Jeff Parker

Professional Focus

• Nearly 25 years’ experience in executive search and leadership consulting for the healthcare sector
• Leads searches for C-suite and VP-level roles across all functional areas within healthcare
• Partners with non-profit and for-profit organizations including multi-state integrated delivery systems, provider-sponsored health plans, post-acute and hospice facilities, healthcare associations, academic medical centers, and Fortune 500 public payers
• Broad leadership expertise spanning organizational leadership, talent alignment, leadership development and succession planning, as well as performance and organizational assessment

Business Expertise

• Vice President at an executive search and leadership consulting firm focused exclusively on healthcare; promoted from Senior Consultant role
• Director - Executive Search Division at Stratum Med, Inc. / Carle Health System
• Principal at an executive search firm specializing in healthcare and non-profit leadership; promoted from Research Director & Associate Recruiter role
• Search Consultant at a healthcare recruitment firm; involved in healthcare and medical practice consulting, and physician recruitment
• Programs Director & Tutor at Johns Hopkins University Center For Talented Youth (CTY)

Practice Memberships

Industry Practices

• Healthcare & Life Sciences
  • Healthcare Providers
  • Healthcare Technology

Additional Expertise

• Healthcare Post-Acute and End-of-Life Care
• Healthcare Payors
• Healthcare Associations

Education & Certifications

• Master’s degree in organizational leadership from Gonzaga University School of Leadership Studies, Spokane, WA
• Bachelor’s degree from Eastern Illinois University
• AHIP Certification in Healthcare Management, America’s Health Insurance Plans
• Hogan Certification, Hogan Assessment Systems
• Certificate in Servant Leadership, Greenleaf Center for Servant Leadership

Affiliations & Awards

• Member, Association of Executive Search Consultants (AESC)
• Member, Association of Organizational Development (AOD)
• Volunteer Awards Committee Member, National Hospice & Palliative Care Organization
• Board Member, Greater Illinois Chapter of Parkinson’s Foundation Advocacy Board