Community Development Champions

Partner with a dedicated community development search firm that has always focused on diversity

Your Trusted Community Development Search Firm

As seasoned community development recruiters, we excel in bringing the best leaders to transformative organizations committed to social and economic progress. We not only find executives who have the right skill set and experience, but whose ‘cultural goodness of fit’ and interpersonal effectiveness will accelerate your organization’s community impact. For every hour you spend with the successful candidate, we’ll spend three to five.

Our Completed Community Development Searches

Here are a few of the key positions we have successfully recruited in the community development sector. Our clients range from National and Regional Community Development Financial Institutions (CDFIs) to Local Municipalities, Counties and even Design | Planning consultants who serve nonprofits.

CEO sought by Southeastern loan Fund CDFI as part of a three year succession strategy
  • Community Development
  • Southeastern US

We're looking for a loan fund CEO who is passionate about equitable access to capital in historically under-invested communities to take the reigns of an outstanding nonprofit loan fund CDFI in the southeast. Three years ago, we r ...

Executive Director, Community Development Financial Institution (CDFI), Memphis
  • Community Development
  • Memphis TN

For the Memphis market of a national Community Development Financial Institution, our client sought an an Executive Director, with deep roots in the community. Successful candidate became CEO of the Memphis market. We sought a lon ...

Executive Director, Community Development Financial Institution (CDFI), Cleveland
  • Community Development
  • Cleveland, OH

For a national Community Development Financial Institution (CDFI) an "Executive Director", with urban community development experience in Cleveland to accelerate the organization's effectiveness in closing the health, wealth an ...

Executive Director, National Community Development Financial Institution (CDFI), Detroit
  • Community Development
  • Detroit, MI

For a national Community Development Financial Institution (CDFI) an "Executive Director", with urban community development experience to continue the organization's mission after predecessor was promoted. Seeking a lifelong De ...

Executive Director, Upstate South Carolina
  • Community Development
  • Andersen, SC

For one of the three largest national Community Development Financial Institutions (CDFIs), we recruited an oustanding "Executive Director", to spearhead community development in a long under-served rural area of the Upstate.  A ...

Chief Executive Officer (CEO), Community Development Financial Institution (CDFI)
  • Community Development
  • Columbia SC

About the Opportunity Our client, a U.S. Treasury certified Community Development Financial Institution (CDFI) with offices in Charleston, Columbia, and Spartanburg South Carolina, seeks a CEO to lead an already financially stron ...

VP of Southern Region: “CEO of CEOs”
  • Community Development
  • Washington, DC

For the second largest national Community Development Financial Institutions (CDFI) in the U.S. we recruited a "CEO of CEOs", to whom the Executive Directors in the Southern region of the United States (Atlanta, Jacksonvil ...

Director of Planning, City ranked #3 of 25 by Southern Living Magazine
  • Community Development
  • Spartanburg, SC

Reporting directly to the City Manager, our successful candidate brought 35 years of distinguished urban planning experience. Having earned a Masters in city and regional planning with faculty honors at Clemson University, our s ...

Specialists in Community-Centric Executive Recruitment

Leveraging years of experience, we excel in identifying, engaging and assessing leaders for Community Development entities e.g. CEOs & CFOs for CDFIs, Executive Directors for Housing Authorities, Municipal & County Administrators, and the consultants who serve them.