Meet Tammy Meinershagen, Chief Innovation Officer

Blackshaw Partners is thrilled to welcome Tammy Meinershagen to their team to as the Chief Innovation Officer.

Blackshaw Partners has nearly 50 years of building relationships and over 2,000 completed executive placements across the United States and internationally. The executive search firm consistently meets or exceeds client expectations, delivering completed searches within 60-90 days for 90% of placements. Blackshaw Partners boasts equitable search practices to increase opportunities for diverse executive leadership, widening the path for women and people of color and identifying the best leaders to level up, foster innovation, and improve performance.

In fact, the majority of Blackshaw Partner’s team itself is female and ethnically diverse.

An Atlanta-based firm since its opening in 1976, Blackshaw Partners recently extended its global footprint by opening a new Dallas office at The Star in Frisco, Texas. This move has allowed the business to enhance coverage in the Southwest, focus on the firm’s growing consumer products and global energy businesses, and connect with global industry within the Lone Star State.

The latest powerful female to join the Blackshaw team is Tammy Meinershagen. Tammy is a recognized change maker and transformational leader, serving as Chief Innovation Officer and Managing Partner at Blackshaw Partners. Her role will be overseeing all business strategies and operations expanding the Blackshaw brand, both in the U.S. and internationally. She also leads the firm’s Global Diversity, Equity & Inclusion Practice and Client Engagement in Dallas/Frisco.

Tammy’s decorated career includes 10+ years serving clients through strategic change, creating initiatives that mobilize key stakeholders and result in increased brand awareness and winning partnerships. Her work has been featured in the Wall Street Journal, Dallas CEO Magazine, Korea Daily News, Dallas Morning News, WFAA, Local Profile Magazine, Frisco Style Magazine, and many other media outlets.

Tammy made history as the first Asian-American to serve on Frisco City Council, well-known in the community for her positive impact championing arts, culture, and diversity.

On her pivotal role in this new position at Blackshaw Partners, Tammy adds that “C-suite and board positions do not look the same as they did 40+ years ago. I’m so excited to be part of a company culture that is committed to finding the best candidates and widening the path for women and people of color. My role as a female Asian-American woman in executive search marks even more progress in the industry today. It is an honor to tackle these new challenges and pave the way for future generations of C-suites.”

About Blackshaw Partners:

Blackshaw Partners is a global retained executive search firm delivering exceptional leaders in multiple industries including healthcare, private equity, consumer & retail, service & hospitality, technology & media, and manufacturing. They have networks in the USA, Canada, Mexico, Japan, Belgium, United Kingdom, France, UAE, The Netherlands, and Saudi Arabia.

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