Executive Search & Interim Leadership

Talent & Wisdom Aligned with Culture & Mission

Executive Search
Copley Raff recruits executives and senior development professionals for many of the nation’s finest healthcare, educational, cultural and human service organizations. We carefully seek and match the best executives with the culture and mission of each client. The professionals we place enjoy exceptionally long tenure in their positions and remain among the nation’s most respected and successful nonprofit leaders. Searches are always conducted confidentially while underway.

Interim Leadership

Copley Raff’s consultants can also serve as interim leaders in Vice President for Advancement or Director of Development roles to maintain or create forward momentum in your advancement program. Copley Raff consultants can assume all the duties of the position. They bring in-depth knowledge of effective practices for raising funds and expert skills to facilitate and guide clients through the transitional time to achieve a new, higher level of fundraising activity.

To inquire about initiating a search please contact Larry Raff at lraff@copleyraff.com

For more information on career opportunities please contact Paul Yeghiayan at pyeghiayan@copleyraff.com or Rebekah Kaufman at rkaufman@copleyraff.com

 

Selected Completed Searches

  • Vice President for Development, Claudia Swain
    South County Health System
  • Vice President for Advancement, Jeff McGuinness
    Huggins Hospital
  • President, Paul Yeghiayan
    The Foundation for the Public’s Health
  • Vice President for Advancement, Kathleen Cragin Brittan
    Crotched Mountain Foundation
  • Vice President for Advancement and Marketing, Mark T. Cummings
    Franciscan Hospital for Children
  • Chief Development Officer, Suzanne  Cook Kinsellagh
    Boston Foundation for Sight
  • Chief Advancement Officer, Dennis Holter
    The American Optometric Association
  • Chief Advancement Officer, Shelley Cornish
    The Learning Center for the Deaf
  • Campaign Director, Jennifer Richards
    Bates College
  • Director of Annual Giving for the Gasson Society and Special Gifts, Patrick Sylvester
    Boston College
  • Vice President for Development, Roy Temper
    First USA
  • Director of Philanthropy, William A. Parkinson, CFRE
    LRG Healthcare
  • Director, Fundraising & Development, Cheryl Cummings
    National Center on Family Homelessness
  • Director of Development, Eric Phelps
    National Collegiate Inventors and Innovators Alliance
  • Vice President of Development, Nancy Broude
    New England College of Optometry
  • Senior Vice President for Development, James Dig
    Rochester General Hospital
  • Vice President of Development, Catherine Squires
    Tufts Medical Center

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