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Meet the team

Andrew Sherwood

Managing Director
a.sherwood@stantonchase.com

In addition to being Managing Director of the Stanton Chase New York ROC, Andrew was a founding partner of Goodrich & Sherwood, in 1970. As a certified Management Consultant (CMC), Andy's 30-year senior level executive search and consulting background covers a wide range, spanning most industries.

He headed the Business Task Force for the Reagan and Bush White House and has served as a Congressional Advisor. Listed in Who's Who in Finance and Industry, and Who's Who in the World, Andy's professional affiliations include the Young Presidents' Organization, where he was chapter chairman, the World Presidents' Organization, and the Chief Executive Organization.

In 1990, and each year since, Andy has been elected to the top 100 Executive Search Consultants in the United States. He is an honors graduate from Nichols College where he has served as a Trustee and head of the Executive Committee. He majored in management at Farleigh Dickinson University Graduate School of Business and the Harvard Business School CEO program. Andy is a member of the Explorers Club and has served on the board of Safari Clubs International and a number of other company and not for profit boards.

Industry Practice Expertise:

  • Logistics and Transportation

Charles D. Wright

Managing Director
c.wright@stantonchase.com

Chuck has provided consulting services for over 30 years to key business leaders in the identification, evaluation, selection and placement of executives into their organizations.

Chuck is an alumnus of the University of California, Berkeley and the Managing Organization Effectiveness program at the Harvard Business School. He has served on and led several community and not-for-profit boards. In his corporate life, Chuck was most recently the Senior Human Resources Officer of Richardson Vicks USA, a Procter & Gamble company. Earlier assignments at Vicks included Vice President, Human Resources of Vicks Health Care and Beauty Care, and Vice President, Human Resources of International where he was responsible for Latin America, the Asia-Pacific Rim and Canada. He brought this expertise into executive search 10 years ago, and thoroughly enjoys leading search engagements across several industries. His assignments have included a breadth of senior management positions.

Industry Practice Expertise:

  • Consumer Products and Services
  • Life Sciences and Healthcare

Leonard J. Doherty

Director
l.doherty@stantonchase.com

Len has been a retainer-based executive recruiter and staffing consultant since 1983. Prior to joining Stanton Chase in 2008, he spent 17 years operating his own boutique search firm in the Boston area. Previously, he was a Vice President with two small executive search firms where he focused primarily on technology-related assignments. Len has successfully managed engagements across all functional disciplines. Clients encompass a broad spectrum of the technology and financial services sectors ranging from venture-funded startups to Fortune 50 companies. Representative industry segments in which he has worked include software, semiconductors, data/telecommunications, internet applications, information technology and asset management.

Prior to entering the search field, Len managed staffing activities for a major division of Honeywell Information Systems. While at Honeywell, he designed basic and advanced interview skills workshops, which he has subsequently conducted for various groups including venture capital firms and non-profit organizations. He also co-directed two innovative outplacement centers involving hundreds of displaced employees.

Len’s earlier career includes manufacturing management and human resources positions with Honeywell and two small technology-related companies.

Len obtained his BS (magna cum laude) and MBA degrees from Boston College. His outside interests include golf, reading and the Boston Red Sox. He resides with his family in Fairfield County, CT.

Industry Practice Expertise:

  • Financial Services
  • Technology

Tate D. Lacy

Principal
t.lacy@stantonchase.com

Tate has over 25 years of experience serving clients in the consumer, media and pharmaceuticals industries. He combines extensive marketing expertise with a rare appreciation for complex science to deliver executive scientific and medical talent in the Life Sciences sector.

Prior to joining Stanton Chase, Tate was a Principal with a boutique international executive search firm where he focused exclusively on research and development executive search roles for large pharmaceutical clients in NJ and the extended tri-state area. Today, Tate also specializes on executive search for emerging biotechnology.

Prior to launching his career in executive search, Tate served as Vice President/General Manager of a global media company and a long-term marketing professional with top consumer products companies including The Coca-Cola Company, Kraft Foods and General Mills. Tate began his career at Upjohn Pharmaceuticals (now a part of Pfizer).

Tate holds an MBA from the Haas School of Business at the University of California, Berkeley and actively lectures at NYU and Marist College on strategic marketing and its application to high technology industries. Tate also holds a BA in Cell Biology and Biochemistry from the University of California, San Diego.

Industry Practice Expertise:

  • Consumer Products and Services
  • Life Sciences and Healthcare

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Andrew Sherwood, Managing Director
Charles D. Wright, Managing Director