Bob Murray & Associates brings a personal approach to providing quality executive recruitment services. Our clients include cities, counties, and special districts, both large and small. Our experience includes working with the cities of San Francisco, Los Angeles, Long Beach, Fresno, Sacramento, and San Diego, CA; Eugene, Salem, and Portland, OR; Seattle, WA; San Antonio, TX; New Orleans, LA; Greenville, SC; Norfolk, VA; Jupiter and Miami Beach, FL; and Washington DC. Counties we have assisted include Orange County, Monterey County, and Marin County, CA; Clackamas County and Washington, OR; Fulton County, Orange County and Lowndes County, GA; Arlington County, VA; and Bay County, FL. We have also assisted a number of special districts and professional organizations including the Bay Area Air Quality Management District, the Arizona Municipal Water Users Association and the California State Association of Counties.
Many of our clients are "repeat customers" that return to Bob Murray and Associates because of our emphasis on quality and our success in finding candidates for positions that are difficult to fill.
Through many years of experience, we have created an ideal recruitment process by combining our ability to help you to determine the direction of the search and the types of candidates you seek. We understand the importance of recruiting candidates who are not necessarily looking for a job and are doing well in their current position. Working with professionalism, integrity and personal attention, our team-oriented search process, in addition to our proven expertise, ensures that the candidates we present for your consideration will match the criteria you have established and will be outstanding in their field. Our collaborative process, created to build partnerships with our clients, entails the following:
- Developing a Candidate Profile
- Advertising Campaign and Recruiting Brochure
- Recruiting Candidates
- Candidate Interviews and Evaluation
- Referencing Top Candidates
- Recommendation
- Final Interviews and Background Checks
- Negotiations
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Bob Murray
President
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Mr. Murray brings over 20 years experience as a recruiter. Mr. Murray is recognized as one of the nation's leading recruiters. He has conducted hundreds of searches for cities, counties, and special districts. He has been called on to conduct searches for some of the largest most complex organizations in the country and some of the smallest. Mr. Murray has conducted searches for chief executives, department heads, professional and technical positions. Mr. Murray has taken the lead on the firm's most difficult assignments with great success. His clients have retained him again and again given the quality of his work and success in finding candidates for difficult to fill positions.
Prior to creating Bob Murray & Associates, Mr. Murray directed the search practice for the largest search practice serving local government in the country. Mr. Murray has worked in local government and benefits from the knowledge of having led an organization. Prior to his career in executive search he served as the City Manager for the City of Olympia, Washington. He has also served as an Assistant City Manager and held positions in law enforcement.
Mr. Murray received his Bachelor's degree in Criminology from the University of California at Berkeley with graduate studies in Public Administration at California State University at Hayward.
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Regan Williams
Vice President
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Mr. Williams brings 30 years of local government experience to Bob Murray and Associates. Most recently, he worked as a private consultant with Deloitte and Touche on various public sector assignments. Prior to that, he served as Director of Public Safety with the City of Sunnyvale, CA.
Mr. Williams was involved in the development of some of Sunnyvale's most innovative programs and has a national reputation for excellence in law enforcement. He has been responsible for numerous recruitments throughout his career. Clients find his insight and expertise in recruitment and selection a valuable asset.
Mr. Williams received his Bachelor's degree in Administration of Justice from San Jose State University. He is also a graduate of the FBI National Academy.
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Wesley Herman
Vice President
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Mr. Herman brings over 10 years of management and recruitment experience to Bob Murray and Associates. Most recently, he worked as a regional manager for an investment firm directing the recruitment, development and management of a team of associates located throughout the west coast. Mr. Herman served as the lead contributor to conduct all candidate interviews, engage in negotiations and make recommendations to the firm’s principals regarding associate employment for his division. In addition, Mr. Herman has acted in various public sector capacities including as a law enforcement officer and as a legislative advocate for a state industry association.
Mr. Herman’s local government and private industry experience have afforded him a unique insight into the specialized needs of each selection process and the ability to identify the ideal group of candidates for an open position. Bob Murray and Associates values his strength in communicating and identifying quality candidates.
Mr. Herman received his Bachelor’s of Science degree in Economics and Business Administration from Saint Mary’s College of California. He has had further studies in both Public Administration and the Administration of Justice.
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Renee Narloch
Vice President — Southeast/Mid Atlantic Region
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S. Renee Narloch is the Director of our East Coast Office located in Tallahassee, Florida. Ms. Narloch has extensive experience in public sector recruitments nationwide. She was formerly employed by a large, national search firm as a Senior Recruiter with sole responsibility for the firm's executive search practice in the Southeastern, Mid-Atlantic and Mid-Western states.
Ms. Narloch has fifteen years of experience in Executive Recruitment and has been involved in over 400 national searches. Prior to her recruitment career, she was a Senior Consultant for a national search firm's cost plan and revenue enhancement divisions, serving public sector clients nationwide. She also worked for three Fortune 500 companies in their sales, marketing and financial accounting divisions. Ms. Narloch is responsible for all facets of recruitment including serving as lead consultant with project management responsibilities, recruiting candidates, conducting preliminary interviews and detailed reference inquires, and assisting clients in final interviews and negotiations. As Director of the East Coast Office, Ms. Narloch provides expertise in public sector recruitment, enabling us to better serve clients nationwide.
Ms. Narloch received her Bachelor's of Arts degree in Information Studies, summa cum laude, at the Florida State University, Tallahassee, Florida.
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Amanda Urrutia-Sanders
Principal Consultant
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As a Principal Consultant with Bob Murray & Associates, Ms. Urrutia-Sanders is responsible for research, candidate recruitment and screening, as well as reference checks and background verifications. She focuses on client communication and works closely with clients to coordinate candidate outreach and ensure a successful search.
Ms. Urrutia-Sanders brings several years of industry experience as she worked for one of the nation's largest recruitment firms. Her insight into the recruitment process is a valuable asset to Bob Murray & Associates.
Ms. Urrutia-Sanders received her Bachelor's of Arts degree in Communications from the University of Wyoming.
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Sarah Kenney
Senior Consultant
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As a Senior Consultant with Bob Murray & Associates, Ms. Kenney is responsible for candidate recruitment and screening, research, reference checks, and background verifications. Her focus is client service, and she works closely with clients to coordinate candidate outreach and ensure successful searches.
Ms. Kenney brings over a decade of customer service and management experience to Bob Murray & Associates. She has been on both sides of the hiring process and uses her experience to ensure all parties involved are satisfied with every step of recruitment at our firm.
Ms. Kenney received her Bachelor of Arts degree in Psychology from the University of California at Davis.
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Rosa Gomez
Executive Assistant
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Ms. Rosa Gomez is the Executive Assistant at Bob Murray & Associates. Ms. Gomez is the first point of contact at Bob Murray & Associates and has extensive administrative experience. Ms. Gomez is known for her personal approach as she works closely with clients and candidates alike to ensure a successful search. As the first point of contact for Bob Murray & Associates Ms. Gomez's professional approach is of the highest caliber.
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