McDermott + Bull has successfully placed Leah Burdick as the Chief Growth Officer for PRIDE Industries. Leah will be responsible for leading initiatives to develop PRIDE’s current business lines as well as expand into new business directions to foster the strategic growth of the organization’s mission.

Leah has led an extraordinarily strong career as a business growth leader. Prior to PRIDE Industries, she served as the Vice President of Marketing, Americas with Jones Lang LaSalle, a Fortune 500 global commercial real estate firm and most recently as Vice President, Global Marketing with Hudson RPO, an international publicly-traded talent solutions and recruitment outsourcing company. In addition to having an MBA from Thunderbird University, she also has three years of entrepreneurial experience, having run her own digital marketing agency from 2007 to 2010, serving more than 100 clients.

 PRIDE Industries is a non-profit social enterprise operating in 15 states and the nation’s capital, generating in excess of $300M in annual revenue and employing more than 5,600 people. PRIDE’s mission unlocks human potential through job creation and support services to transform the lives of its employees and their families.

This executive search was completed by McDermott + Bull Partner Jeff Black, Managing Director Jason Levi Pinegar, and Executive Recruiter Allison Cox