Deborah Coogan Seltzer

Managing Director

Atlanta

Deborah Coogan Seltzer is a Partner in the Atlanta Office of Boyden global executive search. Deb was previously a Vice President and Partner with another national firm. Throughout her search career she has worked extensively in the pharmaceutical/biotech and medical device sectors of the healthcare/life sciences industry, serving clients ranging from start-ups to Fortune 100 organizations.

During her 16 years in search, Deb has built a strong knowledge base in terms of both the ever-evolving healthcare/life sciences industry and the effective execution of search in that highly competitive marketplace. This foundation has enabled her to recruit top-level executives across a broad array of functional areas including executive/general management, sales, marketing, human resources, business development and finance. Importantly, she has also successfully completed assignments for more technically oriented executives in such areas as R&D, clinical and pre-clinical development, technical operations/manufacturing, scientific affairs/regulatory and quality assurance.

Deb graduated with high honors from Douglass College/Rutgers University with a Bachelor of Arts degree in Political Science and Spanish. She subsequently received an honors Master of Science degree in Economics (European studies) from Trinity College, University of Dublin, Ireland as a Rotary Foundation Scholar.

Deb is currently the President of the Atlanta Chapter of the Healthcare Businesswomen's Association (www.hbanet.org), and serves on that organization's National Board.