Building the leadership behind what’s next.
The Agency Worldwide partners with life-science companies to build exceptional leadership, teams and organizations.
Innovation for Life
Dedicated to providing talent solutions for pioneering organizations tackling the long-term challenges of human and animal health, food security, and global sustainability.
Explore industries
40+
Years in life-science search
14
Markets we work across the globe
Top5%
The talent we pursue, worldwide
1000s
Leaders placed at Fortune 500s and startups
The people you meet
Meet the full team
Kim FirstPresident & CEOLinkedIn
Jeff AppelbaumEVP & Chief Operating OfficerLinkedIn
Veneta ChemerinskiVP, Executive SearchLinkedIn
Susan ShoemakerVP, Science AdvisorLinkedIn
Michelle SchmidtExecutive Search DirectorLinkedIn
Lyn AzusadaProject & Recruitment DirectorLinkedIn
Evexa VidesProject ManagerLinkedIn
More Than Search
The strongest engagements often begin with a hiring need and uncover a broader question. The Agency helps clients answer both.
Executive Search
The right leader is more than the right résumé.
Consulting & Advisory
Sometimes the hiring question is really an organization question.
Startups & NewCos
Build the company before the org chart builds itself.
Why The Agency
- Independent, Specialized and High-Touch
- Experience in Complex, High-Stakes Work
- Search + Organizational Perspective
Global reach
From Los Angeles, across the globe
Human connection cannot be automated.
AI and data can improve speed, research and pattern recognition. They cannot replace trust, intuition, context or the conversations that reveal what a leader, and an organization, truly needs.