At Diversified Search, we believe that great leadership changes everything.

Welcome to the Fall 2019 edition of our newsletter, where we share with you the latest news from across our firm and its practices, proving once again that we are advancing leaders and

transforming organizations by delivering the very best results for our clients.

Enjoy!

D I V E R S I F I E D S E A R C H . C O M

• Diversified Search Adds Two Firms, Forms “The Diversified Search Group”

• Veteran Texas Search Executive Joins Diversified Search, Opens New Dallas-Fort Worth Office

• “Lunches With Leaders” Closes Another Stellar Year

• Our Most Recent Searches and Placements

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WEATHERING THE TURBULENCEA few months ago, we kicked off the third year of our “Lunches With

Leaders” speaker series with an address by famed presidential historian

Doris Kearns Goodwin. (Scroll down to read more about this amazing

event.) I thought it was providence that Doris had come to speak to us at

this time in our history and our culture. After all, her most recent bestseller

is titled Leadership in Turbulent Times, and there have been few times in

our nation more turbulent than the ones we are all now living through.

It strikes me that as Washington implodes in dysfunction and volatile partisanship, more people are turning to

leaders in the worlds of business and philanthropy for counsel and civility. Entities such as The Business Roundtable,

comprised of national CEOs whose companies represent more than $7 trillion in annual revenues, are providing moral

and directional ballast in a time of increasing uncertainty and volatility. We have been fortunate to have enjoyed a

robust economy for the last several years, but there is still a sense that it is fragile, unsure—that at any moment wicked

winds such as those that engulfed us in 2008 could return once again, with even more cataclysmic results. I think that’s

why leadership has become such a buzzword in the cultural ether—people are hungry for strong, clear, transparent, and

forward-looking leaders to reassure them that our shared national future remains as resilient as our past. And leaders

themselves, now more than ever, are speaking about things like mission, a sense of purpose, and investing in causes

greater than one’s self or or one’s own company. Many leaders and social citizens are in pursuit of “moving mountains,”

calling for greater social good and impact.

“The key thing for a CEO to keep their head in the game is to recognize that there’s turbulent times, bad luck as well

as good luck,” Reid Hoffman, the co-founder of LinkedIn, once said. He went on to explain that during such periods

it’s important for business leaders to stay engaged with both their internal and external stakeholders, to keep people

focused, and to be a “beacon” who provides energy and order. “In other words,” he said, “it’s the same thing that

makes good leadership in any other time.”

As we head into what will surely be a challenging and tumultuous 2020, it’s important to remember that as both the

1860s and the 1960s proved, turbulent times eventually pass. The key will be to discover whose leadership weathered

them best—and what we can learn from it.

Dale E. JonesChief Executive Officer

L E T T E R F R O M T H E C E O

KOYA LEADERSHIP PARTNERS AND GRANT COOPER JOIN DIVERSIFIED SEARCH, WHICH FORMS THE NEW “DIVERSIFIED SEARCH GROUP”

In one of the search industry’s biggest developments this year, Diversified Search has announced that it has

formed a new umbrella entity, The Diversified Search Group, which now includes Diversified Search, BioQuest

(which Diversified Search acquired in 2016), and two new member firms, Koya Leadership Partners (which joined

Diversified Search in June) and Grant Cooper (which joined Diversified Search in July).

Now representing almost $90 million in combined annual revenues and more than 250 employees spread across

16 major cities nationwide, The Diversified Search Group creates “a new model in the industry, which is to help

clients worldwide better meet the accelerated demands for talent at the C-Suite level as they seek to meet the

business challenges brought on by a robust and expanding global economy, spurred on by rapidly changing inno-

vative and cutting-edge technologies,” Judith M. von Seldeneck, the Founder and Chair of Diversified Search, said

in a statement.

