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Testimonials

It was a pleasure to work with Ray & Berndtson. We had a couple of very senior positions to be filled, and we achieved a shortlist of good leaders in a short period of time. In addition, the discussions we had to convert the positions along with the options generated made the executive search and onboarding much easier. Ray & Berndtson's personal attention and dedication towards the assignment is greatly appreciated.

Industry Practices
Education / Not-For-Profit
Areas
- Associations
- Charitable/Human Services
- Cultural Arts
- Education
- Government/Public Administration
- Local Government
Ray & Berndtson is committed to the communities in which we live and work. Therefore, the scope of our services would be incomplete without a similar commitment to serving the not-for-profit sector, which is a critical component of our society.
The search committees of cultural, educational, social service and other not-for-profit organizations rely on the expertise of Ray & Berndtson's professionals around the world to identify the strategic leadership required for their unique environments. We assess the organization and its management style, develop an understanding of our clients and are able to identify outstanding executives who not only possess the expertise, commitment and diverse skills required but who also have the personal and professional qualities and characteristics to be effective in that culture.
Ray & Berndtson is proud of our longstanding relationship with many of the world's finest education and not-for-profit organizations.
Education / Not-For-Profit – Representative
Recent "Education / Not-For-Profit" assignments include:
| Designation | Assignments |
| Board Member | of one of the nation's largest private, independent foundations |
| Chief Executive Officer | for a seniors housing association |
| Chief Executive Officer | for a national Aids research organization |
| President & Chief Executive Officer | for an organization dedicated to helping the visually impaired |
| President | of a not-for-profit quality institute |
| President | of a private college |
| President | of a major U.S. metropolitan Chamber of Commerce |
| President | of a major not-for-profit organization dedicated to reducing birth defects and infant mortality |
| Chief Operating Officer | of a large metropolitan U.S. city |
| Executive Director | for a large state professional society |
| Executive Director | Technology for a learning agency |
| Executive Director | of a rehabilitation foundation |
| Executive Director | of a metropolitan zoo association |
| Executive Director | of a city ballet company |
| Executive Director | of a large metropolitan YMCA |
| Executive Director | of a prestigious music competition |
| Executive Director | of one of the world's leading not-for-profit, nongovernmental funder of diabetes research |
| General Manager, Housing & Shelter |
for a major North American city |
| Dean, College of Business Administration | for a southwestern university |
| Superintendent | of a southwestern metropolitan school district |
| Superintendent | of a major western metropolitan school district |
| Chief Financial Officer | Director of Marketing for a large metropolitan board of trade |
| Chief Development Officer | for a health foundation Senior Vice President Policy for a major North American Chamber of Commerce |
| Vice Chancellor, Administration |
for a large, well respected southeastern university |
| Municipal Administrator | for a resort municipality |
| Director, Supply Chain Management | for a major northeastern university |
| Deputy Chief | of a crime agency |
| Director of Business & Finance | for a technical university |
| Director, Marketing & Communications | for a regional United Way |
| Director Clinical Programs | for a family services organization |
| Director of Communications | for a North American regional government |
| Assistant Vice President | Treasury for a major midwestern university |
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