Diversity

• Nearly 40 percent of Witt/Kieffer’s executive placements are women and minorities – arguably the best diversity executive placement rate among top executive search firms – and proof of our commitment to develop diverse slates of candidates on behalf of our clients.
  
  
• Minority placements represent, on average, 10 percent of Witt/Kieffer’s total firm placements, and 42 percent are women.
  
  
• We present three times as many minority candidates to our clients as those selected as the finalist.
  
  
• We’ve placed 50 minority candidates in presidential/CEO positions.
  
  
• Forty-four percent of the firm’s partners are women.
  
  
• Forty-six percent of the consulting staff are women.
  
  
• Women direct seven of 13 Witt/Kieffer offices.
  
  
• Three Witt/Kieffer board members including the vice-chair of the board are women.
  
  
• The New York Times cited Witt/Kieffer in 2001 as one of few equal-opportunity
  recruiters.
  
  
• Witt/Kieffer is a charter member of the American Hospital Association’s Institute for Diversity in Health Management (IFD) and supports the National Association of Healthcare Service Executives and other organizations supporting diversity in not-for-profit arenas.
  
  
• Howard Jessamy, who leads the firm’s Diversity Practice, is based in our Bethesda, MD, office. Howard has received the “Visionary Award” from the Baltimore Chapter of the National Association of Health Services for the “individual who, through foresight and dedication, has positively impacted the development of a healthcare work force that reflects the diversity of the community it serves.”



• For more information about diversity, visit the Institute for Diversity in Health Management: www.diversityconnection.org