Alesha Herbert serves as Managing Director of Highspring’s Executive Search Healthcare practice. Alesha is a recruiting and management professional boasting a proven track record of success and expertise in building profitable organizations for the past 25 years. She is an accomplished business leader with an entrepreneurial approach to drive significant shareholder value and organizational growth. Fifteen of those years were spent with a national recruiting firm, leading their Houston market as General Manager.
Alesha has a concentration in PE-backed healthcare services, specifically in the consolidation of physician practice management platforms. She has completed numerous C-suite searches in a variety of sectors including Men’s Health, Ophthalmology, Behavioral Health, Dental with recent work in newer sectors including Autism, ENT, Pain Management and Orthopedics.
In 2006, Alesha started her own firm, Sales Savvy, where she specialized in Executive Search of Sales & Marketing Executives. She has developed a wide network of highly qualified candidates that span a broad spectrum of experience. This knowledge and experience led Alesha to Vaco, FSP’s holding company, and launched its operational division in 2014. Vaco acquired FSP and Alesha joined as Partner in 2017.
Alesha received her BA in Communications and Public Relations from Texas A&M University. She lives in Houston with her family.
Andy has led engagements across the country, recruiting executives and leaders cross-functionally for both public and privately held organizations, family-owned businesses, and private equity companies.
Prior to his career in recruiting, Andy spent 15 years in leadership roles in Product Management and Marketing in a global industrial public company, a privately held CPG business headquartered in Germany, and a high-growth small business in the safety industry. This experience gives Andy a unique client-side perspective as well as a strong understanding of candidate skillsets across a variety of business functions, which he brings to every search.
Andy joined the team in 2022 after the acquisition of Brad Martin & Associates, a Minneapolis-based boutique retained search firm founded by his father in which he was a Principal.
Andy graduated cum laude from TCU in Fort Worth, TX with a Bachelor’s degree in Marketing. Andy, his wife, Cassie, and son, Teddy, live in the Minneapolis area. In his free time, he enjoys travel, golf, and good restaurants.
Angela has over 20 years of experience in administrative and project management.
At Highspring, Angela works to improve processes and policies, manage administrative procedures, and leads long term organizational planning. She is responsible for managing the firm’s marketing and communications strategy as well as providing project and business administration support to ensure a successful and positive experience for all clients.
Prior to joining the team, Angela served as the Chief Administrative Officer at Charlson Partners.
She has a background in the search industry working for several top five search firms including Spencer Stuart in the advanced technology practice.
Previously, Angela held various roles in administration at companies such as 24 Hour Fitness and CompUSA.
Based in Houston, Texas, Ann joined the team as part of the July 2017 acquisition of D’Antoni Partners. Ann is an Associate of the firm, responsible for project management, candidate research, and coordination.
Before joining the search industry, she held accounting and administrative positions in the finance, investment, and venture capital sectors. Ann earned her BBA and MBA degrees from the University of Houston.
Brad Olson brings four decades of retained search experience to the team. Deeply rooted in the Manufacturing, Industrial, and Distribution industries, Brad has successfully completed more than 1,000 retained engagements in his career. From C-suite to functional leaders in Operations, Global Supply Chain, Engineering, Marketing, HR, and Finance, he has also served as a trusted partner to both public and privately held organizations, family-owned businesses, and private equity companies.
Brad joined the team in 2022 after the acquisition of Brad Martin & Associates, a boutique retained search firm in Minneapolis he founded in 1983. Brad recognized an opportunity for his firm, which offered long-term partnerships and provided high-touch and quality service, to join forces with FSP to better serve clients and candidates around the globe. Integrity and ethics are at the core of his guiding principles both personally and professionally.
Brad has been married to his wife Donna for over 40 years. They live in the Twin Cities, have two grown children, and enjoy being grandparents, boating, and vacationing on Sanibel Island
Based in Nashville, Carrie previously worked for Vaco Nashville’s Operations team before joining the team as Project Coordinator and Executive Operations. She provides support in administration, project management, and event coordination.
Carrie earned a bachelor’s degree in English from the University of Southern Mississippi and is currently earning a master’s degree in English from Belmont University. She enjoys staying active by training for half-marathons and marathons and playing in local intramural leagues.
She grew up in Hattiesburg, MS, before relocating to Nashville in 2019.
Based in Atlanta, Georgia, Caryn serves as a Principal at Highspring developing strategy and driving execution of recruitment for top talent for clients nationally.
Caryn has 25 years of executive recruiting experience working with both boutique and large firms such as Ward Howell International and Korn Ferry International. Caryn has worked across various sectors including healthcare, higher education, financial services and industrial practices.
Caryn graduated with a Bachelor of Science Degree from The Ohio State University.
Casey serves as Research Associate. Originally from the San Francisco Bay Area, Casey now lives in Nashville, playing an integral part in launching, executing, researching, and completing searches for Highspring clients.
Casey graduated magna cum laude from the Harbert College of Business at Auburn University with a bachelor’s degree in marketing. While pursuing his undergraduate degree, Casey worked as a certified facilitator for the Working Genius assessment tool, helping fellow students uncover their natural strengths and weaknesses in work to assist in planning their careers. He also played on the club lacrosse team at Auburn as a 2-time captain and vice president.
Cathy is a seasoned search executive with 20+ years of experience recruiting in both domestic and global markets.
As a former General Manager owning a $40M P&L, Cathy draws on her operational background to better understand a client’s requirements; ultimately resulting in the timely and precise presentation of executive candidates. Her experience includes agency recruiting, corporate recruiting, retained search, and independent consulting across multiple verticals, including Operations, F&A, Sales/Sales Leadership, Technology, and Healthcare.
Cathy is a native Texan and a legacy Texas A&M Aggie who enjoys seeing Aggie games with multiple generations including her mother and son. Outside of work, Cathy enjoys spending time with her family, traveling, photography, and cruising around on her Harley.
