Notch Partners Names Joie A. Gregor, Former Vice Chairman of Heidrick & Struggles and White House Presidential Personnel Veteran, as Senior Advisor

April 2009 -

Appointment will enhance CEO relationships for buyout-driven human capital consulting firm.

Short Hills, NJ - - Notch Partners (www.notchpartners.com), the leader in executive-centric buyout strategies and solutions, has added Joie A. Gregor as their Senior Advisor. Gregor will provide strategic guidance to Notch Partners as it expands its primary service line: cultivating C-level relationships for private equity buyout firms to maximize their investment returns. She will also play an instrumental role in the enhancement and delivery of Notch's full range of CEO-focused consulting services for buyout investors.

Gregor most recently served as Assistant to the President for Presidential Personnel under President George W. Bush, with responsibility for the recruitment and recommendation of senior-level appointments in the Bush administration from 2007 to 2008. Her responsibilities included all political appointees throughout the Executive Branch, including Cabinet, Sub-Cabinet and Ambassadorial posts, as well as Presidential Boards and Commissions.

Previously, she served as Vice Chairman of Heidrick & Struggles International, a premier retained executive search and leadership consulting firm, and held a number of senior leadership roles at the company for over 15 years, including President, North America, Managing Partner of the firm's Global Board of Directors Practice, and Managing Partner of the New York Office. Prior to her work in executive search and leadership consulting, Joie held various management roles of increasing responsibility at IBM for 13 years.

Gregor currently serves on the Board of Directors of ConAgra Foods, Inc. Her civic responsibilities include serving Case Western Reserve University as a member of its Board of Trustees and chairman of its Board's Compensation Committee. She is also a member of Case Western Reserve University's Executive Committee and the LPGA Commissioner's Advisory Council.

"We are thrilled and honored to have Joie as a member of the Notch team," said Andrew Thompson, co-founder and Managing Partner of Notch Partners. "Her intimate understanding of the private equity world through exposure to top-tier investors and CEOs during her years at Heidrick & Struggles will be a great asset to us. Her belief in Notch is a resounding validation of our CEO-centric approach to enhancing our clients' investment programs."

"Joie is incredibly well-connected and has an eye for the highly-effective, results-oriented leaders that our clientele depend upon to drive their investment returns and give them a competitive edge," said Mei-Mei Tuan, co-founder and Managing Partner of Notch Partners. "As a CEO search professional of many years and an impressive business leader in her own right, Joie is ideally suited to help us enhance our entire range of services to private equity investors."

Founded in 2002, Notch Partners is the leader in buyout-driven human capital consulting services. Notch helps cultivate high-impact CEO relationships for private equity operating partner programs, portfolio company leadership, and deal sourcing roles. Notch Partners works with accomplished CEOs to help them understand the unique combination of success factors required for private equity backing and to develop deal concepts through which they partner with Notch Partners' private equity clients.