Diversified Search Group Announces Felicia McGinty as Managing Director in Education Practice
01 Agosto 2024 - 9:30AM
Diversified Search Group, ranked among the top 10 firms in Forbes’
list of America’s Best Executive Recruiting Firms, proudly
announces the appointment of Felicia McGinty as Managing Director.
With a distinguished career dedicated to fostering transformative
leadership in higher education and beyond, Felicia brings a wealth
of strategic expertise and a passion for developing the next
generation of leaders.
In her role as Managing Director, Felicia will lead strategic
initiatives to enhance executive search solutions, focusing on
identifying and placing top-tier talent across academic and
administrative leadership roles.
"Felicia's proven leadership in higher education and dedication
to fostering transformative change make her a tremendous asset to
our team. Her strategic oversight of multi-million-dollar budgets
and extensive leadership of large-scale teams exemplify her ability
to inspire and empower others,” said Aileen K. Alexander, CEO of
Diversified Search Group. “We're excited to embark on this journey
together."
Felicia's career in higher education includes significant
achievements at Rutgers University-New Brunswick, University of
California Santa Cruz, and Penn State University Park. At Rutgers,
she served as Vice Chancellor for Student Affairs, overseeing a
large team and managing a substantial budget, and later as
Executive Vice Chancellor for Administration and Planning, where
she led campus-wide operations and administrative initiatives.
"We are thrilled to welcome Felicia to our team at Storbeck |
Diversified Search Group," said Susan VanGilder, Global Managing
Partner and Practice Leader, Education Practice. "Her unparalleled
experience in senior leadership roles at prestigious institutions,
coupled with her commitment to diversity, equity, and inclusion,
align perfectly with our mission to support our clients in
achieving their strategic goals through exceptional executive
placements."
Recognized nationally for her leadership, Felicia has been
instrumental in advancing diversity, equity, and inclusion efforts,
addressing sexual violence on college campuses, and driving
cultural change. Her accolades include the New Jersey Women of
Achievement Award and recognition as one of 25 Outstanding Women in
Higher Education by Diverse Issues in Higher Education.
"Joining Diversified Search Group as a managing director in the
education practice is an exciting and full circle opportunity that
aligns my higher education experience with my passion for
connecting exceptional leaders with opportunities where they
thrive,” said Felicia McGinty. “I’m eager to leverage my experience
as a cabinet executive and my work with HERS to help institutions
and organizations identify solution-oriented leaders who are
equipped to meet higher education’s current and future challenges.”
As Director of Outreach and Engagement at HERS, I come to DSG with
an expansive network of more than 6,000 leaders who are poised to
lead institutions and organizations into the future.
ABOUT DIVERSIFIED SEARCH GROUP
Purpose. Progress. Performance.
Diversified Search Group (DSG) is the largest woman-founded and
woman-led executive search firm in the world, and for five decades,
has been driven by purpose, progress, and performance. Consistently
recognized by Forbes as one of the Nation’s Top Retained Executive
Search Firms, DSG is an industry leader in transformational
leadership advisory for clients. The firm is deliberately different
in its approach and is comprised of a combination of specialty
practices with deep industry expertise, that together harness their
collective resources to identify new leaders to meet the needs of
our changing world. Diversified Search Group acquisitions include
BioQuest, Koya Partners, Grant Cooper, Storbeck Search, Alta
Associates, EWF, and Yardstick Management.
Headquartered in Philadelphia, PA, DSG operates in over a dozen
offices nationwide and offers global services as the exclusive U.S.
partner of AltoPartners, the international alliance of independent
executive search firms. For more information, visit
diversifiedsearchgroup.com.
ABOUT ALTOPARTNERS
Established in 2006, AltoPartners is a leading international
alliance of retained executive search and leadership consulting
firms that combines the reach of a global network with the local
knowledge and entrepreneurial spirit of independent partners
working together to find the client’s perfect candidate fit. Today
the alliance covers 64 offices in 37 countries and is ranked in the
Top 10 Global Search Firms.
The AltoPartners alliance has created a distinctive force in
executive search worldwide, giving global coverage across the
Americas, Europe, the Middle East, Africa, and Asia Pacific. For
more information about the work we do and the countries we cover,
please visit altopartners.com.
Slma Shelbayah
Diversified Search Group
+16784298111
slma.shelbayah@divsearch.com