Hear from executive search professionals on current hiring trends for prospective candidates and employers in an ever changing environment. Bring your discussion questions for our field experts and check out the DLC LinkedIn page for a post-event virtual networking opportunity. 

Meet our Esteemed Panelists:

About Joey Scheiber, Executive Search Consultant
Campbell & Company

As a Consultant on Campbell & Company’s Executive Search team, Joey Scheiber is motivated by the work of mission-driven organizations, and consistently establishes thoughtful relationships in which he is attentive to the needs and various particularities of each client. He works to discern what the staff at client organizations communicate, and ensures that every factor is taken into consideration throughout the search process. This informs in-depth research, sourcing, and interviewing he conducts that identifies individuals who match both the organization and the role.

Joey most enjoys:

• Seeing the passion people bring to the organizations they serve and the missions in which they believe

• Immersing himself in the world of each client in order to understand their culture and practices

• Conducting comprehensive research that unearths candidates whose skills align with the position

• Presenting opportunities for talented individuals to more fully engage their skills

• Concluding a search knowing that both the client and candidate are poised for success

Joey came to Campbell & Company from the American Brain Tumor Association, where he managed their Raiser’s Edge and Convio databases, as well as a variety of development-related projects, including donor-stewardship and grant applications. Prior to this, Joey was an intern in the development office at the Contemporary Arts Center in Cincinnati Ohio. He is an active volunteer for Steppenwolf Theater and serves as an associate board member for the AIDS Foundation of Chicago. A certified Diversity Recruiter, Joey is also a member of our firm’s Diversity, Equity, Inclusion, and Access Council.

Before moving to Chicago, Joey graduated from the University of Cincinnati where he minored in English and received a BS in Secondary Education.

About Michelle R.B. Saddler, Managing Director & Principal
Kittleman & Associates, LLC

Michelle R.B. Saddler brings several decades of experience and strong records of accomplishment in numerous government and not-for-profit organizations, and provides executive search as well as other consulting services for our clients. Prior to joining Kittleman & Associates, Michelle served as Secretary of the Illinois Department of Human Services (IDHS) and Chief of Staff to Former Illinois Governor Pat Quinn. During her five years as IDHS Secretary, Michelle provided overall management and direction to Illinois’ largest and most diverse state agency. Under her guidance, DHS and its community-based partners served nearly three million people every day through a wide range of services for low income families, persons with disabilities, and those needing assistance with issues of mental illness and substance abuse.

Before her appointment as IDHS Secretary, Michelle was Director of Policy in the Office of the Governor, overseeing a number of policy initiatives including economic development, healthcare, education, housing, fiscal policy, and ethics.

She has strong experience in financial management, having served as Director of Investments/Deputy for Investment Policy for the Office of the Illinois State Treasurer and as Executive Director for the Illinois Metropolitan Investment Fund.

Michelle has directly applied her management skills in the nonprofit context, as Interim CEO of Innovation Illinois, a public policy think tank and communications organization; President of the Chicago Coalition for the Homeless; Co-Chair of Protestants for the Common Good, an Illinois social justice organization; and Vice President for Lifelink, Illinois’ largest international adoption agency. Her civic leadership currently includes serving on the boards of directors for the Michael Reese Health Trust, the National Center for Law and Social Policy (CLASP), Housing Opportunities for Women, and EcoViva, a foundation for sustainable development in El Salvador.

Michelle earned her undergraduate degree from Princeton University’s Woodrow Wilson School of Public and International Affairs and her Master’s in Management Degree from Northwestern’s Kellogg Graduate School of Management.



Moderated by Amy Funk, Senior Vice President
Ter Molen Watkins & Brandt, LLC

Amy brings over two decades of high-energy, results-driven nonprofit leadership to her clients. She helps nonprofits refine their mission-driven storytelling, maximize their revenue, and ensure that infrastructure is in place for capacity building. With a keen eye for numbers and an ability to spot what needs to be done to enhance the bottom line, her work pairs high-end strategy with sustainable operational practices. She has a passion for reinventing processes and has provided counsel to organizations with budgets ranging from $1.2 to $40 million in the performing arts, healthcare, and human services fields. Recent clients include the International Peace Garden, YMCA of Metropolitan Washington, Youth Job Center, and Meals on Wheels Foundation of Northern Illinois. Mentoring development professionals is a key passion, and she serves on the Peer Mentoring Committee of the Association of Fundraising Professionals Chicago and DePaul University’s Alumni Engagement Committee, School of Public Service. She also leads the Annual Fellows Program of the Development Leadership Consortium.