Biographies of Principals
Jack Lusk is the Managing Partner of Harris Rand Lusk. With over fifteen years of executive search practice, his hands-on management experience combined with an extensive public affairs background has provided him insight that is unparalleled in executive search. He focuses on building a nationwide practice of placing leaders in the government and nonprofit sectors.
Prior to joining the field of executive search, Jack served as a Senior Vice President of the New York Metropolitan Transit Authority, managing a diverse department (including government affairs, planning, and marketing) that brought a new level of customer service to New York’s bus and subway operations, such as the introduction and implementation of the MetroCard system. Known as a problem solver and strategic planner, he introduced high visibility reforms as Chairman and Chief Executive Officer of the New York City Taxi and Limousine Commission.
Earlier, Jack served two terms as Deputy Counsel and Special Advisor to Mayor Ed Koch on transportation and environmental issues. This followed a Washington tour as a Staff Attorney and Special Assistant to the US Secretary of Transportation after graduating from George Washington University Law School. He is also a graduate of the University of Wisconsin where he majored in history and political science.
Jack is the American Chair of the British-American Leadership Project. A native New Yorker, he is dedicated to regional tourism having served as director of New York and Company and The Big Apple Greeter. For the last seven years, he has been a participant and active fundraiser for the Pan Massachusetts Challenge, the premier sports fundraising event in the country, which supports the Dana-Farber Cancer Institute. Among other Board leadership positions, Jack has been active with the Creative Arts Team (CAT) for many years.
Jack consults and speaks widely on issues of leadership in the nonprofit sector. His client list includes many of the nation’s top nonprofit organizations and he has conducted dozens of successful and complex leadership searches, working closely with a variety of selection committees.
Anne McCarthy is a Senior Associate and has come to Harris Rand Lusk after more than 20 years managing, directing and leading divisions of New York City government. An attorney and experienced manager, Anne was the Executive Director of the New York City Environmental Control Board for many years, ran the City’s Section 8 low income housing program, was the Agency Chief Contracting Officer managing citywide procurement of goods and services and was an advisor to several mayoral administrations on environmental, code enforcement, procurement and housing issues. As the most senior executive for the divisions she managed, she was responsible for establishing the vision and communicating the mission of these organizations before legislatures, community groups, elected officials and individuals.
Her experience encompasses budgeting and financial management, having managed a $100 million federal program, a tribunal with an operating budget of $12 million and yearly revenue goals of $50 million, and citywide contracts worth $650 million; information technology for both mainframe and PC networked systems; customer service, running an agency emergency call center; intergovernmental relations; facilities management; and operations. She brings her knowledge of management, law and government and human resources to us as we conduct searches for exceptional candidates.
Jane Herzog is a Senior Associate at Harris Rand Lusk. Her professional experience includes more than twenty years as a Professor at New York University in the Steinhardt School of Education. During that time, Dr. Herzog was the Director of the Para Educator Center for Young Adults; a center for preparing students with learning disabilities for careers in the human services. She also worked as an Investigator for the New York State Education Department on a project concerning the efficacy of early intervention for children with disabilities and she currently serves on the Alumni Council of Columbia University’s Teacher’s College. Dr. Herzog has served on numerous Boards and has lectured extensively at national educational conferences. Since coming to work with Harris Rand Lusk, she has carried out a series of high-level non-profit searches focusing on academic and institutional leadership and oversight. She is extremely talented at understanding client needs and priorities, establishing search strategies, identifying a pool of candidates through her network of contacts, and marketing positions to potential candidates in a way that encourages interest and enthusiasm toward the client. In particular, she is an excellent interviewer who knows exactly what questions to ask individuals with education and academic backgrounds. Dr. Herzog holds a BA from Western College for Women, a Masters in Special Education from George Washington University and Columbia University, and a Doctorate in Educational Administration from Teacher’s College, Columbia University.
Christopher P. Boylan joins Harris Rand Lusk with over 31 years of senior executive experience in federal, state and local governments and will head the firm’s transportation and infrastructure practice. Most recently, he served as Deputy Executive Director for Corporate Affairs at the nation’s largest transit provider, the NYS Metropolitan Transportation Authority (MTA), where he was responsible for internal and external relations; government and community relations; marketing & corporate communications, and; customer service.
During his MTA career, has handled several special initiatives, such as the roll-out of the MetroCard automated fare collection system; the MTA-wide DuPont safety initiative, and; as the MTA’s point with NYC OEM and dozens of other City, State, Federal and private entities in the effort to recover transit service in Lower Manhattan after 9/11. He has also championed two unique quality of life aspects of New York’s far flung transit system, the “Arts for Transit” Program, the first of its kind in the nation and the “New York Transit Museum,” the largest public transit museum in the country.
Chris also served as Chief of Staff to two Chairmen of the MTA and as Director of Government Relations. Before joining the MTA, he served for over 11 years in the Administration of New York City Mayor Edward I. Koch where he handled Congressional Affairs. Additionally, he worked in the NYS Assembly and the NYS Department of State in Albany. Chris is also an active member of the American Public Transportation Association (APTA) and over the past 16 years has served on the Executive Committee, the Board of Directors, and the Presidential Search Committee.
Separately, Chris served for over two and a half decades in the U.S. Navy/Navy Reserve, retiring as a Captain (O-6). His last reserve assignment was as the Navy’s Deputy Chief of Information in the Pentagon, where he reported directly to the Chief of Information, the Navy’s top spokesman.
Chris holds a B.A. from Fordham University, an M.P.A. from the State University of NY at Albany and completed graduate work at the Naval War College, the National Defense University, and the Defense Information School.
