Wake Education Partnership Turns To Elinvar to Find Next President
Tuesday, February 13th, 2007 - 8:00:00 am
RALEIGH, N.C. - Elinvar, a leading executive search firm, has been appointed by Wake Education Partnership to conduct the search for the organization's next president.By working with businesses and the community, Wake Education Partnership is an advocate for policy, program and resource changes. It engages the school system and the community around education priorities and helps to improve all public schools in Wake County by focusing on retaining effective teachers, developing emerging leaders and ensuring healthy schools. Wake Education Partnership is funded by investments from corporations and individuals who support public education and understand the role it plays in strengthening the community.
"We selected Elinvar to conduct our searched based on the firm's skill set and local knowledge," said John McKinney, chairman, Wake Education Board. "We are confident that Elinvar will help us identify and recruit the best candidate to become the president of the Partnership."
The search for the Partnership's next president is being led by Kim Foster, managing director for Elinvar. Foster, who is also a shareholder in the firm, has worked at Elinvar since 1994 building an extensive network of candidates and gaining search experience in the placement of chief financial officers, accounting staff and other managerial positions.
Elinvar, a leader in Triangle business since 1986, has a proven track record of working with some of the area's most noted companies to identify and place top talent. Through its Engaged Search Solution, Elinvar has created a unique approach to working with clients that provides a value-based search solution which is a preferred alternative to contingency search.