Kiera Kistner

KEES/Alford Executive Search

KEES is a nonprofit executive search and consulting firm that builds transformative teams and leaders. Founded in 2013 as an expansion of Alford Executive Search, KEES partners specifically with nonprofit organizations and public entities to provide an array of executive search, leadership development, interim staffing and human resources support. Alford Group Executive Search (later renamed Alford Executive Search) was started in 2000 by The Alford Group, one of the largest and most respected firms working with nonprofit organizations nationwide. KEES is a woman-owned and operated firm that partners with clients across the country. KEES co-founders Heather Eddy and Remo Kistner shared a vision to expand services beyond Executive Search, thereby supporting nonprofits even more effectively in various capacities. The firm is continually looking at ways to help client partners streamline organization, create efficiencies and ensure strong leadership teams are moving missions forward. Ms. Eddy was a key leader at The Alford Group and Alford Group Executive Search from 1996-2013. KEES provides a wide variety of services, including Executive Search, Specialty and Interim Staffing, HR Consulting, Leadership Development, and more. Nonprofits provide critical services that strengthen society. To do so, they require strong leadership teams and a solid infrastructure. Our work helps ensure that missions are fulfilled, visions are achieved, and our clients are able to do what they do best…go out and change the world.