Navigate Forward makes hires for the new year naming Liesl Hyde Forve as new Senior Vice President Strategic Relationships and Business Expansion
Bunny Robinson and Mary Kloehn as Executive Consultants
MINNEAPOLIS, March 16, 2021 /PRNewswire/ -- Liesl Hyde Forve has been named Senior Vice President Strategic Relationships and Business Expansion of Navigate Forward; while Bunny Robinson and Mary Kloehn have been named Executive Consultants. Forve will be coming from her position as Partner at Boyden. Forve, Robinson and Kloehn will begin their new positions March 2021. Navigate Forward provides highly customized support to senior executives who are currently in transition, planning for change in the future or seeking board service, helping them find their passion, their path and their place in the business community.
All women have decades of experience in their respective fields. Forve has spent the past dozen years in the executive transition industry by working for respected firms like Boyden, Williams Executive Search, Versique, and Challenger, Gray & Christmas. Robinson brings more than 25 years of experience in retained executive search, specializing in diverse and inclusive talent management. Kloehn, one of Navigate Forward's founding partners, rejoins the organization as an executive consultant specializing in Board Readiness.
"Now that we're working virtually with leaders around the country, demand for both our Executive Transition Services and Board Readiness offering has increased," said Anne Sample, CEO of Navigate Forward. "We are so pleased to have Liesl, Bunny and Mary join the team to ensure that our clients across the nation have the personalized attention to find their next career move. Their national connections, reputations and top-notch expertise make them the perfect additions to the team."
Forve has an extensive background in executive search; having worked for Boyden, Williams Executive Search and Versique. She was the Regional Director of Sales for Challenger, Gray & Christmas, a nationally based outplacement firm from 2009-2012. She was also one of Navigate Forward's Forum presenters for many years. Forve has a strong network both within the Twin Cities and nationally spanning a career of long-term relationship building across multiple industries, providing guidance to executives in transition.
"This is such a dynamic time to join Navigate Forward, a brand I've long admired," said Liesl Hyde Forve. "The demand for customized executive-level transition services continues to grow and this team has proven expertise delivering our high-touch services in a virtual manner, positioning Navigate Forward for unprecedented expansion."
Bunny Robinson is an accomplished human resources leader and entrepreneur. For more than 25 years, she has served as lead principal of Robinson-Robinson & Associates, a boutique executive search firm specializing in inclusive, balanced and diverse recruiting for senior leaders.
Mary Kloehn is an entrepreneurial business leader, corporate executive and most notably, co-founder of Navigate Forward. After selling the business in 2018, Navigate Forward welcomes her back as an executive consultant. Mary now works exclusively with senior executives who are seeking corporate board of director service, as part of the Board Readiness practice.
Their talents expand the Navigate Forward team to four full time staff and sixteen executive consultants, all working one-on-one to help senior leaders find their next opportunity.
About Navigate Forward
Navigate Forward provides highly customized support to senior executives who are currently in transition, planning change in the future or seeking board service, helping them find their passion, their path and their place in the business community. Since our inception in 2008, we've worked with more than 1,500 clients and 400 companies across the country and around the world. https://www.navigateforward.com
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