About Us

Edgewater Associates, LLC delivers efficient, cost-effective, timely and transparent search and advisory services that address an organization’s most important asset: talent. 

Offering deep organizational and functional knowledge to the education, arts & culture and civic communities, Edgewater Associates, LLC focuses on critical positions, e.g., Executive Director, Chief Advancement Officer, or Communications Director. 

We ensure that your organization is presented in the best possible light, to the most qualified candidates, in a timely and transparent manner, at low cost.

With over three decades of experience, we understand the distinct qualities, skills, and abilities necessary for success in organizational advancement. We recognize that identifying, screening, and hiring talent – crucial, as it is – is but one facet of positional and, thus, organizational success. Our difference lies in providing valuable on-boarding support both to the client and successful recruit. 

Edgewater Associates, LLC operates on a contingency-basis, ensuring that clients incur no expense until the best available candidate is hired and on-boarded. We offer clients a guarantee that hires remain in the role for an agreed upon duration.

Following the search and hire, Edgewater Associates, LLC offers valuable support services in the functional areas of advancement team structure and strategy, board recruitment and relations, and communications project management. Post hire services are billed on a competitive Fee + Expense basis.