Like Diversified Search, which was founded by von Seldeneck in 1974, Boston-headquartered Koya Leadership

Partners was founded by a woman, Katie Bouton, its CEO. Considered one of the country’s leading executive

search and strategic advising firms exclusively dedicated to mission-driven search, in the past 15 years Koya has

served hundreds of clients in the nonprofit and higher education sectors, and has been ranked as one of the 50

fastest-growing women-owned businesses by both the Women Presidents’ Organization and Capital One. “We are

thrilled to join with Diversified to re-imagine the impact of a leading mission-driven executive search firm can have

on our world,” said Bouton, who in addition to retaining her role as CEO of Koya has taken on the additional role of

President of Diversified Search. “In addition to sharing a passion for client service, Diversified’s culture and values

mirror Koya’s.”

Rounding out the new Diversified Search Group, along with Diversified Search, San Francisco-based BioQuest (a

leader in life sciences executive search), and Koya, is Grant Cooper, a St. Louis-based boutique search firm focused

on the healthcare services sector, with a strong footprint in academic medicine. Established in 1957, Grant Cooper

was a pioneer in the field of executive search, and today is considered one of the most distinguished firms in the

healthcare leadership space. “We have great respect for the Diversified team and the quality of work they do,” Ed

Stout, one of Grant Cooper’s three managing partners, said of the decision to join Diversified. “This partnership

L A T E S T N E W S

will give us even greater access to talent and broaden our geographic reach.”

A new Diversified Search Group seal is being rolled out along with some new language and branding over the next

few months as the partnership among the four firms takes firmer root in the marketplace. Von Seldeneck said the

industry should expect other firms to soon be joining the Group. “We will continue to embark on an aggressive

growth strategy to cement The Diversified Search Group as one of the leading firms in the executive search field,”

she said.

VICTOR ARIAS JOINS DIVERSIFIED SEARCH, OPENSNEW DALLAS-FORT WORTH OFFICE

Victor Arias, a leading national search executive in the area of Board

of Directors and C-Suite diversity and inclusion, has joined Diversified

Search as a Managing Director. He is working in the Board of Directors

practice and has assumed the role of Co-Practice Leader of Diversified

Search’s Consumer and Retail practice. In addition, he has recently

opened the firm’s first office in Texas, specifically the Dallas-Fort Worth

region, where he will be based.

Arias comes to Diversified Search from RSR Partners, where he had been a managing director in the board of

directors practice. Prior to his time at RSR, Arias worked at Korn Ferry, where he served as senior client partner

in the board of directors practice and global leader of the Diversity and Inclusion Initiative. Previously, he served

as a partner at Heidrick & Struggles and also at Spencer Stuart. Arias served on the board of Popeye’s Louisiana

Kitchen (NASDAQ: PLKI) for 15 years, until 2016. He is also a past president and co-founder of the National Society

of Hispanic MBAs (now Prospanica), a former member of the Notre Dame Institute of Latino Studies board, former

member of the Pepsi Advisory Board, and a founding board member of the Latino Corporate Directors Association,

a membership group of Hispanic corporate directors.

FAMED HISTORIAN, FOUR SEASONS PRESIDENT HEADLINE“LUNCHES WITH LEADERS” SERIES

The first 2019 installment of “Lunches With Leaders,” Diversified Search’s annual speaker series featuring key

thought leaders sharing their views in intimate, invitation-only lunches, kicked off in May with an appearance at

The Harvard Club in Boston by Doris Kearns Goodwin, the Pulitzer Prize-winning author and historian. Speaking

before an audience of 75 New England-area executives, the renowned presidential scholar delivered a riveting and,

at times, touching address on the meaning of the Presidency, lessons learned from our past Presidents, the state

of the country’s political landscape, and what clues history could show us about what the future holds. Afterward,

Goodwin graciously signed copies of her latest book, Leadership in Turbulent Times, provided complimentary by

Diversified Search, for the assembled guests.

On October 22nd, Christian Clerc, the President, Worldwide Hotel Operations for Four Seasons Hotels and Resorts,

addressed lunch guests at the Four Seasons Hotel in Philadelphia to speak about trends, brand management, and

disruption in the hospitality and leisure sector. The event brought out more than 125 C-Suite executives and lead-

ers from the Philadelphia region to the just-opened property, which sits atop the new Comcast Technology Center

in the heart of Philadelphia’s Center City business district.

