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Joined Stanton Chase International in 2009, after being a partner with Heidrick & Struggles for 2 years, after Highland Partners Executive Search which he joined in 2005 which was acquired by H&S in 2006. David has more than thirty years of executive search experience having served three years with Korn/Ferry and more than 16 years with Ray & Berndtson where he was a co-global leader of the consumer products and services search practice. Previously employed by The Coca-Cola Company for fourteen years, where he was assistant to two Presidents in Atlanta, as well as serving overseas, and was V.P. Marketing in California, and Divisional V. P & General Manager for Coca-Cola in Portland, OR. After being President of an over-the-air pay television company in Kansas City, he joined Dr Pepper Company in Dallas as Vice President of Sales. David also held positions at Information Retrieval Methods. A former member of the Chief Executives Roundtable, David has also served as the President of the Dallas/Fort Worth Chapter of the Association for Corporate Growth, and as the Vice President of International Expansion and a Board member of the Association for Corporate Growth International. He also has served as a member of the Greater Dallas Planning Council, Dallas Friday Group, and Dallas Bar Association. David, his wife Frann, have one son, Patrick, who graduated from the University of Texas-Austin. and now teaches English as second language in Bangkok, Thailand.The Loves currently live in Asheville, NC, and formerly lived in the Swiss Avenue Historic District of Dallas. He also has two older children, a son David III, who also is in executive search, is married with a daughter and a son; and a daughter, who is the founder and publisher of RealSports magazine, and has recently been the CEO for the Forum of Women Entrepreneurs and Executives, and currently is a management consultant helping companies develop their strategic marketing plans and programs.
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Stanton Chase International
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