Clients Heartily Recommend TMC's Executive Search Services

Dear Jackie,

To the best coach and timekeeper in the business.  You have taught me so much this year and helped me be the president I so wanted to be!  Thank you for your passion, patience, and friendship. -Mike

Michael Ehlert, MD

National President

American Medical Student Association

December 7, 2007

Dear Bob,

     I cannot fully tell you how pleased we are with the services TMC provided to MTS during a very trying and critical period.

     Ed Brenner was the perfect interim ED.  He fit in very well and quickly learned our culture and systems and also contributed his experience in professional society management to us.

     Jackie was a pleasure to work with.  I have been through many executive search processes in my career and have never experienced such an organized, disciplined and methodical approach to candidate recruitment and selection.  The results speak for themselves.

Thank you all.

Kind regards,

Bruce C. Gilman, P.E.

President, Marine Technology Society

Transition Management Consulting and Jackie Eder-Van Hook ran a terrific search process and in record time!  We truly found and hired the most capable candidate who best fit our needs and our culture.  I was happy; my search committee was happy; and the full Boards of Directors was thrilled with the outcome.  Jackie enabled me as CEO to navigate very challenging waters in a politically charged environment. 

She ensured that the process was fair, transparent, inclusive and thorough.  Her professionalism impressed my volunteer leaders and our candidates.  I highly recommend Jackie and Transition Management Consulting for senior association searches.  I could not have had the outcome and board satisfaction with out her leadership. 

Julie Coons, CEO, Tech Council of Maryland

This past year I had the opportunity to work with Jackie Eder-Van Hook of TMC in the search for a new Executive Director for CLARB.  She led our search committee through a precise and structured process that culminated with the presentation of a number of highly qualified candidates for our selection within our established timeframe and budget.  She demonstrated skill and acumen in dealing with a wide variety of diverse committee member personalities while keeping the group focused on the task we had been assigned.  Jackie’s acute ability to understand the culture of our organization and recruit potential candidates that fit our criteria was extremely helpful in getting the right person.

Besides all of the standard activities of a search consultant, Jackie attended our spring meeting and industry trade show in order to better understand our culture; she created a survey of our members to solicit input about the organization’s needs; strategized with us on how to transition the membership to a new leadership style; made a presentation to our membership; made herself available to answer our member’s questions; strategized with us on the candidate negotiations; and strategized with us on how to best communicate the news about the selection of our new executive with our members, stakeholders, and staff.

Cleve Turner III

President Elect

Chair, Search Committee

Council of Landscape Architectural Registration Boards

Read CLARB's Letter of Recommendation

CLARB Presidential Award Recipients, 2007

Awarded to Jackie Eder-Van Hook and Robert T. Van Hook

"For significant contributions to CLARB in the past year and throughout your association with CLARB."