{"id":1291,"date":"2021-09-09T07:43:57","date_gmt":"2021-09-09T11:43:57","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.dhrglobal.com\/consultant\/james-abruzzo\/"},"modified":"2025-07-23T14:51:21","modified_gmt":"2025-07-23T18:51:21","slug":"james-abruzzo","status":"publish","type":"consultant","link":"https:\/\/www.dhrglobal.com\/consultant\/james-abruzzo\/","title":{"rendered":"James Abruzzo"},"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\/10\/Abruzzo_James_Web-970x700.jpg);\"><\/div>\n                        <section class=\"copy\">\n                <h1>James Abruzzo<\/h1>\n\n                                    <p class=\"title\">Vice Chairman<\/p>\n                                <ul class=\"offices\"><li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.dhrglobal.com\/office\/new-york\/\">New York<\/a><\/li><\/ul>                                    <p>James serves as Vice Chairman, based in New York City. He is a member of the Nonprofit,  Nonprofit Leadership Consulting and Board &#038; CEO practices. He founded the Nonprofit practice in 2001.<\/p>\n                            <\/section>\n        <\/div>\n    <\/div>\n\n    <div class=\"wrapper\">\n        <section class=\"contact\">\n            <h2>James Abruzzo<\/h2>\n\n                            <a class=\"email\" href=\"mailto:jabruzzo@dhrglobal.com\">jabruzzo@dhrglobal.com<\/a>\n            \n                            <a class=\"tel\" href=\"tel:+1 973 885 5447\">+1 973 885 5447<\/a>\n            \n                            <div class=\"social\">\n                    <p>Let&#8217;s Connect<\/p>\n\n                                            <a class=\"icon-linkedin\" href=\"http:\/\/www.linkedin.com\/pub\/james-abruzzo\/4\/887\/735\"><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>With 40 years of experience as an Executive Search and Management Consultant to nonprofit organizations, James&#8217; clients span the nonprofit spectrum \u2014 cultural organizations, zoos and aquariums, national health services, universities, social services, international relief organizations and trade associations. Having completed over 500 senior executive searches, he is recognized for his work with nonprofit boards on succession planning, strategy and executive compensation. He is also responsible for recruiting new Partners, developing intellectual capital and representing the firm at nonprofit industry forums.<\/p>\n<p>James co-founded The Institute for Ethical Leadership at Rutgers Business School in 2003. This center hosts symposia and workshops for nonprofit leaders, operates a certificate program in nonprofit leadership, provides consulting to nonprofit organizations and conducts research on critical nonprofit issues. Until his retirement from the institute in December 2017, he also served on the faculty of the Rutgers Business School. From 1985 to 1990, he served on the graduate faculty of Columbia University and the faculty of business schools abroad including the Free University in Berlin, the University of Bologna Graduate School of Economics and, currently, Bocconi SDA, the leading Italian Business School in Milan.<\/p>\n            <\/div>\n\n            <aside>\n                                <h2>Expertise<\/h2>\n                <ul>\n                                            <li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.dhrglobal.com\/industry\/social-impact\/nonprofit\/\">Nonprofit<\/a><\/li>\n                                            <li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.dhrglobal.com\/function\/board-ceo\/\">Board &#038; CEO<\/a><\/li>\n                                            <li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.dhrglobal.com\/capability\/leadership-consulting\/\">Leadership Consulting<\/a><\/li>\n                                            <li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.dhrglobal.com\/capability\/board-services\/\">Board Services<\/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\/capability\/leadership-consulting\/organizational-development\/succession-planning\/\">Succession Planning<\/a><\/li>\n                                                <\/aside>\n        <\/section>\n    <\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n    <div class=\"block-insights-featured \">\n        <div class=\"maybe-wrapper\">\n\n            \n            <div class=\"article-grid\">\n\n                \n                    <article id=\"post-21769\" class=\"post-21769 post type-post status-publish format-standard has-post-thumbnail hentry category-insights category-nonprofit tag-chief-executive-officer tag-diversity tag-nonprofits tag-succession-planning insights_type-article\" >\n    <a class=\"inner\" href=\"https:\/\/www.dhrglobal.com\/insights\/2023-trends-in-nonprofit-recruiting\/\">\n        <div class=\"img\" style=\"background-image:url(https:\/\/www.dhrglobal.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/09\/Nonprofit-trends-LinkedIn3-363x222.png);\"><\/div>\n        <div class=\"info\">\n            <h3>2023 Trends in Nonprofit Recruiting<\/h3>\n\t\t\t                <footer class=\"topic\">Article<\/footer>\n\t\t\t        <\/div>\n    <\/a>\n<\/article><article id=\"post-1635\" class=\"post-1635 post type-post status-publish format-standard has-post-thumbnail hentry category-industries category-insights category-nonprofit tag-board tag-chief-executive-officer tag-nonprofit tag-succession-planning insights_type-article\" >\n    <a class=\"inner\" href=\"https:\/\/www.dhrglobal.com\/insights\/succession-planning-nonprofit\/\">\n        <div class=\"img\" style=\"background-image:url(https:\/\/www.dhrglobal.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/succession-planning.png);\"><\/div>\n        <div class=\"info\">\n            <h3>Succession Planning for Nonprofit Organizations<\/h3>\n\t\t\t                <footer class=\"topic\">Article<\/footer>\n\t\t\t        <\/div>\n    <\/a>\n<\/article><article id=\"post-1625\" class=\"post-1625 post type-post status-publish format-standard has-post-thumbnail hentry category-insights insights_type-article\" >\n    <a class=\"inner\" href=\"https:\/\/www.dhrglobal.com\/insights\/museums-need-code-ethics\/\">\n        <div class=\"img\" style=\"background-image:url(https:\/\/www.dhrglobal.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/09\/museum-code-of-ethics.png);\"><\/div>\n        <div class=\"info\">\n            <h3>Museums Need a Code of Ethics<\/h3>\n\t\t\t                <footer class=\"topic\">Article<\/footer>\n\t\t\t        <\/div>\n    <\/a>\n<\/article><article id=\"post-24906\" class=\"post-24906 news type-news status-publish has-post-thumbnail hentry news-type-in-the-media\" >\n    <a class=\"inner\" href=\"https:\/\/www.dhrglobal.com\/news\/the-empty-c-suite-nonprofit-executives-are-leaving-to-become-consultants\/\">\n        <div class=\"img\" style=\"background-image:url(https:\/\/www.dhrglobal.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/03\/iStock-1490892102-363x222.jpg);\"><\/div>\n        <div class=\"info\">\n            <h3>The Empty C-Suite &#8211; 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