| NEERC
New England Executive Resources
Council
The
Mission
The
New England Executive Resources Council was formed in December
1996 by a small group of human resource executives, executive
resources professionals, and retained search executives who
share a common desire to meet as peers and present ideas,
interests, and opinions. The NEERC is unique in its organization
structure and its goals, and as a result, over the past decade
it has spawned a professional camaraderie equal to none.
The
Meetings
The
Council meets on a quarterly basis for breakfast at the Doubletree
Hotel, Waltham, MA. A founding member usually hosts the event.
The host makes the arrangements and sets the theme for the
meeting. There is always a guest speaker who presents on his/her
expertise. A fun raffle is standard fare.
Members
are encouraged to bring guests to meetings whom they believe
could add perspective or dynamism to the group’s objectives.
In
addition to the “formal” meetings, the Council
has an annual golf tournament at The International Golf Club.
There
are no elected leaders of the Council. Direction is provided
through consensus of the founders. Straube Associates has
been designated as the responsible party for the logistics
of the meetings.
A
natural outgrowth of these peer meetings is open, honest,
and timely communication on social, professional, and business
levels. Members get answers and perspectives they otherwise
might not have had access or exposure to in standard industry
groups.
Read
notes from our previous meetings:
Founding
Members
Don
Batsford, Ben Beaver, Doug Cooney, Paul Costello,
Marcy
Fawcett, Jim Gilreath, Dennis Hatch, Bob Hetzel,
Jim
Lane, Al McCarthy, Ed O’Brien, Bob Partridge, Stan
Straube
and Elaine Varelas
Professional
Excellence Award
The
Council annually presents an Award for Professional Excellence
to a member they regard as having contributed significantly
to the growth and development of the human resource/executive
search/executive resources professions.
- 1997
Recipient - J. Paul Costello, Founder & President of
the Corporate Staffing Center, Inc.
- 1998
Recipient - Stanley H. Straube, Founder & President
of Straube Associates/Executive Search
- 1999
Recipient - Robert Kleven, Founder & President of Kleven
Grays/Executive Search & HR Consulting
- 2000
Recipient - Irving Sands, Founder & President of Irving
Sands Recruiting Consultants
- 2001
Recipient - Frank McCarthy, Founder & former CEO of
Xavier Associates, and Founder of Diverse Workplace
- 2003
Recipient - Joanne Warren, President of Warren Associates
- 2005
Recipient – James Gilreath, Founder and President,
Gilreath Executive Search
Previous
Meetings
| Speaker |
Topic |
| Bob
Davis |
“Discovering
Financial Synergy” |
| Joe
Maglitta |
“State-of-the-Art Technology in Data, Voice &
Communications” |
| Arthur
Canter |
“Boston Hotels: The Lowdown on What’s Going
Up” |
| Lars
Perkins |
“Internet
Recruiting” |
| Frances
Moseley |
“Solving
Diversity Staffing & Retention Issues in the New Millennium” |
| Charlie
Anderson |
“Life
Under Web Time” |
| David
Lord |
“Recruiting
& Retention in the 2001 Economy” |
| Nancy
Stephens |
“Business
Development in Trying Times” |
|
Jonathan Pond |
“Your
Financial Road Map” |
|
Billy Sheehan |
“The
Relationship of Fitness with Success” |
| James
Ayraud |
“Sales:
The Road to a Better Economy” |
| Ross
Kerber |
“The
Outlook for the Defense & Technology Industries in
Mass” |
| Panel |
“The
Future of Executive Resources: Search, Outplacement, Coaching” |
| Panel |
“The
Issues Associated with Staffing in the Far East” |
| Andy
Fligor |
“Private
Equity & Venture Capital Industry Overview” |
| Diane
Darling |
“LinkedIn:
Effective Networking Tool or Ploy to Expose Everyone You
Know?” |
| Panel |
“Massachusetts
Economy / 2006 – Fueling Employment & Business
Opportunities” |
| Stan
Straube |
“Golf…the
Game of Business” |
| Glenn
Gutmacher |
“Internet
Research at Lightspeed” |
| David
Corbett |
"New,
Meaningful Alternatives to Full Retirement" |
| Dave
Opton |
"Executive
Landscape 2007" |
| Michael
O'Hara |
"Harvard's
Impact on the Massachusetts Economy" |
| Michael
Manning |
"Intellectual
Property" & its role in Corporate & University
Strategic Research Development" |
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