Thomas A. Carey is a consultant to Harris Rand Lusk and has nearly 20 years of experience in health care and the health information field. Mr. Carey founded his own consulting practice to help organizations accelerate their growth process, take advantage of opportunities as a result of the recent Health Care Reform Bill, and maximize other business development prospects.
Prior to opening his own consulting practice, Thomas was Vice President of Sales and Government Business at WebMD Health. He established the government channel and built government revenue to over $5 million in annual sales. Mr. Carey led the efforts to have WebMD successfully listed on the GSA Schedule. He also managed all State and Local Government sales efforts and the Taft Hartley Market.
Before joining the WebMD team, Mr. Carey spent 12 years at LifeCare, Inc. in the role of Managing Director. While at LifeCare, he increased revenues from $2 million to over $30 million. Thomas led the Sales and Account Management teams and all Government Business which included over 40 Federal Agencies and had LifeCare successfully listed on the GSA Schedule.
As the youngest of 14 children of the former Governor for the State of New York, he is all too familiar with the issues facing working families. Mr. Carey is on the Board of Advisors of the Brookdale Center on Aging and Longevity. He is a graduate of Syracuse University and resides with his wife and 2 daughters in Southport, CT.
Timothy D. Dobbins is a consultant to Harris Rand Lusk. He is the founder and president of Cultural Architects, and has focused his life and work on aligning individuals and organizations toward a stronger and more strategic purpose. As a communications specialist, conflict negotiator, and Episcopal (Anglican) priest, he has experienced people in all facets of life. His work is dedicated toward identifying, shaping, and integrating the leadership and communication potential of persons and institutions with significant responsibility.
Mr. Dobbins is a Fellow at the Wharton School, University of Pennsylvania, (where he has also lectured), and a Fellow of the British-American Project, affiliated with the Johns Hopkins School for Advanced International Studies and the Royal Institute for International Affairs in London. He has studied in Washington, D.C., London, Jerusalem, and at the C.G. Jung Institute in Zurich. He holds both BA and Master’s degrees.
Tim is the recent author of Stepping Up: Make Decisions That Matter, (English and Korean), published by HarperCollins (Collins Business) 2006, as well as: Business Companion: a Communications Phrasebook published in Chinese, Spanish, Japanese, French and German, (2000/2003), (Random House/Living Language). He is also the author and speaker of the first original Random House Audible Presentation entitled: Making the Most of Change: Strategies for the Oval Office and Your Office (Random House Audio/Audible.com 2001).
Most recently he has spent the last twelve years as consultant and advisor to Random House, Inc. He has been a speaker at two sales conferences, and provided executive coaching and organizational alignment for the Crown Publishing Group, the sales department, the Audio, Large Print and Value Divisions, Fodor’s, Books on Tape, the IT/Production/Operations and Fulfillment Departments. He and his associates provide executive coaching and leadership development programs to a variety of companies.
A frequent guest speaker, retreat and seminar leader, Mr. Dobbins remains committed to helping individuals and organizations step up to discover new and effective ways of leading change by understanding culture and focusing on the professional development of key leaders.
Siobhan McDermott has a nearly twenty-five year career working in the nonprofit community. As a staff member, a management consultant, and an executive recruiter, Siobhan has a keen ability to quickly evaluate an organization’s needs and develop a strategic approach to helping them achieve their mission. Siobhan collaborates with Harris, Rand & Lusk on top leadership searches in the arts, social services and education, where she has extensive development and strategic planning experience. She is also the founder of Strategic Management Consulting (1998), a management consulting firm that guides nonprofit organizations through major capital campaign planning and implementation.
Siobhan served as a consultant and campaign manager for the national consulting firm, Milano, Ruff and Associates, Inc. for several years (1996-1999), working on major funding initiatives from Los Angeles to Florida, South Carolina to West Virginia. Siobhan also was a member of the professional development staff of several of New York’s premier cultural institutions including The Public Theatre, City Center, and the Princess Grace Foundation-USA (1989-1996). Representative clients include the Children’s Museum of New Jersey (Newark, NJ), The Montauk Playhouse Community Center Foundation (NY), TEAM Academy Charter School (Newark, NJ), The Clay Center for the Performing Arts (Charleston, WV), The Peace Center, (Greenville, SC), One Stop Senior Services (NYC), Cathedral of St. John the Divine (NYC), and Cathedral of Our Lady of the Angels (CA). Siobhan is a member of the Board of Directors of the Broadway Mall Association that serves NYC.
Joanne Giudicelli is a consultant based in San Francisco and has been affiliated with Harris Rand Lusk since 2003. She leads the firm’s information technology practice. With over 15 years of executive search experience, she has conducted over 300 successful searches, helping companies to staff their technology organizations across every discipline of corporate information systems and infrastructure. In addition to many clients in the software industry, Joanne has provided candidates to financial services, retail, utilities, healthcare, and consulting services related organizations in their application and deployment of technology. She has also conducted assignments for venture capital and private equity firms, as well as publicly traded Fortune 1000 and not-for-profit companies.
Earlier in her career Joanne was the Applications Manager within several corporate IT environments, designing, developing and implementing business systems for various industries including transportation, manufacturing and distribution. She has established relationships with CIO/CTO candidates who have impacted their organizations with the application of customer-focused enterprise and e-Business solutions.
Joanne graduated with an MBA from University of California, Berkeley and a BBA in Computer Information Systems from Temple University. She is active in the community and does volunteer work for several organizations including Guide Dogs for the Blind.
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