Liz is a Managing Director, having been with
Savoy Partners since its inception in 1990,
and has nearly two decades of senior level recruiting
and human resources consulting experience. She
was a Vice President of its predecessor, Leon
A. Farley Associates, which was consistently
designated one of the "Fifty Leading"
executive search firms in the country. She has
particular strengths in technology-based and
professional services businesses, but also has
done significant work for financial services,
consumer products and other commercial clients.
The majority of her searches and assignments
have been conducted at the upper management
levels and in a wide variety of functional areas.
During
1991, Liz took a leave of absence from Savoy
to serve as Vice President at Salomon Brothers,
New York, where she managed the firm's Corporate
Employment department. She was also responsible
for the design, development and implementation
of the first Assessment Center established by
Salomon Brothers in the United States.
Previously,
she was a Vice President and Partner with Strategic
Planning Associates, a corporate strategy consulting
firm. Prior to SPA, she spent eight years with
Booz, Allen & Hamilton in New York, Cleveland,
and Washington, D.C. She served as Director,
Corporate Staff from 1985 to 1987; Director
of Development for the Technology Management
Division from 1983 to 1985; and as a Senior
Associate in both the commercial and government/high
technology sectors during the 1979 to 1983 period.
She
has maintained an ongoing interest and involvement
in performance appraisal, compensation, training
and management development over the past decade.
She has designed and taught courses at Salomon
Brothers, as well as for her previous employers.
At Savoy, she also advised several major clients
on the development of management and executive
training programs within their own companies.
Before
joining Booz, Allen, she was with the executive
search group, Simmons Associates for two years.
The firm was prominent in banking, finance,
and real estate development, but also handled
some complex assignments in defense technologies.
She
holds an undergraduate degree with honors from
Harvard University and has completed graduate
course work in business, marketing, strategic
planning, and psychology. She served with the
Peace Corps in South America, and has maintained
fluency in the Spanish language.
