Rank
Firm
Address
Phone/Fax/Internet
Top Bay Area Executives
Sample of Specialities
No. of searches completed by Bay Area office(s) 2000
No. of Bay Area Consultants/Offices
% of Searches at Management Level

Minimum compensation

1

Korn/Ferry International
One Embarcadero Center, Ste. 2101, San Francisco 94111
(415) 956-1834/ (415) 956-8265/ www.kornferry.com
David Nosal, Director
technology, legal financial services, not-for-profit, retail, e-commerce
626

60 / 3

100%

$180,000


2

The Pacific Firm
2501 Ninth St., Ste. 102, Berkeley 94710
(510) 647-1000/647-1010/www.pacfirm.com
Stacie Blair, CEO
health care, telecommunications, publishing, financial services
695 39 / 2 87%

$75,000

3

Search West
100 Pine St., San Francisco 94111
(415) 788-1770/ (415) 989-7706/www.searchwestsf.com
Ellen Williams, Vice President
finance, accounting, HR, construction, real estate, insurance, IT, food & beverage
500 15 / 1 80%

$86,000

4

Heidrick & Struggles
One California St., Ste. 2400, San Francisco 94111
(415) 981-2854/ (415) 981-0482/www.heidrick.com
Jeffrey Hodge, Managing Partner
real estate, financial, health care, high tech, telecom, e-commerce, biotechnology
421 36 / 4 100%

$200,000

5

Spencer Stuart
525 Market St., Ste. 3700, San Francisco 94105
(415) 495-4141/ (415) 495-7524/www.spencerstuart.com
Robert Damon, Director
technology, media, communications, financial, retail, biotechnology
212 23 / 3 100%

$300,000

6

Next Step Recruiting
3130 La Selva Dr., Ste 105, San Mateo 94403
(650) 577-8000/ (650) 577-9000/www.4nextstep.com
Glenn Davis, President
software, consulting, outsourcing, contract furniture, business services
199 10 / 1 40%

$70,000

7

RGA Associates Inc.
465 California St., San Francisco, CA 94104
(415) 397-4646/(415) 951-7979/www.rgatech.com
Richard Engelhardt, President
engineering, technology
179 25 / 1 NR

NR

8

Russell Reynolds Associates Inc.
101 California St., Ste. 3140, San Francisco 94111
(415) 352-3300/ (415) 781-7690/ www.russelreynolds.com
Barry Obrand, Managing Director
consumer, health care, internet, real estate, technology
142 17 / 2 100%

$225,000

9

Bialla and Associates, Inc.
4000 Bridgeway, Ste. 201, Sausalito 94965
(415) 332-7111/ (415) 332-3964/ www.bialla.com
Scott Thomson, General Manager
advertising, consumer goods, technology, internet, telecommunications
110 6 / 1 100%

$150,000

10

The Alexander Group
735 Montgomery St., Ste. 210 San Francisco 94111
(415) 677-8668/ (415) 677-8674/www.thealexandergroup.com
Raymond Brizendine, Director
legal, health care, technology, consulting, entertainment
91 7 / 1 100%

$100,000

This list includes companies with offices in Alameda, Contra Costa, Marin, San Francisco and San Mateo counties and Palo Alto.
Ranking based on number of searches completed by Bay Area office(s) in 2000.
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