Company Profile

Cook Silverman Search

Company Overview

Cook Silverman is a retained search firm focused on senior management positions for nonprofit organizations including development, marketing/communications, and executive directors, predominantly in Northern California. Cook Silverman is the result of an alliance between Pamela Cook and Victoria Silverman. Our client base represents a broad span of organizations, including independent schools, universities, and faith-based organizations, as well as those serving conservation, health care, social service, museums, science, and culture.

We are committed to providing ethical and exceptional service to every organization. Because we have deep roots in California we know nonprofits and professionals in hundreds of organizations in California and beyond.

Hiring organizations must move nimbly in the current market. Many candidates receive multiple offers and strong candidates rarely remain in the market for long. Flexibility, alignment, and realism are our keys to securing strong candidates.

Company History

Cook Silverman Search was co-founded by Victoria Silverman of VLS Strategies and Pamela Cook of Pamela Cook Development Search. Victoria and Pam have known each other since they began working together in 1989 at Stanford University School of Engineering and have been friends and colleagues ever since.

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Notable Accomplishments / Recognition

See our website for recent successes - https://cooksilverman.com/successes/

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  • 1 month, 7 days ago

    Chief Development Officer

    St. Anthony's Foundation - San Francisco, CA, United States
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    St. Anthony s Foundation seeks a strategic, mission-driven Chief Development Officer (CDO) to lead all fundraising and donor engagement efforts. As a key member of the Executive Team, the CDO will be a thought partner to the CEO and an architect of fundraising modernization. The CDO will be leading change management efforts following organizational restructuring and a reduction in force. This is a moment of transformation for St. Anthony s. The incoming CDO will join a newly aligned executive ...

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  • 1 month, 13 days ago

    Development Director

    Women's Recovery Services - Santa Rosa, CA, United States
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    THIS POSITION IS HYBRID (THREE DAYS IN OFFICE). ABOUT WOMEN S RECOVERY SERVICES Women s Recovery Services (WRS) is a solution for families broken by a mother s addiction. Neglected children get their mother back, smile again, and swing open a new gate to the future. Mothers become sober, healthy, independent parents who bond the family together for the long term. WRS provides a 120-day residential substance dependence treatment program primarily for pregnant and parenting women with their ...

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  • 1 month, 13 days ago

    Executive Director

    Upward Scholars - Redwood Shores, CA, United States
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    HYBRID; MUST TRAVEL TO REDWOOD SHORES OFFICE 2-3 DAYS WEEKLY AND THROUGHOUT SAN MATEO COUNTY. For more information, or to apply for the Executive Director position, please upload your resume and cover letter here . ABOUT UPWARD SCHOLARS Upward Scholars mission is to provide adult immigrants the boost they need to move up the economic ladder through education and career development support. The organization addresses economic disparities and promotes economic mobility by helping adult immigrants ...

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