WE ARE THE LEADING RETAINED
EXECUTIVE SEARCH FIRM
PARTNERING WITH THE B2C LANDSCAPE.
Jeremy
Cohen
Co-Founder & CEO
M.A. - Columbia University in the City of New York (Organizational Psychology)
B.A. - University of Pittsburgh
Expertise in organizational behavior and integrating key leaders into businesses amid scale, growth and transformation. Former youngest Principal firmwide at DHR Global Executive Search. Thought leader on the new paradigm of B2C at the intersection of omni-channel commerce, brands, services, marketplaces, content, community and experiences.
Kelli
Walker Telling
Co-Founder & Managing Partner
M.B.A. - University of Southern California
B.A. - University of California at Berkeley
Began her career in General Electric’s Emerging Leaders Program and went on to be an operator within GE’s Lighting business unit prior to joining Deloitte Management Consulting. Co-Founded The Talent Studios in 2011, focused on B2C executive search across CEO, President, Marketing, Finance and Technology assignments.
Gretchen
Koch
Associate Partner
MBA – Northwestern University (Kellogg)
B.A. – University of Pennsylvania (Wharton)
Formerly executive search consultant at Russell Reynolds Associates focused on omnichannel consumer brands, digital marketplaces and B2C edutech. Prior to search, classically-trained brand executive at Peet’s Coffee and Nestle. Began career in consulting at PricewaterhouseCoopers and Swander Pace & Company & Kurt Salmon Associates.
Heather
Porter
Associate Partner
B.A. - Greensboro College
Seasoned executive search professional who began her search career at boutique executive search firm, Charles Aris Executive Search, and has conducted over 200 searches. Her vertical domain expertise includes omni-channel commerce, fashion & apparel, beauty, food & beverage, wellness & fitness and multi-unit four-wall services.
Renée
Motley
Associate Partner
MBA – Stanford University Graduate School of
B.A. – Harvard University
Leads the firm’s Talent & Performance Management Practice and is recognized by the International Coaching Federation as a Newfield Certified Executive Coach. Began career investing at J.P. Morgan in New York & London. Joined fintech platform Robinhood ($24B market cap) as its first business hire, leading operational scaling up to its IPO in July 2021.
Libby
Kiggins
Chief of Staff
B.A. - The University of Arizona
Began her search career in New York City, in operations & sales support at a consumer-facing recruitment firm focused on Marketing, Digital & Creative hires. At The Talent Studios, she partners closely with the CEO on strategy, business development, client management, operational optimization and special projects.
Serena
Smith
Senior Associate
B.S. – Bucknell University
Supporting firm Partners across Omni-Channel Retail, Consumer Products, Beauty, Marketplaces, Content/Media & Edutech. Undergraduate degree in Applied Mathematics with a concentration in Statistics. She received a full merit scholarship to attend Bucknell from Home Depot founder, Ken Langone, as part of the Langone-Walling Scholarships.
Katlyn
Maloney
Senior Associate
M.A. – Chicago School of Professional Psychology (Organizational Psychology)
B.A. – Florida Gulf Coast University
Most recently on the internal Executive Search team at Amazon, focused on its Entertainment, Content & Media business. She began her search career at DHR Global Executive Search, where she supported its President on leadership searches across Retail/Consumer, Sports and Private Equity.
E.K.
Goebel
Senior Associate
B.A. – The Ohio State University
Began search career at Charles Aris Executive Search, focused on retail/consumer, executing multiple CEO searches and cross-functional executive hires. Joined executive search team at apparel portfolio, Kontoor Brands, following its divestiture from VF Corporation. E.K. was a NCAA Division 1 athlete (Rowing) at The Ohio State University.