AESC Staff Directory

Karen Greenbaum

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Karen Greenbaum is President and CEO of the Association of Executive Search and Leadership Consultants (AESC), the global association representing the nearly $15b profession worldwide. AESC is dedicated to strengthening leadership worldwide. AESC’s rigorous Code of Professional Practice guides its members, spanning nearly 1,200+ offices in 70+ countries and beyond, to serve as strategic advisors on behalf of their clients. AESC members are best positioned to provide companies with a competitive advantage—the ability to find, attract and develop the best talent in the world and ensure that executives are successfully integrated.

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Clare Mahon

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Clare Mahon is Managing Director for Europe and Africa at the Association of Executive Search and Leadership Consultants (AESC). Clare is an experienced business leader in the non-profit sector, wiht a proven background in membership development and engagement, strategic business-planning, enabling transformation, product development and financial growth.

Clare brings over fifteen years’ experience in Finance, Human Resources, Strategic Planning, Customer Service and Operational Management with a unique ability to achieve people optimization through buy-in to vision and change strategies.

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Patrick Rooney

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Patrick is based in Hong Kong and leads the membership team for the Asia-Pacific and Middle East regions. He also holds responsibility for AESC education programs for researchers and associates. Before joining the AESC in 2013, Patrick was an executive search consultant with a boutique firm in the higher education sector. He worked on a number of senior academic appointments in: Australia, New Zealand, Hong Kong, Macau, China, Singapore, Thailand, Malaysia, the UAE, Kuwait and Pakistan. Patrick was also responsible for overseeing a team of search consultants and researchers.

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Glenda K. Brown

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Glenda K. Brown is Managing Director of BlueSteps and Executive Career Services for the Association of Executive Search and Leadership Consultants. She heads the strategic and business development opportunities for BlueSteps.com and Executive Career Services.

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Joe Chappell

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Joe leads marketing and communications strategy for all AESC programs, including benefits and services for AESC members, as well as AESC services for candidates and clients of executive search and leadership consulting.

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Frank Petruzzo

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Frank is Chief Financial Officer at the AESC. In this role he is responsible for the oversight of AESC’s financial operations, reporting, planning and analysis as well as facilitating operations and human resources.

Frank plays a key role in the design and implementation of AESC’s budgeting and forecasting processes as well as the execution of its strategic plan. Frank provides valuable insight and business decision support to key stakeholders within the organization. In addition, Frank serves as the staff liaison to AESC’s Audit, Risk, and Financial Oversight Committee.

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Linda Backlund

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Linda is the Executive Assistant Membership & Events for Europe and Africa. Prior to joining AESC she worked as a Recruitment Consultant for an international consultancy, and as an Assistant Manager for a Brussels-based auction house. She has a Master degree in Arts and Heritage: Policy, Management and Education from Maastricht University. Having grown up in a multi-cultural home, Linda has always had a passion for languages and she is currently fluent in five: Swedish, English, Russian, French and Dutch.

Sophie Baker

Sophie is the Assistant - Membership & Events for Asia Pacific and Middle East based in Hong Kong where she has been based for 9 years. In this role she supports the APAC Managing Director with membership relations and events for the APAC & Middle East region. Prior to joining AESC she worked in Executive Search for five years for two international consultancies. Sophie holds a Bachelor’s degree in Business Management from the University of East Anglia.

Sarah Boyle

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Olena Gomozova

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Olena is a web developer specializing in a front-end development and responsive web design. Olena maintains all AESC websites, and develops and implements new designs and features.

During her time at AESC Olena has worked on redesigning both BlueSteps.com and AESC.org websites, integrating new content management platforms, making AESC websites responsive and mobile-friendly and constantly improving user experience and functionality.

Gaby Grech

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Arthur Gwynne

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Arthur is the “numbers guy” for the BlueSteps program, managing Operations on both the candidate and consultant side. He is also directly involved in product development, continually working on improving the Candidate customer experience and the functionality of the BlueSteps candidate database. He works closely with various teams and channels, including Customer Service, Partnerships, Web Design and Development.

Don Hailer

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Don brings over 20 years’ experience in both print and digital media to his role as Senior Web Designer. With a varied career that includes technical writing, copywriting, advertising, magazine publishing, and website design and coding, Don is responsible for the design of all AESC print material, email communications, and web-related content as well as overseeing AESC brand consistency.

David Hilty

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David Hilty is a Salesforce Certified Admin with experience designing and implementing solutions for CRM databases. At the AESC he administers the Salesforce instance, contributes to data analysis projects, and also helps with the marketing automation. Before joining AESC David worked at a startup in San Francisco where, in a client facing role, he worked as a Partner Success Manager in addition to being the Salesforce Admin.

Elee Langham

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Elee Langham is the Executive Assistant and Office Manager, in which she supports the President & CEO and the Managing Director of Finance & Administration. Elee graduated from Columbia College Chicago with a BA in Acting, which she does in addition to her work at the AESC. She hails from Chicago where, prior to joining the AESC, she worked at a law firm as a receptionist, as well as providing additional administrative and paralegal support.

Charlene Manuel

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At AESC, Charlene develops and executes digital marketing and communication strategies to elevate the AESC brand and increase engagement with AESC members. A proactive marketing and communications specialist with 10+ years of experience, Charlene has led global brand, event and partnership initiatives in the non-profit and technology sectors. She holds a B.S. of Communications from NYU and has served as a panelist for programs at the UN, Ford Foundation and White House Innovators and Communicators Summit.

Vamsi Ponada

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Vamsi serves as the Digital Marketing Manager for BlueSteps at the AESC. Vamsi comes from an agency background and has worked in the digital marketing space for the past 5 years and has managed accounts across multiple industries. At the AESC Vamsi focuses on growing the global candidate base in the BlueSteps network through paid ads as well as through on-site optimization. He holds a Bachelor’s of Business Administration in Economics from Baruch College.

Jephenie Ramos

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Jephenie is a dedicated and organized event planner with a wealth of experience in event creation, planning and execution for not-for-profit associations. Prior to the AESC, she worked for the International Council of Shopping Centres (ICSC), where she was responsible for managing membership and events on an international scale. In a similar role at the AESC, Jephenie oversees all membership relations and events for the Americas region. She holds a degree in Business Management from Long Island University CW Post.

Haley Thorpe

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Haley serves as the Manager of Global Marketing & Communications for AESC and is responsible for executing strategies that build the AESC brand and increase engagement of AESC Members, with a focus on email marketing, web content and social media. Haley has several years of experience in marketing with a creative background in photography and videography. She holds a degree in Cinema and Photography from Ithaca College.

Lisa Wales

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Lisa is a marketing, events and communications specialist with extensive global experience. During her career, she has focused primarily on executive careers and leadership development. Lisa produces webinars for the AESC’s executive audience and oversees the executive career services for BlueSteps members.

She holds a Bachelor’s degree in English and History from The University of Southampton, and a Post-Graduate Certificate in International Business from The Mountbatten Institute.

Su Jin You

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Su Jin serves as the Education & Marketing Associate for the AESC in which she works to develop and promote AESC Education programs and webinars, organize annual AESC forums and seminars, and assist in fostering the growth of BlueSteps. She holds a Bachelor’s in International Relations and Education from American University.