Diversity

• Witt/Kieffer values diversity and is committed to equal opportunity for all persons regardless of race, creed, color, religion, national origin, citizenship, age, sex, sexual orientation, disability, marital status, veteran status, or any other status protected by law.  Witt/Kieffer complies with all EEOC requirements in its own hiring practices and in the practice of executive search and on behalf of all clients.  
  
  
• In 2007, Witt/Kieffer released a study on Advancing Diversity Leadership in Health Care. The study, released in cooperation with the Institute for Diversity in Health Management, explores the business case for – and the extent to which healthcare organizations have embraced – cultural diversity at the executive level.
  
  
• We identify multicultural candidates from our proprietary database of nearly 9,000 diversity executives, and through outreach efforts to a wide variety of minority professional organizations. These include the National Association of Health Services Executives (NAHSE), the Association of Hispanic Healthcare Executives (AHHE), National Association of Black Accountants, National Black MBA Association, National Society for Hispanic Professionals/Association of Latino Professionals in Finance and Accounting, National Society of Hispanic MBAs Association, Association of Women in Finance, American Woman’s Society of CPAs, and the Association of Chinese Finance Professionals. 
  
  
• Nearly 40 percent of Witt/Kieffer’s executive placements are women and minorities – arguably the best diversity executive placement rate among top executive search firms – and proof of our commitment to develop diverse slates of candidates on behalf of our clients.
  
  
• Over the last five years, minority placements represent nearly 10 percent of Witt/Kieffer’s total firm placements – and, overall, 34 percent of our placements are women.
  
  
• We present four times as many minority candidates to our clients as those selected as the finalist.
  
  
• We’ve placed 82 minority candidates in presidential/CEO positions.
  
  
• Fifty percent of the firm’s partners are women.
  
  
• Fifty-six percent of the consulting staff are women.
  
  
• Women direct eight of 17 Witt/Kieffer offices locations.
  
  
• Four Witt/Kieffer board members are women.
  
  
• The New York Times cited Witt/Kieffer as one of few equal-opportunity recruiters.
  
  
• Witt/Kieffer is a charter member of the American Hospital Association’s Institute for Diversity in Health Management (IFD) and supports the National Association of Healthcare Service Executives and other organizations supporting diversity in not-for-profit arenas.
  
  
• Howard Jessamy, who leads the firm’s Diversity Practice, is based in our Bethesda, MD, office. Howard received the “Diversity Champion Award” from the Institute for Diversity in Health Management in 2004.



• Witt/Kieffer was recognized for its Outstanding Organizational Support to the mission of the Institute for Diversity in Health Management in 2004 and received the NAHSE Outstanding Organization of the Year Award in 2007.



• For more information about diversity, visit the Institute for Diversity in Health Management: www.diversityconnection.org