Executive Search

Our executive search services provide you with a unique and deep skillset to find the best-fitting CEO and Executive Director candidates for your nonprofit organization:

25 years’ nonprofit CEO and Executive Director search experience
Team members who themselves have held the CEO and ED positions, and can therefore facilitate the best possible process for recruiting, screening, interviewing and onboarding a new executive.
Deep subject matter experience in a wide range of nonprofit sectors, including human services, affordable housing, environment, healthcare, arts, associations, and children and youth.

We work with your board of directors to manage the entire transition rather than simply facilitate a search for a new ED, to provide for the best overall impact for your organization. As a part of our retained search services, we support you through the entire process, handling all the search details to allow the board to focus on its governance role.

Each search includes a comprehensive transition management process:

An overall organizational assessment as the foundation for the transition process
Thorough assessment of candidate people skills as well as technical skills
Two rounds of interviews
Candidate assignment to further screen and assess suitability
Onboarding support to align the workplan and evaluation criteria for the new executive with the board of directors.

What our clients are saying

I don’t think our search could have been run more effectively! The partnership between Jan Glick & Associates and Third Sector Company was excellent. Jan Glick & the Third Sector team skillfully guided us through the process, including outreach to and screening of candidates, thorough reference checks, and insightful facilitation of interviews.

Bob Cook

Chair, Executive Search Committee

Pacific Hospital Preservation & Development Authority

At Social Venture Partners, Jan Glick & Associates kept our Executive search focused and on-track. His emphasis on change management made what can be a difficult transition following a founding Executive, much smoother. We are grateful for his help.

Todd Vogel

Board Chair (Former)

Social Venture Partners

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Kathy Thamm

Executive Director (Retired )

Community Minded Enterprises

I registered for the Executive Leadership Institute with my usual reservations. However, my time in the Institute and coaching from Jan, of Jan Glick & Associates, have given me a new awakening to lead my board, staff and agency to greater places.

Melva Tolbert

Executive Director (Former)

New Sunrise Properties

Glick & Associates led us through a dramatic change to shift the Board’s focus to become a fundraising and governing entity through board development, strategic planning, and integration of financial management and performance measurement systems. Their insight, strategic view, and expertise have set the organization on a strong footing for viable program delivery and strong growth.

Ron Kreizenbeck

Board Chair (Former)

Environmental Science Center

Jan's individual coaching sessions bring leadership back into focus for me and assures that the leadership role, which is so critical to the success of my organization, remains foremost in my mind. Jan's quiet reflective style and his long experience in the business world enables him to be supportive at the same time he asks the tough questions, pushing me to successfully confront my most difficult leadership challenges. Jan's coaching pulled it altogether, making the experience truly transformative and enabling me to really internalize and use the skills I learned in class.