Rhyan Zweifler

Founder & President

Email: Rhyan@noeticEXsearch.com

Rhyan Zweifler has devoted her more than 30-year career to the nonprofit sector. Her impact is measured by the mission achievement of the clients she serves. In January 2010, Ms. Zweifler launched Noetic Search, a full service retained executive search firm serving the nonprofit sector. With candor, honesty, integrity and unwavering commitment to its clients, Noetic Search identifies outstanding leaders and innovators for mission-driven organizations.

As an executive search consultant, she invested five years with The Boulware Group working on searches in the areas of advocacy, civil rights, public policy, environmental action, and community development. As a female, minority-owned firm, The Boulware Group was well-regarded for commitment to cultural, racial and ethnic diversity and its keen ability to identify and place diverse leaders. Ms. Zweifler also served for ten years as a Principal at Kittleman & Associates, a premier national retained executive search firm exclusively focused on serving leading nonprofit organizations. Specializing in CEO and senior management searches, she successfully placed more than 170 national leaders for cultural, human service, educational and grant making organizations. She has overseen all aspects of the search process from marketing and sales to client management to candidate sourcing, development and closing.

Prior to her career in executive search, Ms. Zweifler worked with McPherson, Schultz and Associates (today known as Schultz & Williams), a development consulting and advertising firm in Los Angeles, California. She advised social service agencies, public radio and television stations, museums and hospitals on complex campaigns and coached their teams on tactics to surpass donor engagement and commitment goals. She helped her clients uncover new opportunities through innovative marketing and fundraising strategies. She also held development positions with the Museum of Contemporary Art in Los Angeles and the California Science Center (formerly known as the California Museum of Science and Industry).

Ms. Zweifler, a Chicago resident, received a Master of Arts degree in Museum Management from John F. Kennedy University Center for Museum Studies in Orinda, California, and a Bachelor of Arts degree in Art History from the University of Wisconsin, Madison. She is member of the Network of Nonprofit Search Consultants and serves on the Knowledge and Thought Leadership Committee. She is on the Nominating and Board Relations Committee for Heartland Alliance, and is Chair of the Board Relations Committee for Heartland Alliance Health (HAH), the health care arm of Heartland Alliance. As Chair of Board Relations for HAH, Ms. Zweifler is responsible for Board recruitment. When she joined the Board in 2016, there were 17 members of which four (4) were people of color (23.5%). In 2021, there were 19 Board members of which nine (9) are people of color (43.4%). Her past board leadership experience also includes serving on the Board and the Executive Committee of Redmoon Theater.