{"id":1279,"date":"2021-09-09T07:41:53","date_gmt":"2021-09-09T11:41:53","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.dhrglobal.com\/consultant\/glenn-sugiyama\/"},"modified":"2026-01-26T12:43:15","modified_gmt":"2026-01-26T17:43:15","slug":"glenn-sugiyama","status":"publish","type":"consultant","link":"https:\/\/www.dhrglobal.com\/consultant\/glenn-sugiyama\/","title":{"rendered":"Glenn Sugiyama"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"block-consultant-detail alignfull \">\n    <div class=\"consultant-hero\">\n        <div class=\"wrapper\">\n                            <div class=\"img\"\n                     style=\"background-image:url(https:\/\/www.dhrglobal.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/09\/Glenn_Sugiyama_Bio_Web-970x700.jpg);\"><\/div>\n                        <section class=\"copy\">\n                <h1>Glenn Sugiyama<\/h1>\n\n                                    <p class=\"title\">Managing Partner, Global Sports Practice<\/p>\n                                <ul class=\"offices\"><li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.dhrglobal.com\/office\/chicago\/\">Chicago<\/a><\/li><\/ul>                                    <p>Described by Forbes magazine as \u201cone of the most influential men in college athletics,\u201d Glenn has built one of the largest and most renowned Sports Practice Groups in the world\u2014an achievement recognized by his induction into the DHR Global Hall of Fame. For over 20 years, he has placed elite talent and head coaches for professional sports organizations and top academic institutions globally. He is based in Chicago.<\/p>\n                            <\/section>\n        <\/div>\n    <\/div>\n\n    <div class=\"wrapper\">\n        <section class=\"contact\">\n            <h2>Glenn Sugiyama<\/h2>\n\n                            <a class=\"email\" href=\"mailto:gsugiyama@dhrglobal.com\">gsugiyama@dhrglobal.com<\/a>\n            \n                            <a class=\"tel\" href=\"tel:+1 312 782 1581\">+1 312 782 1581<\/a>\n            \n                            <div class=\"social\">\n                    <p>Let&#8217;s Connect<\/p>\n\n                                            <a class=\"icon-linkedin\" href=\"https:\/\/www.linkedin.com\/in\/glenn-sugiyama-362932\/\"><span\n                                    class=\"screen-reader-text\">LinkedIn<\/span><\/a>\n                    \n                    \n                                    <\/div>\n                    <\/section>\n        <section class=\"main\">\n            <div class=\"copy\">\n                <h2>Experience<\/h2>\n                <p>Since 2004, Glenn has led searches for some of DHR\u2019s largest clients around the world. At age 27, he became one of the youngest directors of a major U.S. pro sports team when he joined board of the Chicago Bulls. Prior to that, he was a Division I college basketball coach.<\/p>\n<p>Before joining DHR, Glenn was Vice President and Account Director for Leo Burnett USA, and a former Director of North American Business Development at Leo Burnett\u2019s Marketing Services Group currently known as ARC Worldwide.<\/p>\n<p>Glenn began his career as Director of Marketing, Advertising and Sales for a regional restaurant company. He transitioned from marketing to finance &amp; operations when he ran a nine unit, 700-employee chain as President and CEO. Since then, Glenn has served as EVP of a 5,000-employee service company and President of a real estate development company.<\/p>\n<p>Among his many affiliations, Glenn is a member of the Executive Committees of both the Board of Directors of the Japanese American Service Committee and the Business Advisory Council of the Driehaus College of Business at DePaul University. He is on the National Advisory Board of Positive Coaching Alliance, has served on the advisory council of the University of Illinois \u2013 College of Commerce and Business Administration and was named one of the \u201cOutstanding 50 Asian Americans in Business\u201d in the nation. He is a graduate of Michigan State University.<\/p>\n            <\/div>\n\n            <aside>\n                                <h2>Expertise<\/h2>\n                <ul>\n                                            <li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.dhrglobal.com\/industry\/sports\/\">Sports<\/a><\/li>\n                                            <li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.dhrglobal.com\/industry\/social-impact\/education\/\">Education<\/a><\/li>\n                                            <li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.dhrglobal.com\/?post_type=capability&#038;p=2056\">Diversity, Equity &#038; Inclusion<\/a><\/li>\n                                            <li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.dhrglobal.com\/industry\/social-impact\/\">Social Impact &#038; Nonprofit<\/a><\/li>\n                                            <li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.dhrglobal.com\/capability\/executive-search\/\">Executive Search<\/a><\/li>\n                                            <li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.dhrglobal.com\/industry\/consumer-retail\/media-entertainment\/\">Media &#038; Entertainment<\/a><\/li>\n                                            <li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.dhrglobal.com\/industry\/real-estate\/\">Real Estate<\/a><\/li>\n                                                <\/aside>\n        <\/section>\n    <\/div>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"","protected":false},"featured_media":8091,"template":"","consultant_title":[117],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.dhrglobal.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/consultant\/1279"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.dhrglobal.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/consultant"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.dhrglobal.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/consultant"}],"version-history":[{"count":24,"href":"https:\/\/www.dhrglobal.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/consultant\/1279\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":39620,"href":"https:\/\/www.dhrglobal.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/consultant\/1279\/revisions\/39620"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.dhrglobal.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/8091"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.dhrglobal.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1279"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"consultant_title","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.dhrglobal.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/consultant_title?post=1279"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}