Executive Search Case Studies

When we talk about opportunity, experience, and the right season for both an organization and a leader to come together, Alexandra Salas and SECU Family House Winston-Salem are a perfect case study.

CapDev is proud to have partnered with the SECU Family House on the Richard J. Reynolds, III & Marie M. Reynolds Campus in Winston-Salem on the executive search that led to the appointment of Alexandra Salas as its new Executive Director.

Welcoming Ryan Fehrman to the Eno River Association: A Seasoned Leader for a Beloved Landscape By Stephanie Flores de Valgaz The Eno River Association (ERA) partnered with CapDev to conduct a Comprehensive Executive Search and welcomed Ryan Fehrman in February 2025 as its new Executive Director, a mission-driven leader who brings decades of nonprofit experience […]

Art Museum Selects Internal Candidate as new E.D. When long-time executive director, Anne Brennan, announced her retirement earlier this year, she had at her side her steady Deputy Director, Heather Wilson. Wilson took over the Interim roles, and now Wilson sits in the lead seat. Conducting a search with a known internal candidate not only […]

New President and CEO for Goodwill NWNC Shared by Goodwill Industries of Northwest NC: Goodwill Industries of Northwest North Carolina, Inc. today announced that Barbara Maida-Stolle has been named as president and CEO, effective Jan. 1, 2021. Executive search firm CapDev and Goodwill’s Board of Directors initiated the search for the organization’s new leader in […]

Chief Advancement Officer brings exciting blend of arts & education

Capital Development Services has been named the UNC system’s search firm vendor of choice

New VP is selected not just for her “cultural fit,” but also for her “cultural contribution”

Conducting the search for Mitchell Community College’s next president

CapDev’s Candidate Discovery & Screening (CDS) service used to find new CEO