Marian DeBerry

About Marian DeBerry

Marian DeBerry has more than 35 years of professional experience, including over 20 years in executive search. While she has conducted searches in the public, private and nonprofit sectors, her work is particularly focused on conducting searches for the senior leadership of mission-driven institutions and organizations. Marian takes time to understand a client’s needs and culture before identifying extraordinary candidates who strengthen organizations and institutions. Her work is most rewarding when she experiences:

• The magic of creating a “perfect” match
• The chance to help organizations think through the implications of their talent decisions
• The opportunity to work with staff and volunteer leaders
• The long term impact that her placements make on their organizations, institutions, and sectors

Prior to joining Campbell & Company, Marian was a vice president with two retained executive search firms and an independent executive search consultant. In addition to her executive search work, Marian has experience in the nonprofit sector as an education administrator and in the corporate sector in commercial banking and treasury administration and management consulting. She served the Bank of Boston and Continental Bank for several years, developing investment portfolio strategies and trading recommendations and managing short-term liability positions. At the Bank of Boston, she served as recruiting team leader for the Wharton (University of Pennsylvania) and Fuqua (Duke University) Schools of Business. Marian began her career with an advocacy organization for female offenders and served as executive director of a university-based educational achievement program for first-generation secondary school students.

Marian has a Bachelor of Psychology and Sociology from Duke University and a Master of Business Administration from the Wharton School of the University of Pennsylvania. She also studied at the London Business School. She serves as Campbell & Company’s Board Member and is a frequent speaker on career development in nonprofit organizations to achieve a diverse and inclusive workforce.