Interview with Board Director Search Firm Experts Lisa Ward & Adam Zajac

Resume Storyteller with Virginia Franco

OUR CHAT

Lisa and Adam broke down:

• Core differences between service on nonprofit, startup and public boards.
• Key messaging to include in board marketing collateral (hint: it’s different than what you share as a job seeker on your resume)
• The skills you must possess to serve on a public board.
• Who and how to network to identify board opportunities.

ABOUT LISA

As a Senior Partner with JamesDruryPartners, Lisa’s experience includes decades of performing board director search assignments, corporate governance consulting projects and support to Private Equity Clients. Sectors of expertise include consumer goods, healthcare products and industrial manufacturing.

ABOUT ADAM

As Head Writer & Editor for JamesDruryPartners, Adam is a certified resume writer and career branding expert who has written career marketing collateral for America’s premier business leaders and Fortune 500 C-level executives.

He shares his expertise with universities, nonprofits and business associations – and serves on the Board of Directors for The National Resumes Writers Association.

ABOUT JAMESDRURYPARTNERS

JamesDruryPartners is one of America’s foremost board advisory services firms with clients that span industry and range in size from $100M to $260B in revenue.

They’ve advised the boards of major corporations regarding governance policy, director evaluation, best practices and CEO succession, and introduced qualified candidates for IPOs and spinouts, to replace retiring directors and reinvigorate legacy boards.

LEARN MORE:

Website: www.jdrurypartners.com

JamesDruryPartners LinkedIn: linkedin.com/company/james-drury-partners

Adam Zajac LinkedIn: linkedin.com/in/adamzajac

Lisa Ward LinkedIn: linkedin.com/in/catladychicago