Community and Economic Development, Education, Environment, Health, Human Rights, Human Services, Information and Communications, Philanthropy, Public Affairs
Legal Structure of Organization:
Sole Proprietorship
Year Practice Founded:
2017
Number of Individuals in Firm:
5
Names and Titles of Individuals in Firm:
Vanessa Ramirez
Founder & Principal Consultant
Andrea Richie
Search Consultant (Project-Based Support)
Laura Olivas
Search Consultant (Project-Based Support)
Michael Ramirez
IT Consultant (Project-Based Support)
Santiago Rios
Search Consultant
Names and Titles of Individuals in Firm:
Vanessa Ramirez
Founder & Principal Consultant
Andrea Richie
Search Consultant (Project-Based Support)
Laura Olivas
Search Consultant (Project-Based Support)
Michael Ramirez
IT Consultant (Project-Based Support)
Santiago Rios
Search Consultant
Firm or Consultant Address:
320 Cameron Pl, #18, Glendale, CA 91207
RFQ Contact Name:
Vanessa Ramirez
RFQ Contact Phone:
909-732-7364
Geographic area currently served by firm (select all that apply):
Los Angeles, California
How would you describe the range of diversity reflected in your firm’s consultants and leadership (or self, if sole practitioner)?
Women & BIPOC owned (Latina founder), Majority women & BIPOC consultants.
Please describe your mission, values, and approach:
Social justice, equity and relationship building are at the core of our do-gooder work. Primary service offerings include executive search, recruitment and career-coaching work here at Colibri Consulting Group (CCG). Whether it’s our organizational clients, the candidates we engage with throughout an interview process or individual coaching sessions, we take a people-centered approach. We specialize in building trusting and authentic partnerships where we lead our clients on a journey of transformation and self improvement to achieve results and meet their maximum potential. Our approach is proactive, DEI-centered and we believe in transparent, detailed and regular two-way communication.
What expertise or perspective do you bring to organizations looking to ground their collaboration practices in values of diversity, equity, and inclusion?
CCG brings our lived experiences as past non-profit leaders navigating the nonprofit leadership space along with our learned best practices in executive search and recruitment. We bring a demonstrated track record of creating inclusive recruitment processes, a strong track record of successfully filling searches that help strengthen the BIPOC leadership talent pipeline, and overall, a deep commitment to bringing diverse leadership into and across the sector.
Please describe your ideal engagement. Feel free to include issue area and scope of project:
We specialize in full cycle, executive search and also tiered recruitment services for nonprofits. Organizations with a high CA presence and/or national offices based outside of CA with flexibility for remote/hybrid staffing is our sweet spot.
How many executive-transition related projects have you or your firm been involved with?
CCG was started in 2017 and has led and supported a vast number of searches annually for nonprofits including executive, c-suite level, director and senior-level roles.
Please describe your fee structure:
We offer full-cycle executive search support as well as tiered levels of recruitment services to provide additional staff capacity for all levels of an organization. Depending on the package selected and timeline, we craft a tailored budget per project.
What percentage of your clients are within the nonprofit sector?
100% nonprofit and social impact organizations.
Are you open to remote engagements?
Yes
Briefly name and describe 1-3 examples of executive transitions with which you have been involved as a consultant (please prioritize NSI-funded and/or LA-based organizations).
Partnership for Los Angeles Schools (we have supported multiple C-suite level searches since 2021), Education Trust-West (we have supported multiple C-suite/Dir level searches since 2017) , Bold Vision (We supported Executive sourcing/outreach efforts in 2022).
Add any other information you feel would aid in understanding the value you or your consulting firm can bring to an organization preparing for or implementing an executive transition:
We are a respected and trusted recruitment partner to CA and national organizations since 2017.
Please list up to 5 Consultants from your firm
Vanessa Ramirez, Founder vanessa@meetcolibri.com linkedin.com/in/vanessamramirez
Vanessa Ramirez, Founder of CCG brings two decades of professional experience that span across the nonprofit, government and private sectors. Vanessa is a life-long advocate of social justice and community empowerment and through her own professional and lived experiences as a women of color, where she been a trailblazer navigating uncharted waters and spaces ever since she was a young child, she brings a deep commitment to diversity and equity to her professional work and personal engagements. For a complete bio visit her LinkedIn page or CCG website.
Do you always conduct an organizational assessment as a part of your scope of work?
Yes, we first have an initial exploratory with the prospective client to understand organizational needs and scope before we submit an official proposal. Sometimes, within the delivery of services we will also conduct additional organizational analysis.
How (or do) you involve senior staff and other stakeholders in the process
We typically will have stakeholder interviews with relevant leaders as part of the search process and we also integrate organizational leaders as part of the hiring committee, as well as engaging members as interviewers throughout the interview process where it makes sense.
Prior to narrowing the pool of candidates for a client, do you make it a practice to share the full list of applicants with the client?
Yes, we share applicants with client.
Do you identify/place interim executives?
Our primary focus is FT permanent roles.
Do you have a minimum fee?
Fees are project/scope specific.
What percentage of your searches are for LA-based organizations?
Varies annually
What is your track record of placing BIPOC candidates?
Majority of searches have been BIPOC placed candidates.
Do you have a guarantee policy or an “off-limits” policy?
Given the structure of our scope of work and service offerings, we do not offer guarantee policies.
