Success in growing our U.S. and U.K. practices has led to expansion in our client base:

2007 - New clients this year include the University of Southern California; Northeastern University; The American Jewish Committee; The Autry National Center; First 5 L.A. and Saint Joseph Ballet.

2006 - New clients this year include American Diabetes Association; KCET (public television); KPCC (public radio); Mills College; MALDEF; The Fullfillment Fund; National Kidney Foundation; Advance Energy; Children's Home Society; Community Vocational Enterprises.

2005 - New clients this year include The Wonder of Reading; Crossroads School; University of Texas; Heifer International; United States Artists Foundation, Roberts Enterprise Development Fund.

2004 - New clients in 2004 included The Weingart Center; The Special Olympics of Southern California; International Trachoma Initiative; Technoserve; FormFactor; The Old Globe Theatre.

2002 - With a view to helping nonprofit employers who cannot afford to retain a nonprofit search firm, Shirley Associates launched DeepSweep, the leading non-profit jobs board in the country. Non-profits can post their jobs for free on DeepSweep.

2001 - New clients in 2001 include the Leukemia and Lymphoma Society, the Galef Institute, the Foundation for the Junior Blind and Junior Achievement.

1998 - Following four years with a leading boutique executive search firm, placing chief executives and senior executives for major local and national employers such as ARCO, House of Fabrics, Navistar, City National Bank and Transamerica, Martin Shirley launched the first U.S. office for Shirley Associates. The Firm has placed over 900 senior executives in 12 countries since it was founded by Roy Shirley in 1972. Shirley Associates is the only international executive search firm with a proven track record of success in recruiting top performers within the nonprofit sector at the local and the international level. In collaboration with our UK sister company-Execucare-we headhunt and place over 50 non-profit executives in the U.S.and Europe each year.

Shirley Associates USA celebrated it's first placement: the Executive Director of Inner City Arts.