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The Hunt-Scanlon Conference Advisory Board
Hunt-Scanlon Advisors has assembled a Conference Advisory Board consisting of
10 leaders in industry, consulting, executive search and investment banking to assist the company's senior management
team plan and execute current and future conference events across the U.S. This distinguished panel of Advisors
represents leading thinking in the human capital arena.
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- Andrew Ackemann, Independent Consultant
- A. David Brown, Managing Director, Whitehead Mann Pendleton James
- Michael P. Castine, Managing Partner, TMP Worldwide
- John D. Delpino, Director - Executive Staffing, PepsiCo, Inc.
- Kelly A. Flynn, Human Capital Analyst, UBS Warburg
- David A. Lord, President, Executive Search Information Services
- James A. Mueller, Founder, Chesapeake Associates LLC
- Smooch S. Reynolds, President, The Repovich-Reynolds Group
- Gerard R. Roche, Senior Chairman, Heidrick & Struggles International
- Adam Waldo, Senior Vice President, Lehman Brothers
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Advisory Board member overviews:
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Andrew Ackemann, is a well-known executive coach, working with chief
executive and operating officers, divisional presidents and other "C"
level officers at organizations as diverse as Unisys, Putnam,
CapitalOne; and for executives in the portfolio companies of several
well-known investment firms. Beginning in 1988, he served as Director
of Professional Personnel and a Consultant to McKinsey & Company, and as
senior vice president of Human Capital Management at Gartner. Before
joining McKinsey, Mr. Ackemann served as staffing director for the
worldwide commercial sector of Booz-Allen & Hamilton. He also served as
an officer in the United States Navy during the Vietnam era. He is a
senior project director with the Human Potential Project and serves, pro
bono, as a national safety inspector for the five U.S. Outward Bound
Schools and for the National Outdoor Leadership School.
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A. David Brown, having served as a corporate human resource specialist
for 25 years, has watched the advancement of minority executives from inside corporate
America. Starting with R.H. Macy & Co., he served 12 years as senior vice president of
human resources, overseeing 50,000 employees in five divisions. In 1994, Mr. Brown became
an executive search consultant, first as a retail/fashion specialist with Korn Ferry
International, and, more recently as Managing Director of the diversity practice at
Whitehead Mann Pendleton James, where he heads the firm’s New York office.
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Michael P. Castine is an experienced executive search professional. He
was a Partner with Highland Search Group, a leading financial services executive search
firm. Before that, he was Partner and Managing Director of the Global Financial Services
Unit of Spencer Stuart, a premier international executive search firm. Mr. Castine
recently opened the Stamford office of TMP Worldwide, where he serves as Managing Partner
and Global Co-Head, Sector Development. Before entering executive search, Mr. Castine
served in the Reagan White House where he held Directorships at the National Security
Council and the office of Private Sector Initiatives.
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John Delpino was recently appointed Director, Executive Staffing for
PepsiCo, having previously led staffing for Pepsi Cola Company since transferring from
Frito-Lay in October, 1988. He additionally is responsible for managing the relationship
with PepsiCo’s worldwide executive search providers. Prior to joining Frito-Lay, Mr.
Delpino was a Manager in Arthur Young’s Executive Search practice, and spent over six
years as a Managing Partner for Corporate Staffing Group, a contingency recruiting firm.
He began his business career with Philadelphia Gear Corporation.
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Kelly A. Flynn, a Human Capital Analyst for UBS Warburg, began
covering companies in the sector traditionally dubbed "staffing." As changes in
technology and the labor market have catalyzed new business models, Ms. Flynn has altered
her focus. Companies she follows today fall under the rubric of human capital management
business services, and include Korn/Ferry International, (whose initial public offering
was co-managed by PaineWebber), Heidrick & Struggles, TMP Worldwide, Hotjobs.com and
Spherion. Before joining PaineWebber in 1997, Ms. Flynn was an equity analyst at
investment bank Furman Selz.
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David A. Lord, President and founder of Executive Search Information
Services, is a consultant to corporations seeking advice on the process of working with
an outside executive search consultant. He is a former editor at Kennedy Information and
co-author of Executive Search in the Americas, a market report published by The
Economist. Mr. Lord has served as a guest editor of The Journal of Executive Search
Consulting and as a contributor to Search Connection, both published by the
Association of Executive Search Consultants.
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James A. Mueller, is the
founder of Chesapeake Associates LLC, an executive
search consulting firm. Prior to launching his firm in 2003 he was the Director
of Executive Recruiting for IBM where he led the company's global executive
recruiting and outplacement programs. Prior to joining IBM, Mr. Mueller had an 11-year career in
corporate human resources for Marriott International in Washington, D.C. He began
his human resource career with Rockwell International in 1976 in Dallas and subsequently
worked in two high tech and oilfield services companies in Texas before joining Pepsi-Cola
in Purchase, New York as manager of staffing operations.
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Smooch S. Reynolds is a communications search specialist and President
of Pasadena-based The Repovich-Reynolds Group. Prior to establishing her firm in 1987, Ms.
Reynolds was director of executive search and, later, director of human resources, for
Hill and Knowlton's Western United States region. Ms. Reynolds is a frequent speaker at
major professional industry gatherings and regularly addresses chapters of the Public
Relations Society of America, the National Investors Relations Institute and IABC.
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Gerard R. Roche, Senior Chairman of Heidrick & Struggles
International, has over 30 years of experience as an executive recruiter. He joined Heidrick
in 1964 and became Senior Vice President and eastern manager in 1973. Mr. Roche was named
Executive Vice President in 1977 with responsibility for all domestic operations. The
following year he became President and CEO and then in 1981 he was named Chairman of the
firm. Prior to entering executive search, Mr. Roche began his professional career as a
management trainee at AT&T and then subsequently worked for the American Broadcasting
Company and Kordite Corporation.
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Adam Waldo, is the senior business/professional
services equity research analyst for Lehman Brother in Chicago. Prior to joining Lehman, Mr. Waldo was an
equity research analyst for Credit Suisse First Boston and covered the North American business services
industry. Earlier in his career Mr. Waldo was the North American Business Services analyst at Morgan
Stanley Dean Witter, a consultant in the consumer and customer retention practice at Bain & Company
and also worked at the Frito-Lay division of PepsiCo. Companies he currently follows for Lehman Brothers
include Administaff, Heidrick & Struggles International, Korn/Ferry International, Kelly Services,
Manpower, Paychex, Robert Half International and Spherion.
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