Highlights                                               

  • Doug Cooney, principal of DEERFIELD ASSOCIATES Executive Search, Inc. , offers to clients twenty-eight years of executive search experience. 
  • Since starting the firm in 2001, Doug has successfully completed 166+ searches in the education field.
  • Prior to starting DEERFIELD ASSOCIATES Executive Search, Inc. , Doug served as Director of Executive Search for FleetBoston Financial and Executive Recruiter, Vice President for Shawmut Bank.
  • Doug has personally managed, conducted and completed 1,000 searches for executive and senior level positions.
  • Development experience with the University of Massachusetts, Amherst, a large public university.
  • Admission experience with Vassar College, a selective private liberal arts college.
     

Background                                           

Doug, a native of Northampton, Massachusetts, graduated from the University of Massachusetts at Amherst with a Bachelor of Arts and a Master of Arts degree both in Sociology.

In 1977 Doug joined the Admission Office at Vassar College where he served as an Admission Officer until 1980 when he returned to the University of Massachusetts, Amherst to serve as the Director of Alumni Relations.

Since 1982, Doug has been involved exclusively in recruitment, selection and executive search.  Doug's presentation and communication skills combined with his extensive track record in executive search enables him to work with senior managers to help define, find and place the right candidate for your hiring need.   

Doug is a nationally recognized speaker at conferences on the subject of creative and effective recruiting solutions.  He is a member of the Board of the New England Executive Resources Council (NEERC) and helped in establishing a Boston chapter of the International Association of Corporate and Professional Recruiters (IACPR). 

As a hobby, from 1980 through 1992, Doug served as a free lance on-air sports announcer for NBC Sports, ESPN and TBS/Turner Broadcasting System.  Highlights of his on-air television announcing assignments included working for NBC Sports at the 1988 Olympics in Seoul, South Korea and for Turner Broadcasting System at the 1986 and 1990 Goodwill Games.
 

Professional Organizations                

  • The Planned Giving Group of Connecticut   PGGCT
  • The Planned Giving Group of New England   PGGNE    
  • New England Executive Resources Council   NEERC
  • Council for Advancement and Support of Education   CASE
  • National Association of Independent Schools   NAIS 
  • National Association of College Admission Counseling   NACAC
  • New England Association of College Admission Counseling NEACAC
  • Women In Development, Greater Boston   WIDGB
  • Women In Development, New York City   WIDNY