Robert E. Slavin, President

He is a pioneer in public sector and nonprofit executive search. He is among the best known and respected professional recruiters in the business. He is a frequent speaker before professional groups and he has written several articles for professional journals concerning governmental management. By special invitation, Mr. Slavin assisted the United States Office of Personnel Management to define and set up the Senior Executive Service for the Federal Government.

Mr. Slavin began his local government career in 1967. His experience includes twelve years working directly for local governments and it includes seven years as a principal consultant with the government search practice of Korn/Ferry International, the largest private sector search firm in the world. He headed the local government search practices for Mercer/Slavin, Incorporated, Mercer, Slavin & Nevins and Slavin, Nevins and Associates, Inc. Mr. Slavin now heads the executive search practice for Slavin Management Consultants. Clients include state and local governments, nonprofit and private sector businesses all over the United States. His experience includes search assignments for the 1984 Los Angeles Olympic's Organizing Committee.

Mr. Slavin's experience and qualifications include organizational analysis, classification and compensation studies, and assessment centers and human resource's systems studies.

Before being invited to join Korn/Ferry International, Mr. Slavin served as Assistant City Manager/Director of Human Resources for the City of Beverly Hills, California.

While at Beverly Hills, Mr. Slavin conducted many executive level recruitment assignments involving nationwide search and placement. Before joining the City of Beverly Hills, Mr. Slavin was the Assistant Personnel Director for the City of San Leandro, California.

Before San Leandro, Mr. Slavin was on the personnel staff of Santa Clara County, California. His assignments included recruitment, classification and selection for the County's Health Department, Medical Center, Transportation Agency, Sheriff's Office, Superintendent of Schools, Fire Marshall, Assessor's Office, Library System and County Recorder's Office.

Mr. Slavin received his Bachelor of Science degree in Political Science from the University of Santa Clara, and has completed the graduate course work for a Master's degree in Public Administration at California State University at Hayward. He is a Certified Professional Consultant to Management by the National Bureau of Certified Consultants.

Organizations:

• International City Management Association
• American Society for Public Administration
• International Personnel Management Association
• IPMA - Human Relations Commission
• IPMA - Publications Review Committee
• Certified Management Consultant (National Bureau of Certified Consultants)
• Southern California Public Labor Relations Council
• Southern California Municipal Assistants
• Bay Area Salary Survey Committee