WittKieffer

WittKieffer is an executive search and leadership advisory firm. Its roots trace to 1969, when John Witt left his executive recruiting position at consulting firm A.T. Kearney to go into business for himself, joined in Oak Brook, Illinois, by administrative assistant Joan Bourke. The firm serves the fields that define the quality of life ecosystem globally—healthcare, life sciences, and education—and offers executive search, interim leadership, and leadership advisory solutions.

WittKieffer traces its roots to 1969 when John Witt left his executive recruiting position at consulting firm A.T. Kearney to go into business for himself. He was joined in Oak Brook, Illinois, by one employee, administrative assistant Joan Bourke. A year later Witt brought on a former A.T. Kearney colleague, Richard Dolan, and created Witt & Dolan, Inc. Theirs was the only search firm at the time dedicated to the nonprofit healthcare market. In 1980 a new firm, Clapp Associates, entered the healthcare executive search market, headquartered in Chicago. The two firms knew each other well and dominated healthcare executive search in the 1980s. In 1992, they decided to join forces, coming together and named for five of the key principals: Witt/Kieffer, Ford, Hadelman, Lloyd Corp. The company was located at 2015 Spring Road in Oak Brook, its current location. The merger made a significant difference in the marketplace. The firm – usually referred to simply as Witt/Kieffer – won more than its share against the largest firms in the executive search industry. In the 1990s, WittKieffer saw business opportunities beyond its core healthcare clients, and in offices outside of Oak Brook. This included significant work in academic medicine and academia. This success working with colleges and universities set the tone for the company’s next major growth move, a 1998 acquisition of Educational Management Network (EMN), based in Nantucket, Massachusetts. This launched an official Education Practice.

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