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smader@onpartners.com | 781.799.3039
Steve Mader
Strategic Partner, Board Services
Years in Executive Search: 30+ years of experience in executive leadership and corporate governance.
Functions Served: As a strategic partner to more than 100 boards and CEOs, he has facilitated board assessments and 350+ new director appointments and CEO succession projects.
Organization Types Served: His clients have crossed all industries and markets, from Analog Devices to Ford Motor Company, from Flir Systems to Owens Corning and Dominos, from Alexion to Kaiser Health and Ryder Systems.
Background:
Named one of the 100 most influential executives in the U.S. for corporate governance eight times by the National Association of Corporate Directors.
Served for 10 years as vice chairman and managing director for board services at Korn Ferry. As vice chairman, he led the practice, facilitating clients’ board of director processes, director recruitment and selection, and CEO advisement and succession. His decade of service took place during a time of unmatched turbulence and aggressive evolution within corporate boards.
Served as CEO of executive search firm CTPartners. During his six-year tenure, the firm self-funded 30-times growth with international offices and eight domestic operations, becoming the tenth largest in the field.
Holds a Bachelor of Science in mechanical engineering from Purdue University and an MBA from Northeastern University.
steve’s news.
RECOGNIZING DIVERSE LEADERS AND ORGANIZATIONS WITHIN THE ON COMMUNITY
The ON community of executive leaders and organizations is making progress on our important DEI journey, recognizing the great strides made in 2020 As a values-driven executive search firm, we believe a better experience starts with a more diverse experience....
SUCCESSFUL PLACEMENT: SUNWORKS – CEO
Transformational Leader with Established History of Driving Growth to Lead Sunworks Connect With ON (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Sunworks, Inc. (Nasdaq: SUNW), a provider of solar power solutions for agriculture, commercial and industrial (ACI), public works and residential...
SUCCESSFUL PLACEMENTS: AGERO – BOARD MEMBERS
Agero Appoints Monique Bonner and Mark Benjamin to Advisory Board Connect With ON Agero (formerly Cross Country Automotive Services), a $1B+ provider of next-gen driver assistance services, has appointed Monique Bonner and Mark Benjamin to the Agero Advisory Board....
TOP 5 MOST POPULAR ARTICLES OF 2020 FROM ON PARTNERS
Read the top 5 most popular executive search insights in 2020 from ON Partners A Year In Review 2020 - While we’re all excited to welcome the new year, at ON Partners, we think it's important to look back at the lessons learned in 2020. Below are the most...
WHAT WILL IT TAKE TO BE A SUCCESSFUL CEO OR BOARD MEMBER IN 2021?
Baillie Parker, Partner and Tim Conti, Managing Partner at ON Partners Discuss Successful Leadership Traits for CEOs and Board Members That Will Be Required in the Post-Pandemic Era Connect With ON Published in Hunt Scanlon 2020 State of the Industry...
BOARD EFFECTIVENESS BEGINS WITH DIRECTOR SELECTION – PUBLISHED IN BOARD LEADERSHIP JOURNAL
Steve Mader and Shawn Oglesbee are partners in the Board Services practice at executive search firm ON Partners. In this article published in the Board Leadership Journal, they discuss some of the challenges and nuances of recruiting new board members. ...