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May 2008
     
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

At the Association for Fundraising Professionals Annual Fund Raising Day In New York on Friday, June 13, David Edell, DRG’s President will lead a session titled, Preparing to Lead: What Future Directors, VPs and CEO’s Will Need to Succeed.

Senior Vice President, Mary T. Wheeler is currently serving as a Career Coach for the National Urban Fellows 2008 Class.

Recently, David Hinsley Cheng, DRG's Managing Partner 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 now available online. Click here to view the session.

DRG's own Lucretia Cavan will be representing the United States as one of six riders for Team Champion System in the upcoming 2008 Tour of Chongming Island Women Elite. This will be the only American team competing in this professional cycling event. The 4-stage, 330 kilometer race takes place on Chongming Island, China in April 2008.

DRG Articles on Leadership and Recruiting

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

Our current article Keeping the Best by Lawrence Lynch provides several important suggestions about how executives and organizations can address staff turnover and improve the retention of top performers. Recent studies emphasize that employee satisfaction is based upon interaction with supervisors/front line managers and that the measures are trust, communication and flexibility.

We believe that retaining top performers and providing them with high quality executive development education is the best way for nonprofits to "grow their own" executive talent for the future. Organizations who create cultures that encourage retention and then support executive development will be positioned well to deal with the future challenges of leadership transitions.

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Recently Closed Searches

Daniel J. Sokatch has been named Chief Executive Officer of the Jewish Community Federation of San Francisco, the Peninsula, Marin and Sonoma Counties. Sokatch is the founding Executive Director of the Progressive Jewish Alliance. Search by David E. Edell.

Diabetes Research Institute Foundation has appointed Anthony Childs, Director of Long Island. He has most recently served as Director of Major Gifts for the American Cancer Society. Search by Lucretia A. Cavan.

 

New Searches

Access the full list of current searches by clicking here.

The Foundation for AIDS Research (amfAR) has retained DRG to recruit a Vice President for Public Information. amfAR is one of the world's leading nonprofit organizations dedicated to the support of HIV/AIDS research, HIV prevention, treatment education, and the advocacy of sound AIDS-related public policy. Since 1985, amfAR has invested $260 million in its mission and has awarded grants to more than 2,000 research teams worldwide. amfAR has an operating budget of $25 million.

DRG will be working with the Autism Society of North Carolina to assist in their search for a new Chief Executive Officer. ASNC's primary focus has and continues to be advocacy for individuals and families and ongoing education of the public about the needs of the autism community. Operating throughout the state of North Carolina, ASNC runs community-based programs in residential living, adult day care, camping, and advocacy and education through its conferences. ASNC has an operating budget of $13 million.

DRG has been retained by the Laura & Alvin Siegal College of Judaic Studies to assist in recruiting a President & Chief Executive Officer. Siegal College promotes the study of Judaism through classical Jewish learning and modern scholarship, enriching and facilitating the Jewish journey of adult learners, training Jewish educators and communal professionals and serving as the Jewish higher education resource to the community. The College offers the largest adult continuing Jewish education program in Cleveland and has been a leader in Jewish professional education, using technology to expand and supplement its curriculum. Siegal College has an operating budget of approximately $2.5 million.

Assessment Tests for Hiring Fundraisers

Who is most likely to succeed as a fundraising executive? NPEdge online tools make that question easier to answer than ever before.

NPEdge profiles for Fundraiser Generalists and Major Gifts Specialists identify the talents and experiences that can lead to success in the nonprofit sector. The assessments were created under special arrangement with Hogan Assessment Systems and are based on the Hogan Personality Inventory. Hogan Assessment Systems pioneered the use of personality measures for making organizational decisions 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 $55. To see sample reports or purchase the tests visit www.NPEdge.com

NPEdge tests were created by DRG President David Edell and Paul Connolly Ph.D., an expert in assessment testing, of Performance Programs Inc.

DRG and the Alliance For Children and Families

The Alliance has invited DRG EXECUTIVE SEARCH to join its Executive Consultant Select Group.

The Alliance is a well known national membership association dedicated to strengthening the capacities of North America's nonprofit child and family serving organizations. The Alliance together with the Association of Children's Residential Centers is the lead organization of Families International Inc. whose members include, United Neighborhood Centers, Ways to Work and FEI Behavioral Health. Through its conferences, professional institutes, consultations and publications, the Alliance helps agencies connect to peers, best practices, thought leaders and unique resources. Your can read more about their work at www.alliance1.org.

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