Cathy Whitehouse​

She currently leads the firm’s Board Practice, and also advises companies across industries on their most senior and strategic leadership talent needs. 

Cathy brings passion and expertise to diversity mandates, as well as a long track record of placing diverse individuals in both senior leadership positions and on corporate boards. She is a member of various industry organizations devoted to advancing women and ethnically diverse executives. 

In executive search, Cathy has been engaged on searches for chief executive officers, chief financial officers, chief information officers, chief operating officers, general counsels, and other senior operating executives across markets and industry sectors, from international public companies, to emerging pre-IPO firms, to private equity leaders and not-for-profits.  She also works closely with boards and companies to strategize and develop chief executive succession plans and advisory boards.  Prior to moving into the search industry, she held roles in high tech and information publishing.

Cathy has a Bachelor of Arts in English Literature from Boston College.​