for 2009: DRG Consulting

Job Transition Program:
A new service for nonprofit professionals who find themselves in a job transition due to the economic situation. This new and affordable program provides support, advice and direction that are usually not available to nonprofit professionals during job transitions. Resume and cover letter preparation, search strategy, and interviewing skills are among the items covered in private sessions with consultants. Email us for more information.

Recruitment Consulting:
Not all organizations can afford or need a full executive search program for every position they are trying to fill. Our consulting service supports organizations that recruit on their own, with expertise and resources of our experienced nonprofit search consultants. Preparing for a search, writing positions descriptions, drafting postings and ad placement, prescreening the flood of resumes, interviewing and reference checks are some of the services available. Email us for more information.

Assessment Tests for Fundraisers:
DRG and Performance Programs Inc. have partnered to create the first online assessment test for use in hiring fundraisers. These groundbreaking easy-to-use, secure online tools are useful to those who are doing the hiring as well as those who are looking for a position. The cost is only $85. To see sample reports or purchase the tests visit www.NPEdge.com

 

New Searches

Access the full list of current searches by clicking here.

The Jewish Federation of Greater Los Angeles has retained DRG to conduct a search for a President and CEO. Through the network of agencies and programs that it supports, the Jewish Federation helps alleviate Jewish poverty, provides emergency relief, ensures a Jewish future, and supports the greater Los Angeles community. The new President/CEO will partner with a Board leadership that is committed, in words and deeds, to establishing the Federation as an effective and creative resource for building Jewish community, locally, nationally, and abroad. The LA Federation's annual campaign raised approximately $50 million in 2008.

DRG is now working with Columbia University's Graduate School of Business to recruit its next Associate Dean for External Relations and Development. Columbia Business School has today become one of the most selective and highly-ranked business schools in the world. As the chief development officer for the Business School, the Associate Dean will work closely with the Dean and Board of Overseers and lead a talented development team of fifty complete a $400 million capital campaign that will be used for the construction of its new home as part of Columbia University's $4 billion campaign.

DRG has begun a search for the Jewish Community Center of San Francisco for their next Executive Director. The JCCSF provides quality experiences through an inspiring mix of formal and informal Jewish educational, recreational, and cultural activities for people of all ages. Located in a spectacular new facility on its historic site the JCCSF and includes a state-of-the-art theatre, gymnasium, aquatics center, fitness center, preschool, café, meeting rooms, a gift shop and library. The current budget of JCCSF is $27.2 million and the organization has nearly 500 full and part time employees. They seek a professional who can lead the Center into a new chapter of innovative programming and service excellence.

DRG is now working with the James Lenox House Association in their search for a new Executive Director. Since 1973 the goal of James Lenox House, Inc. has been to support comfortable, secure and affordable living, facilitate access to needed services and provide the advantages of a community environment for elderly persons with limited financial resources.

Recently Closed Searches

ASPCA has appointed Andy Izquierdo Vice President for Media and Communications. Mr. Izquierdo had been the Associate Director for Federal Government Affairs with AstraZeneca Pharmaceuticals. Search by David Hinsley Cheng and Jill Sarah Moscowitz.

VIP Community Service has appointed Debra De Jesus-Vizzi as their new CEO. Ms. De Jesus-Vizzi has been the CEO of Prevent Child Abuse New Jersey. Search by Mary T. Wheeler and Susan Sapiro.

Mary Connolly has been appointed Director of Development of Episcopal Social Services. Ms. Connolly had been the CEO of Gilda's Club Northern New Jersey. Search by Mary T. Wheeler and Jill Sarah Moscowitz.

DRG Articles on Leadership and Recruiting

Every month, DRG reviews best thinking and practices in professional staff recruitment and development in the nonprofit sector.

In speaking with Executive Directors of nonprofit organizations across the country, all describe the almost overwhelming challenges of responding to the fast changing environment. Together with staff and leadership, all have been working in overdrive to make adjustments to new realities.

This month's article Managing Your Board: Tips and Tactics for CEOs by our colleagues at the Institute for Nonprofit Excellence suggests that a relationship between a nonprofit organization's CEO/Executive Director and Board of Directors is always complicated.

The article includes "ten time-tested strategies" for managing relations with a Board. By nurturing the partnership, CEOs can help their Board and organization focus on the challenges at hand with less of the drama and misunderstanding that can be so distracting and time consuming. In the coming months, that will more important than ever.

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