Executive Search Services
Comprehensive Recruitment for Local Government
Since 1997, PAA has been leading comprehensive executive searches for local governments in Wisconsin and beyond. While most of these searches have been for chief administrator officers, we are increasingly performing more and more department head recruitment and selection processes. From large counties to the smallest municipalities, we provide specialized executive recruitment and selection programs to meet your leadership needs.
Expertise in Navigating Municipal Leader Recruitment
When navigating the complex landscape of municipal leader recruitment and selection, trust your vision to a firm that that has extensive expertise in local government and an unwavering commitment to excellence. PAA is not just executive headhunters; we are designers of transformative municipal leadership journeys.
Primary Objectives for Our Executive Search Services
Attract High Quality Candidates
Attract the highest number of professionally qualified, experienced and diverse applicants.
Facilitate the Selection Process
Facilitate a selection process that is thorough, professional and timely, resulting in the selection of the candidate who best meets the requirements of the local governments we serve.
Seasoned Local Government Professionals
Our team boasts many seasoned professionals who have walked the walk and talked the talk in local government. PAA grasps the nuances of the mission, impact and the citizen expectations for these local government leaders, ensuring that every placement we make resonates well with the larger community.
The Executive Search Process
We believe that the process consists both of recruiting—the municipal officials involved will be actively selling themselves to potential candidates—and selecting—the elected municipal leaders along with appropriate staff carefully review applicants for the best possible choice. Too often municipalities only consider the selection part. While we certainly review applicants very carefully with you, it is not our role to select candidates.
Finally, we believe that the process should be conducted in a planned, deliberate, and timely fashion. Specific preferences of the local government should be accommodated in the design of the process, not as it unfolds.
The power of our executive search processes lies in a potent mix of local government expertise, proven methodologies and innovative strategies. PAA utilizes cutting-edge research, targeted networking and a rigorous vetting process to identify leaders who not only possess the skills but also embody the values that local governments need in today’s challenging political environments.
Government Expertise
Proven Methodologies
Innovative Strategies
Cutting-Edge Research
Targeted Networking
Rigorous Vetting Process
Our Executive Search & Management Clients
Public Administration Associates has performed executive searches for over 200 municipalities in Wisconsin and the Midwest and has recruited over 500 successful top administrators, managers, and department heads.
Dodge County, WI
Executive Recruitment 2022(2)
Interim Management 2022
3
Chippewa County, WI
Executive Recruitment 2001,2006,2007,2025
4
Abbotsford, WI
Executive Recruitment 2018
Interim Management 2018
2
Adams, WI
Executive Recruitment 1998,2002
2
Algoma, WI
Executive Recruitment 2012
1
Amery, WI
Executive Recruitment 2024
1
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