Danielle joined Spectrum in July of 2024 as a Recruiting Associate. She will support Spectrum’s growth and existing team with her PE domain expertise, advanced research, analytical, reporting, and client-facing and support skills. She brings 2+ years of working in Executive Retained Search for Focus Search Partners (FSP), where she supported numerous private equity-backed portfolio companies and high-growth clients. Her initial responsibilities with FSP focused on research, where she identified attractive candidates from each client’s desired target industries and/or companies, and helped her superiors craft each assignment’s search strategy. She was then promoted to join the execution side, where she directly worked for FSP Search Managers on Board of Director, Executive, and Senior Management roles for clients in the industrial distribution, healthtech, healthcare, and SaaS sectors.
Prior to joining FSP, she worked for two years for Altria in Account Management in the greater Dallas marketplace. In this role, she honed her commercial (sales and marketing) attributes and served as a trusted advisor and business partner to more than 150 privately-owned businesses. She also supported the company’s recruiting efforts with on-campus organizations and acquired her first taste of recruiting talent. While at Altria, she graduated from their proprietary Sales Training program.
Danielle, a native of Buffalo, NY, spent her formative years in Phoenix and is a Cum Laude graduate from the University of Arizona’s Eller College of Management. In addition, she earned a Certificate in Data Analytics from the University of Pennsylvania’s Wharton School Online program.
Outside of the office, she enjoys fitness, reading, and spending time outdoors with her fiancé in Newport Beach, their newly adopted hometown in southern California.
