Sandra Ford

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Ms. Sandra Ford serves as Executive Vice President at Kelleher Associates. She brings more than 25 years of senior level business, consulting, coaching and financial experience to Kelleher Associates, LLC, particularly in the areas of retained executive search, organizational development and effectiveness, change management and business strategy. As CEO, Managing Director and Founder of The Ford Group, Inc., a national "boutique" retained executive search and consulting firm, Sandra's clients included: PriceWaterhouseCoopers, Dell Computer, Johnson & Johnson, Booz-Allen & Hamilton, Ford Motor Company, Ernst & Young/CapGemini, MCI Communications/Verizon Communications and The Principal Financial Group. The Ford Group consistently delivered outstanding client results through her leadership and passionate commitment to excellence. Prior to founding The Ford Group, Inc., Ms. Sandra was a Principal with Korn/Ferry International. She transitioned to Korn/Ferry from KPMG, a $23 billion (revenues) global accounting and management consulting firm, where she was a Senior Manager in the Strategic Services consulting practice. With an educational background in organizational dynamics, business and accounting, Ms. Sandra's consulting engagements have included strategic and business planning; organizational development and effectiveness; financial systems, information technology and human resources improvement. She also was a human resources consultant for Hay Management Consultants in their specialized variable compensation practice. Prior to that, she was a Senior Consulting Manager for Laventhol & Horwath, formerly a top ten global management consulting and accounting firm. Ms. Sandra began her career with KPMG on the accounting services side as an auditor and CPA. At Kelleher Associates, Ms. Sandra consults with executives and senior managers in career transition, and coaches them in performance improvement, team building and interpersonal skills. With firsthand experience in the retained executive search business and recruitment industry, clients benefit from her unique perspective on conducting an effective job search campaign. Ms. Sandra earned her Master of Science in Organizational Dynamics degree from the University of Pennsylvania, graduating with highest honors, and her Bachelor of Science in Business Administration (accounting emphasis) degree from Penn State University, graduating magna cum laude. She is a Certified Public Accountant with an active license in Pennsylvania and is a member of both PICPA and AICPA. She is also involved in various alumni organizations for Penn and Penn State, and has served on a number of Nonprofit and Community Boards.