Casey Gordon is trusted by publicly traded and private-equity backed companies, non-profit organizations, and family-owned businesses / family offices alike on critical leadership hires. She has a successful track record across the C-suite, including with General Counsel / Chief Legal Officer, Chief Human Resources Officer, Chief Financial Officer, Chief Operating Officer, and Chief Communications Officer positions, among others. Casey has worked with clients across industries and has a particular depth of experience and passion for helping organizations in the healthcare, consumer, industrial, professional services, and financial services sectors.
A former practicing attorney, Casey co-leads Russell Reynolds Associates' Legal, Regulatory, and Compliance Practice in the Americas, and leans on her deep legal network and hands-on legal operating experience to help clients develop tailored leadership search, succession, and development strategies in this area.
Casey is a natural relationship builder and connector and understands the combination of art and science it takes to find the perfect, value-additive match for her clients. She considers herself a true partner and is known for not only market knowledge and expertise but her consultative, practical approach.
Before joining Russell Reynolds, Casey was a Managing Director at another global executive search firm focused on General Counsel and other senior legal roles. Prior to her career in search, Casey was a practicing attorney. She spent time as a lawyer with the international law firm Latham & Watkins LLP, as legislative Counsel for a national nonprofit, and as Deputy General Counsel for the global fintech company Funding Circle. She began her professional career prior to law school as a staffer in the US Senate.