| Candace Garthwaite Candace Garthwaite is the quintessential recruitment professional. Discreet, intuitive, intelligent and focused, she has been applying her expertise in organizations and human behavior to the business of recruitment for the past 15 years. Prior to that, she was an education professional specializing in the field of gifted and talented education. Entrepreneurial in spirit, Candace formed Garthwaite Partners in 1995 after a long career in executive search, including Blackshaw Olmstead and Lynch where she specialized in financial services and technology, and at The Madison David Group where she was a Regional Manager. A PhD in Education form the University of Connecticut, Candace is a specialist in identifying the educational needs of especially talented learners. She has worked extensively with education professionals and the government, including as a researcher for the National Association of State Legislatures. She has taken her unique skills of identifying and measuring intelligence and creativity and applied it to the business of executive search. Candace is an active member of her Fairfield County, Connecticut and a strong advocate of family life. She is married with a son and two stepdaughters. Her leisure activities include yoga, jogging, gardening and tennis. She was the founder of the Stamford Business Women's Roundtable and has played significant roles in the Financial Women's Association (FWA) of New York, Women in Management (WIM ) in Stamford, and the YWCA of Greenwich, where she is a board member and co- chair of the Development Committee. |
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