Representative Engagements

Ford Webb Associates has supported leadership transitions for mission-driven organizations, public institutions, advocacy organizations, utilities, foundations, educational institutions, and government agencies across the United States.

Our clients range from grassroots and community-based organizations to large national institutions operating at significant scale and public visibility. Serving organizations across this spectrum has been an amazing and humbling experience and continues to inform our work.

The organizations below represent a selected cross-section of institutions we have been privileged to serve.

300+ Chief Executive Searches Conducted

Advocacy & Social Change

American Friends Service Committee
Americans for Tax Fairness
Excessive Wealth Disorder Institute
Free the Slaves
Friends of Farmworkers
Grassroots International
Greenpeace
Human Rights Watch
Indian Law Resource Center
Physicians for Human Rights
Physicians for Social Responsibility
Public Citizen
Public Justice
Unitarian Universalist Service Committee
United for a Fair Economy

Health & Human Services

AKIN – Washington State
Casa Myrna
Casey Family Programs
Children & Families First
Episcopal City Mission
Families First Atlanta
Gay Men’s Health Crisis
Gateway Birmingham
Home for Little Wanderers
Martha's Vineyard Community Services
Montefiore Medical Center
National Abortion Federation
Northern Virginia Family Services
NYC Center for Children
Planned Parenthood Federation of America
Rockefeller University Hospital
Village for Families & Children
Western State Hospital

Civil Society

AfroAmerican History Museum
Amigos de las Americas
Community Partners in Action
Episcopal City Mission
Garden in the Woods
Martha's Vineyard Hebrew Center
Merck Forest and Farm Center
NonProfit Quarterly
Oxfam
Peninsula School of Art
Providence Preservation Society
Smart Start
Southern Poverty Law Center
Star Island
Women Against Abuse

100+ Government Cabinet Officers Recruited

Government & Public Sector

Governors and Mayors of

Alabama, Colorado, Connecticut, Delaware, Florida, Georgia, Hawaii, Maryland, Maine, Massachusetts, Mississippi, Missouri, Nebraska, New Hampshire, New Jersey, New Mexico, North Carolina, Ohio, Oregon, Pennsylvania, Puerto Rico, Rhode Island, South Carolina, Tennessee, Texas, Virginia, Washington State, Wyoming, Boston, District of Columbia, Cincinnati, New York City, Philadelphia, Seattle, and San Francisco.

Cabinet Officers for

Behavioral Health, Child Welfare, Community Colleges, Court Administration, Corrections, Developmental Disabilities, Early Learning, Economic Development, Education, Environment, Finance, Information Services, Investment, Labor, Personnel, Public Health, Housing, Human Services, Juvenile Services, Medicaid, and Transportation.

Education

Center for School Change
Developmental Studies Center
Goddard College
Harvard University
Learning Disabilities Association of America
National Committee for Citizens in Education
Penn Center
Smart Start
University of Pennsylvania
University of Pittsburgh
University of Washington
Vermont Law & Graduate School
Washington State University
Yale University
Franklin Institute

Philanthropy

Acumen Fund
Annie E. Casey Foundation
Boston Foundation
Ford Foundation
Grantmakers for Children, Youth and Families
Hyams Foundation
Kaiser Family Foundation
Lilly Endowment
Marguerite Casey Foundation
Ms. Foundation for Women
The Physicians Foundation
Nicholson Foundation
Philadelphia Foundation
Public Welfare Foundation
Shott Foundation
National Committee for Responsive Philanthropy

Research & Public Policy

Advocates for Highway & Auto Safety
Clean Water Action
Constitutional Accountability Center
Democracy North Carolina
Economic Policy Institute
Environmental Council of the States
Food & Water Watch
Good Jobs First
MDRC
National Governors Association
Poverty & Race Research Action Council
The Finance Project
United for a Fair Economy
Western Governors Association
32BJ-SEIU

Energy & Infrastructure

Avista
Daymark Energy
Hanford Clean Up
InfrastruX
Massport
Nebraska Transportation
Port Authority of New York & New Jersey
Puget Energy
Puget Sound Water Quality Authority
Seattle City Light
Vermont Electric Power Company
Washington State Transportation

Serving organizations across this spectrum continues to shape and inform our work — deepening our understanding of leadership, governance, institutional culture, and mission-driven complexity.