Marcia Glatman
Managing Director

Marcia Glatman is a founder of Coffee & Conversation, an exclusive forum for executives in transition. Coffee & Conversation uses facilitated discussion and peer-to-peer group dynamics to help the participants get to know one another on a personal, holistic level. The results are: vetted job leads and contacts (people tend to help people they know and like), refined career goals and plans, and a boost of self-confidence from participating in a positive, supportive environment.

Marcia has been an executive search consultant since 1978. In 1988, she became President of HRD Consultants, a nationally-recognized retainer search firm that focuses exclusively on executive-level human resource professionals. Clients include many of the Fortune 500 Corporations. Marcia is a member of the Association of Executive Search Consultants (AESC).

Marcia is the author of the book "The Executive Talent Scouts" and is the co-author of a white paper "Creating the Best Place to Work—Beyond the Hype." She is presently collaborating with Richard Meyers on a book. The working title is "Learn to Love the Job You Hate".

Marcia has been cited for her expertise in human resources, executive search, networking and career management and has been quoted in “The Smart Woman’s Guide to Interviewing and Salary Negotiations,” Julie Adair King; The Wall Street Journal Online; Training and Development magazine; etc.

She has also made presentations on the state of the practice of the human resource profession and on how to use retained search firms to both find a job and advance one’s career.

Marcia is listed in Key Women in Retained Executive Search (Kennedy Publications); Who’s Who of American Women; The Rites of Passage at $100,000+, John Lucht.

She is the editor of the intelligence report “Trends in Human Resources” and is the organizer of “The Human Resource Roundtable,” an annual knowledge-sharing event for leaders within the human resource community. Past topics include: “How Can a Chief Human Resource Officer Create a Lasting Legacy?” and “Winning the Brass Ring - The Collective Wisdom of Chief Human Resource Officers.”

Marcia has a master’s degree from Hunter College of the City University of New York.

Richard Meyers
Managing Director

Richard Meyers is a founder of Coffee & Conversation, an exclusive forum for executives in transition. Coffee & Conversation uses facilitated discussion and peer-to-peer group dynamics to help the participants get to know one another on a personal, holistic level. The results are: vetted job leads and contacts (people tend to help people they know and like), refined career goals and plans, and a boost of self-confidence from participating in a positive, supportive environment.

Richard has been an executive recruiter since 1973 and in 1978 became President & CEO of a national executive search firm, Richard Meyers & Associates, Inc. (RMA, Inc.), servicing some of the most prestigious Fortune 500 corporations in America. Richard was also responsible for helping to establish risk consulting among the big four accounting and consulting firms. Concentrating in Corporate Risk Management, ERM, Brokerage, Safety & Claims Management and Human Resources, Meyers regularly consults with industry professionals, risk management professors and students on industry trends, career development and organizational structure and salary surveys. Meyers is a frequent guest speaker at Risk and Insurance Management Society chapter meetings and the RIMS annual conferences. Richard, who is a Certified Employment Consultant (CEC), formerly served on the Board of Directors of the Association of Personnel Consultants of New York (APCNY) as First Vice President and Chairman of the Ethics Committee where policy guides were established that are being utilized within search firms today.

Meyers initially started his career with Wells Management Executive Search, a 30 million dollar firm, employed over six years which lead to National Practice Leader of Executive Search Division representing 5 offices and 21 recruiters. He then was co-founder of another recruiting firm which rose to 13 consultants operating out of two offices before opening RMA, Inc. in 1988. RMA, Inc. is privileged to be a premium partner with "RIMS" Risk & Insurance Management Society as a Golden Sponsor providing Executive Recruiting Services on their website.

Currently, Richard is a member of the QAC national committee of RIMS whose charge in 2008 was to identify the skills of today’s Junior Risk Management professionals to Executive Risk Management Leaders. As a result of his participation in the QAC Committee, Richard helped to orchestrate the recently published “The Professional Growth Model”. He is presently collaborating with Marcia Glatman on a book. The working title is “Learn to Love the Job You Hate”.