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Principal
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For almost 20 years Megan has served the nonprofit sector and has deep experience with nonprofits, executive search, and organizational assessment and consultation. She focuses her search practice on CEO searches across the nonprofit sector, with a particular emphasis in associations, foundations, museums, gardens, and social services organizations. In addition to providing executive search services, she engages in other consulting services for our clients. Her special talent lies in working collaboratively with search committees through a highly relational approach. She excels at assisting committees through the search process and engaging top nonprofit talent.
Megan joined Kittleman in 2008 and has held increasingly responsible positions culminating in her current role of Principal. Megan served as an Associate and Senior Associate at Kittleman and has completed nearly 200 searches for CEOs and senior executives during her tenure. She started her career in the nonprofit sector while serving as the Director of the Network of Nonprofit Search Consultants for over a decade. NNSC, a professional association comprised of some of the country’s leading nonprofit executive search practitioners, provides a forum for the development of best industry practices. She now enjoys membership in the group and had served in multiple leadership roles, including chairing the Marketing and Social Media Committee and serving on the Executive Committee.
Megan also brings a significant business background to Kittleman. She worked at Merrill Lynch in the Private Wealth Management division in Chicago. Earlier in her career, she was in retail management for Talbots in the Chicago and St. Louis markets, managing multiple locations.
A deep dedication to her community is demonstrated through numerous volunteer leadership roles with local nonprofits inclusive of lending her expertise on multiple search committees. Her recent civic leadership includes serving on the Board of Directors for Momenta Dance Company as Vice President/Secretary and she is a member of Women Leaders in Philanthropy.
Megan received a Bachelor of Arts degree from the University of Missouri – Columbia in Marketing and Management. She has a love for all things culinary, gardening, and entertaining. Megan is based out of our Chicago office and a fifth-generation Chicagoan. She and her husband live in Oak Park and have two young adult children.