Katherine brings over 20 years of talent management consulting experience to the formation of Young Search Partners, LLC having worked for the largest global firms in both the executive search and career management consulting industries. Katherine formed Young search Partners with over 14 years experience in the executive search industry, previously as Director of the Retained Search Division for Hudson Highland Group and prior as a Principal with Korn Ferry International. Katherine’s search experience has spanned across industry and functional roles to include search assignments in consumer/retail, financial services, manufacturing, and education / non-profit sectors with a focus on critical leadership roles in Human Resources, Finance, Operations and Sales and Marketing. Katherine’s prior experience in Career and Leadership consulting only strengthens the value she brings to recruiting critical leadership talent for her clients. Katherine spent over 10 years with the top two global leaders in the career management services sector―Right Management Consultants and Lee Hecht Harrison. Here Katherine’s central focus was consulting to CEO’s around key retention and top performance coaching initiatives. A native of Connecticut, Katherine received her Bachelor of Arts degree with a major in Psychology from Ohio Wesleyan University in Delaware, Ohio. Katherine remains very active and committed to her involvement in the business community serving on several boards to include the Board of Directors and Executive Committee of Big Brothers Big Sisters, Chair of the Greater Tampa Chamber of Commerce Workforce Development Council, and graduate of the Leadership Tampa class of 2005.