| Young Search Partners
Young Search Partners, LLC, an executive search firm specializing primarily in the mid/senior markets bring a quality retained search model and process to an underserved business segment.
Our firm partners with organizations across industry sectors to include Consumer/Hospitality, Manufacturing, Healthcare, Professional Services and Education/ Non profit. Functional areas of expertise include searches for talent in the areas of Human Resources, Sales & Marketing, Finance & operations.
Combining unparalleled experience, comprehensive and customized capabilities across industries and business functions, and research on the world's most successful companies, Young Search Partners collaborates with clients to help them find the “Best of the Best”, high-performance executives. |
Katherine S. Young, Managing Partner
Katherine brings more than 20 years of talent management consulting experience to the formation of Young Search Partners, LLC having worked for the largest global firms in both the executive search and career management consulting industries.
Katherine formed Young Search Partners with over 14 years of experience in the executive search industry, previously as Director of the Retained Search Division for Hudson Highland Group and prior as a Principal with Korn Ferry International. Katherine’s search experience has spanned across industry and functional roles to include search assignments in consumer/retail, financial services, manufacturing, and education/non-profit sectors with a focus on critical leadership roles in Human Resources, Finance, Operations and Sales & Marketing.
Katherine’s prior experience in Career and Leadership consulting only strengthens the value she brings to recruiting talent for her clients.
Katherine spent over 10 years with the top two leaders in the career management services sector- Right Management Consultants and Lee Hecht Harrison. Here Katherine’s central focus was consulting to CEO’s around key retention and top performance coaching initiatives.
A native of Connecticut, Katherine received her Bachelors degree in Psychology from Ohio Wesleyan University.

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What Our Clients Are Saying About Young Search Partners
“Katherine Young is one of the best strategic business partners with whom I have ever worked. She makes it a point to know the leadership, business and competencies, which gives her a clear vision of what makes a successful hire. She is responsive, results oriented, and a great communicator. Katherine is a true professional with the utmost integrity. She cannot help but find the best and the brightest, as she exudes these qualities herself. Her expertise flawlessly brings an invaluable retained search model and process to the table. Katherine is the competitive advantage when it comes to retained search.”
Sue Hardt, Senior Vice President, Human Resources, Facilities, and Real Estate HealthPlan Holdings
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