The “Lunches With Leaders” speaker series was founded in December 2016, with a pilot lunch featuring remarks

from Stuart E. Jones, former US Ambassador to Iraq and Jordan. In the last two years the series has featured

speakers such as Rajiv Shah, the CEO of The Rockefeller Foundation; Randall Lane, the editor of Forbes magazine;

and Indra Nooyi, the Chairman and CEO of PepsiCo, among others. On November 7th Jarvis V. Hollingsworth, the

Chairman of the Texas Teachers Retirement Fund, one of the largest public pension funds in the nation, concluded

the 2019 program with remarks at The Penn Club in New York.

Interested in attending? Write to us at DiversifiedEvents@divsearch.com. You can learn more about other Diversi-

fied Search events on diversifiedsearch.com/news-and-events/events/.

FROM VENICE TO PHILLY, WITH LOVE

In June, our colleagues from AltoPartners, our global alliance of search firms

currently in 57 cities in 34 countries, met in (a very hot) Venice, Italy, to dis-

cuss the year ahead and forge even stronger ties to promote and strengthen

our international search business development and execution. Among the

non-business highlights was a tour of historic St. Mark’s Square and a spirited

karaoke competition where our beloved Chair, Judee von Seldeneck, belted

out a raucous rendition of “Sweet Caroline.”

M E E T I N G S

In September, more than 70 managing directors from The Diversified Search Group

came together in Philadelphia for two days of meetings, networking, and sharing

best practices. All of us at Diversified Search, BioQuest, Koya Leadership Partners,

and Grant Cooper are so excited to be part of this new, amazing umbrella organi-

zation that is creating a new model for the search industry.

SABEENA HICKMAN

As President and CEO of the national Pool & Hot Tub Alliance, Sabeena Hickman,

whom we placed in August, oversees the world’s oldest and largest association rep-

resenting swimming pool, spa, and hot tub manufacturers, manufacturers’ agents,

builders, designers, distributors, suppliers, installers, retailers, and service techni-

cians. Based in the DC metro area, she serves as both an advocate and evangelist for

the industry and the positive social force pools, including community pools, can be

to bring people together. Here, Hickman, 48, talks about her new post, the surprising

things she’s learned, and why Santa might need a bigger sleigh this year.

OK, so we have to ask: Do people arch an eyebrow when you say you lead an organization called “The Pool and Hot Tub Alliance”?

Oh, no. The first thing they ask is, “Can you hook me up with a pool or a hot tub?” [laughs] I wish I could! When I

say I work for the pool and hot tub industry, people are naturally excited. They want to know if they can get a job

testing out pools or hot tubs for our members. I mean: Who doesn’t love a pool or a hot tub?

What do you feel is the most important part of PHTA’s mission?

Right now, the industry is going through a very exciting and unique time, in that we have had a consolidation of a

foundation and a nonprofit association to create the Pool and Hot Tub Alliance. There is a tremendous amount of

opportunity for the industry. We are focused on the integration of two strong legacy organizations and are looking

for programs that will become game-changers for the industry. We will focus on the expansion of our education

offerings, tackle workforce and labor issues, and spark discussions around a consumer campaign that speaks to

the health and lifestyle benefits of owning a pool or a hot tub.

What’s the most surprising thing you’ve learned about pools and hot tubs so far?

When you think of pool and hot tubs, you don’t think about everything that goes into them. We have very robust

committees that are populated with some of the most talented professionals in the field. Whether it’s water

5 Q U E S T I O N S W I T H . . .

quality, to technical standards or codes, to specifications for building and construction, or service – our volunteer

leaders are leading the charge and advocating for all businesses for our industry. The amount of research, science,

design, thought and engineering that goes into pools and hot tubs, I think people take it for granted.

Prior to this post you spent a dozen years as the CEO of the National Association of Landscape Professionals. Have you always been an outdoors kind of person?

I love the outdoors, obviously. I have worked for two outdoor associations. And I have grown to appreciate the

health benefits and positive impact that these industries bring to families and communities where we work, live,

and play.

Do you have a pool and/or a hot tub?

Not yet. My family keeps asking. It’s going to be number one on my list for Santa Claus.

