ABOUT SOURCE

OUR TEAM

Kaarla McKenzie

President & Managing Director

“Cookery is not chemistry. It is an art. It requires instinct and taste rather than exact measurements.” ~ Marcel Boulestin

JOB SEEKERS

Mary Brockman

VP & Managing Director

“Things are only impossible, until they’re not.” ~ Capt. Picard

LLAP

Irina Ramsey

Director of Research

“…photography is an art of observation. It’s about finding something interesting in an ordinary place… I’ve found it has little to do with the things you see and everything to do with the way you see them.” ~ Elliott Erwitt

Kaarla McKenzie

Kaarla McKenzie, President and Managing Director, has over twenty years’ experience managing the executive search process, with expertise in career counseling, professional development, salary negotiation, and conflict resolution. She founded Source in 2004. Kaarla has served as chair of the National Association of Executive Recruiters and is a past Executive Committee member of the National Association of Woman Business Owners’ regional chapter.

Lover of nature, animals, and adventure travel, Kaarla is an aspiring gourmand, and a fearless farm-fresh home cook. Sometimes wrestling her pet pig or chickens, sometimes quietly encouraging a souffle, Kaarla has a knack for sourcing talent who will compliment a client’s team and objectives.

Mary Brockman

Mary Brockman, VP & Managing Director, joined the company in 2007 after a successful career in advertising and marketing for Fortune 500 companies and top-notch agencies. Mary manages operations, new business and targeted recruitment or on requested searches. Her reputation for succeeding on challenging searches, has made her well suited and highly sought to work on the more tangled or complicated positions- Mary will make it her mission to deliver.

A life-long sci-fi fan, Mary is inspired by exploring the possibilities of every search and discovering the unique matches between business enterprise and candidate.

Irina Ramsey

Irina Ramsey, Director of Research, joined the company in 2004 and served in a variety of key positions in Research, Digital Marketing and Executive Administration. Her efforts in digital and social media sourcing techniques and spearheading advancements in data mining has improved overall lead generation activities. She has an uncanny ability to identify very specific and often, hard to spot, talent markers in targeted geographies and industries.

An avid amateur photographer, Irina is often out hunting for her next great shot. Her eye for detail and timing allows her to see what is often missed by others- a skill that translates well to an excellent candidate researcher.

Testimonials

Our industry has been struggling with a shortage of qualified individuals who can deliver world class service. In hopes of finding the right candidates, we introduced Mary and her firm to a whole new field, Funeral Service. Mary rose to the task, educated herself on our profession, and presented us with the well qualified candidates sought by our profession. She truly exceeded our expectations which has allowed us to exceed the expectations of those we serve each day.

John T. McQueen, CFSP President & CEO
Anderson McQueen Funeral & Cremation Center
Author of “Lessons from the Dead”

Source’s key point of difference is a willingness to really understand our agency’s culture, our business and our people. This allows them to better screen and assess candidates who would be a good fit and great hires. The extra time and effort they spend makes all the difference in the agency/recruiter relationship and experience – after all, why would you want to work with recruiters who merely send you every lousy resume they can find in hopes of getting one to “stick”. Source makes the process of recruitment and hiring as easy as possible.

Mark Ducnuigeen
VP, Account Service
Integer

Source Executive are the champions you want on your side. I was confident they had my best interest in mind throughout the search process. They were quick to analyze situations and provide expectations at every stage. In the end they gave guidance to negotiate my salary above market. To top it all off, they are a group of the most sincere, honest, and down to earth people I have had the pleasure to work with.

Nick Riegal
Field Director, McDonald’s Zimmerman Advertising

[Source] always understood and anticipated our needs; they provided a good template for how to source, qualify and hire the appropriate candidate. Our account manager always made herself available to us and provided helpful and useful counsel. She put our company’s needs first and foremost.

MaryEllen McKenna
HR Director
Timberline

We are in a truly difficult time, 6-8% unemployment. Millions of people are looking for work in addition to all the college graduates who are out in the job market. Posting one opening on a job board or Newspaper could result in thousands of applicants sending you emails. I know from personal experience that once you give Source Executive Search your criteria, within days you will be able to conduct interviews with the cream of the crop. Source Executive will deliver the right person, with the right qualities, at the right time.

Roberto Abad
Director Sales & Marketing
Cultura

FKQ has had the pleasure of partnering with Source Executive Search for more than a decade. They take the time to learn your cultural, understand the team and use that intuition to provide candidates that compliment your existing team. Mary and her team are thorough, intuitive and great matchmakers finding candidates that are long-term successful members of our company.

Karen L. Gorenflo
Executive Vice President
FKQ Advertising + Marketing

They handled everything and I didn’t have to worry or think about follow up. I’d go back to SOURCE first with staffing needs because of the service, quality candidates, understanding of the needs of my organization and their thoroughness.

Rhema Hernandez
Sr. Manager, Regional Marketing
Panera Bread

They brought forward qualified candidates that were not necessarily looking for a new job.

Scott
President/COO

I was most pleased with [Source’s] personalized service, level of responsive attention and taking the time to fully understand our needs.

James Gresham
Chief Executive Officer
Rennhack Marketing Services