Leadership Recruitment for Nonprofit Organizations
Helping mission-driven organizations across NYC find visionary, diverse, and executive leaders who can inspire real impact.
Campbell & Company specializes in nonprofit executive search designed to meet the leadership needs of mission-driven organizations across New York City.
Whether you’re looking for a Chief Executive Officer, Executive Director, or Chief Development Officer, our team is here to help you identify and attract top-tier talent who can lead with impact — right here in the Big Apple.
Chief Executive Searches
We provide strategic guidance and insights to recruit leaders who embody your values and inspire results.
C-Suite Searches
From CEOs, CMOs, CDOs to CFOs, and beyond, we identify transformation leaders who will move your mission forward.
Board Member Searches
We connect you with board candidates whose values, skills, and networks align with your strategic priorities.
Staffing Services
From discovery conversations to building a strong candidate roster, we equip you with everything you need to start your next search on the right foot.
Rooted in purpose. Driven by impact.
New York’s nonprofit leaders are bold, resourceful, and mission driven. They know how to navigate complexity, lead through change, and create community in one of the world’s most dynamic urban environments. The right leader for your NYC nonprofit must bring more than just experience—they must understand the city’s energy, its challenges, and its deep-rooted culture of service and innovation. That’s where we come in.
As a nonprofit executive search partner, we bring a wealth of local knowledge, a broad network of diverse talent, and an inclusive, equity-centered approach to executive search. We focus on finding candidates who not only match your values and goals but also thrive in the fast-moving, high-stakes world of New York nonprofit organizations.
Sarah Beraki, Vice President of Executive Search
How I Help You Succeed
As a nonprofit executive search consultant with deep roots in the Big Apple, I understand the unique dynamics that shape leadership in New York City and beyond, from the intersection of foundations, advocacy group, cultural institution, or social impact startup, I bring the expertise, relationships, and care required to match your mission with the right leadership. I work closely with mission-driven organizations to find leaders who are not only highly qualified but also genuinely aligned with your values, your community, and your vision for impact.
The nonprofit sector in New York City is unique.
So Is My Approach.
The region is diverse demographically, geographically, and organizationally. I bring a deep understanding of how nonprofit organizations work here—and what kind of leadership succeeds.
Regional Expertise
I know how to tailor outreach, messaging, and evaluation to resonate with the diverse communities and leadership expectations across the region.
Sector Fluency
Whether you’re a health-focused foundation, an arts & culture organization, or a higher education institution, I understand the competencies and lived experience your next leader needs.
A Network That Matters
I connect you with top-tier, mission-driven talent who are deeply embedded in the Big Apple.
A Process You Can Trust
I guide you from defining the role to onboarding the hire, with a focus on clarity, equity, and leadership alignment every step of the way.
We are passionate about the nonprofit sector.
We partner with people and organizations that change lives every day. For more than 45 years, we have helped our nonprofit partners across the country mobilize resources and build resilience. The good they each do in their communities is our greatest measure of success. Here are some of the partners we have proudly supported so far:
Open Space Institute client story
With more than 50 years of experience in conservation, restoration, advocacy, and community engagement, the Open Space Institute (OSI) stands as a national leader in the environmental sector.
Watch how OSI engaged Campbell & Company for expertise in structuring and expanding their development team.
People matter. Results matter.
Success Rate
Diverse Slates
Years of Nonprofit Recruiting Experience
Years Average Tenure Placement
Voted by nonprofit leaders and business executives
Campbell & Company has been listed as one of the country’s best executive search firms by Forbes Magazine and named one of Women of Color in Fundraising and Philanthropy (WOC)’s Top 10 search firms for placing extraordinary leaders of color for three consecutive years.
Crain’s Chicago Business Magazine recently named us one of Chicago’s Best Places to Work; Seattle Business Magazine also named us one of Washington’s Best Companies to Work For.
Sector-specific expertise.
We’re as comfortable talking composers with a symphony conductor as we are getting in the weeds – literally – with folks fighting to save our planet. Campbell & Company knows that different corners of the nonprofit sector have different norms and needs, and we’re ready to dig deeply alongside you.
Are you ready to move your mission forward?
Let’s build leadership that reflects the complexity, diversity, and bold vision of New York City and beyond–together.