Everything was handled professionally and the knowledge and expertise of the staff were evident and extremely helpful. The interviews of the board and senior staff beforehand helped to instill confidence in Tom and really set the tone for the entire process.

  • Tracy McFerrin Foster
  • Board Chair, Kansas City Public Television
  • Vice President, Hall Family Foundation

A consistent comment from our search committee members was the high quality of the semi-finalists...and the outstanding research and preparation provided by your professional team.

  • Geoffrey Simon
  • Search Chair
  • WEDU-TV, Tampa, FL

About Livingston Associates


Our Vision

Strategy Powered People - People Powered Strategy.

Powerful leaders and energetic, enthusiastic, committed colleagues in terrific, healthy workplaces, partnering with generous, confident boards and communities to meet the needs of our communities for connection, information and culture.

We believe powerful, vibrant, economically sound public media is crucial not just for the continued health, but the very future of our democracy. To achieve this we need to transform our organizations to become outwardly focused, energetic, great places to work, to become publicly recognized as preeminent local institutions, as our listeners and viewers already experience us in their private lives.

Mission Statement

Livingston Associates provides executive search, strategy and coaching services to Public Media, University and other mission-based non-profit clients. We facilitate strategy and data driven solutions that cause breakthroughs for organizations and the people who work in them, matching your organization with the right people with the right training. We know we are successful from long-term transformational success of our clients, and through them, society.

Value Proposition

You have the answers - we ask the right questions.

Unparalleled combination of experience and service. More than 30 years of hands-on top leadership. Since 1997 we have conducted more than 140 searches in Public Media and provided strategy services to more than 50 clients.

We believe in individual and organizational intelligence. James Surowiecki calls it The Wisdom of Crowds in his book by the same name. Livingston Associates sees our work as asking the right question more than giving the right answer. When we involve others in developing solutions, others participate in solving the problem.