CHICAGO (February 8, 2023) – Leading talent advisory firm DHR Global announces that it has formally merged its Consumer and Retail Practice Groups into one global practice, now called Consumer & Retail. Kristi LeBlanc and Marcey Rubin Stamas, formerly global leaders of the Consumer Practice Group, and Tricia Logan, formerly global leader of the Retail Practice Group, will assume leadership positions for the combined practice.
While the consumer and retail sectors have experienced incredible volatility and change in recent years, DHR Global continues to invest in and focus on helping clients find and hire the exceptional talent they need to continue to grow and innovate.
“DHR Global’s Consumer and Retail practices separately had a long history of helping leading companies hire exceptional talent,” stated DHR Global CEO, Geoff Hoffmann. “By combining these successful practices under Marcey, Tricia and Kristi’s leadership, we are creating an even stronger offering to service the consumer and retail markets.”
For more than 25 years, LeBlanc has been retained at the CEO, board and officer level for the world’s most prominent and innovative consumer and retail and hospitality brands within public, private and private equity companies. One of DHR’s top performing consultants since joining the firm in 2008, LeBlanc has also been recognized by the Business Journal as one of the Top 25 Most Influential Women Industry Leaders and has received numerous awards for excellence in executive search throughout her career.
Logan specializes in helping companies hire leaders who build brands and drive revenue growth, in partnership with consumer-facing businesses from startups to multi-billion-dollar firms. With an expertise spanning general management, marketing, merchandising and design, she brings a creative approach to supporting clients through executive search engagements across the C-suite and leadership succession projects. Logan’s in-depth market knowledge and long-term candidate relationships have made her a trusted advisor, supporting clients on talent and organizational issues and building pipelines of future talent.
Rubin Stamas joined DHR in 1998 and has been instrumental in the growth of the Retail and Consumer Practices. She is known for her successful attraction of talent at the CEO, board and officer levels across all functional areas in public, private and private equity companies, spanning consumer, retail, hospitality, fintech and health & wellness. Rubin Stamas is one of the firm’s leading consultants and has been recognized as one of the most influential people in Chicago business according to Crain’s Chicago Business, and has been known for her client and candidate engagement skills and her personal involvement in all aspects of every search.