ASSIGNMENTS AND PLACEMENTSWho we’re looking for, and who we’ve recently placed

5 Q U E S T I O N S W I T H . . .

Vice President, Retail Experience, Harley-Davidson

Motor Company, Milwaukee, WI

Executive Director, Goldfarb Center for Public Affairs, Colby College, Waterville, ME

Vice Provost for Diversity and Inclusion, Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore, MD

Chief Information Officer, Herbalife, Los Angeles

Chief Nursing Executive, Sunnyside Medical Center, Kaiser Permanente, Clackamas, OR

President, Champlain College,

Burlington, VT

CEO, PROCEPT BioRobotics,Redwood Shores, CA

Director, Disability Inclusive Culture,New York University, New York

Chief Development Officer, National Public Radio,Washington, DC

Board Member, J.M. Huber Corporation,Edison, NJ

Vice President, Basketball Administration,Philadelphia 76ers, Philadelphia

Placements

Jai Shah, (pictured left) and Mark A. Blinn,

Board Members, Leggett & Platt Inc., Carthage, MO

Marcel van Kuijck, Chief Medical Officer, Tricida, San

Francisco, CA

Joy Boyd and Heather Weinbauer-Literski, Performance

Excellence Leaders, Archers Daniels Midland Company,

Chicago, IL

Georgette Kiser and Barb Loughran, Board Members,

Jacobs Engineering Group Inc., Dallas

Kimberly S. Tiedeken, Director, Diversity & Inclusion,

Princeton University, Princeton, NJ

Beatrice Kennedy, Senior Director, Internal Communica-

tions, Xfinity Consumer Services, Comcast Corp., Phila-

delphia, PA

Susan Catapano, Endowed Chair in Early Childhood Edu-

cation, University of Nebraska, Kearney, NE

Shelly A. Buck, President, Riddle Hospital, Main Line

Health, Radnor, PA

Dwight Gibson, Board Member, Interface Inc., Atlanta

Muhammad Shahzad and Lorna Street, Board of

Trustees, The March of Dimes Foundation, Arlington, VA

Robert Van Tassell, President and CEO, Catholic Chari-

ties Hawaii, Honolulu, HI

Ward Young, Managing Director, Strategic Capital Group

Investment, The Blackstone Group, New York

BRETT MCCLUNG, PRESIDENT AND CEO,BAPTIST HEALTH

It’s hard to fathom a sector of the economy that touches more lives than healthcare. It’s

also a sector that is going through unprecedented disruption, facing challenges ranging

from aging Baby Boomers to rising costs to changing consumer demand. So when

boards of large healthcare systems find themselves in need of new leadership, they

know they have to choose cautiously and wisely, yet still find someone with the vision,

sense of purpose and service, and dedication to mission. Fortunately, Baptist Health, a

nonprofit healthcare system based in Jacksonville, Florida comprised of five hospitals

and 11,000 employees, found that person in Brett McClung, whom we placed in July.

For McClung, 51, the opportunity at Baptist Health ticked a bunch of boxes—namely, the chance to lead a faith-

based, independent, locally owned and governed health system. “The opportunity to get in front of Baptist Health

is something I will be eternally grateful for,” he says. “I believe Baptist Health was looking for me, and I was looking

for them. I truly believe that.”

“We were very clear that the successful candidate required the right credentials, who also demonstrated cultural

fit, commitment to our mission, and the right character,” says Michael Grebe, who chaired the search committee

for the Baptist Heath board. “We believed the best and brightest would seek this position, and we were right. Brett

has wasted no time in deeply engaging with the incredible team at Baptist Health. He is building on our leadership

position, and has already started to craft a new vision for the changing healthcare landscape.”

The son of a Methodist minister, McClung grew up around hospitals, visiting them with his dad in the family’s old

VW Beetle. An undergraduate healthcare internship led him on his path in hospital administration, which included

serving for more than 26 years at Texas Health Resources, one of the largest faith-based nonprofit health systems

in the nation. He believes it is hospital systems themselves that must rise to meet the challenge of fixing health-

care. “Our ability to do that will dramatically impact the number of outside entities and organizations that are

trying to fix it,” he says. “Healthcare is complex and it’s personal. And I think we are positioned to leverage this

information and use it ourselves and move forward, increasing value.”

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