TalentRise announced today that Kristen Fox will lead its Coaching and Leadership Development Practice. As Practice Leader, Kristen will focus on expanding TalentRise’s coaching and leadership development offerings, including Fast Start Coaching and Mental Fitness for Leaders programming.  Kristen has served as a Talent Consultant and Leadership Coach for TalentRise since 2019. Most notably, Kristen […]

The YWCA of Western New York (“YWCA WNY”) announced Michelle Sawyers as its new Chief Executive Officer (“CEO”), effective April 1, 2024. Sawyers was selected following a rigorous, nationwide search led by executive search firm TalentRise. YWCA WNY announced in September 2023 that its current CEO, Jill Ann Robbins-Jabine, was preparing to retire after nearly […]

TalentRise—a retained executive search and talent optimization management consulting firm—recently joined the Italian-based PRAXI Alliance network to provide exclusive executive search and talent consulting coverage in the U.S. and Canada. As a PRAXI Alliance member, TalentRise will expand its footprint internationally, gaining the ability to service global client needs by partnering with PRAXI Alliance members […]

These two Aleron Group companies align to provide streamlined talent acquisition, executive search, and leadership coaching services to high-growth organizations as they scale. Aleron Group, a talent acquisition, workforce, and business solutions company, today announced that two of its companies will be aligning their services. Viaduct—a talent acquisition and advisory firm for startups and emerging […]

Pete Petrella was recently promoted to Practice Leader, Executive Search at TalentRise—a leading executive search and talent consulting firm. Petrella will lead the executive search practice—including the management of the executive search team, managing directors, and other key support staff within the practice. He will play a critical role in the TalentRise growth plan by […]

Pete Petrella, Managing Director of Executive Search at TalentRise—a leading executive search and talent consulting firm—was recently named to Invest Buffalo Niagara’s Board of Directors. Petrella will serve as Chair of the Be In Buffalo committee, an Invest Buffalo Niagara program dedicated to introducing—or reintroducing—a new Buffalo to generations of people with skills that can […]

TalentRise’s Senior Vice President Carl Kutsmode has been chosen to serve on PRIDE Industries’ Inclusive Talent Solutions (ITS) Advisory Group. This inaugural all-volunteer committee is responsible for developing new business opportunities with the goal of creating 100,000 jobs for people with disabilities and other barriers to employment. Kutsmode was selected along with 18 other business […]

TalentRise, a national provider of executive search and talent consulting services, today announced the promotion of Kristen Lampert to Managing Director of the firm’s Talent Consulting and Coaching practice. Lampert has worked at TalentRise for two years, most recently serving as Senior Talent and Leadership Consultant. As Managing Director, Lampert will focus her efforts on […]

TalentRise was named to Forbes’ 2020 list of the best management consulting firms in America for human resource and talent management consulting. In partnering with market research company Statista, Forbes determined these results by surveying 7,500 partners and executives of management consultancies, along with over 1,000 senior executives who worked with such firms over the […]