Mary O'Keefe

Partner

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New York, NY
212-471-5002

 

Mary O'Keefe is a Partner at the Cheyenne Group and is also Chief Operating Officer for the firm. Mary joined the Cheyenne Group in 2006, assuming responsibility for all of the firm's operations, running the overall business and developing the strategic plan for the company. Mary works across all media and entertainment disciplines and brings expertise and added focus to the firm in the business development and strategy consultant areas.

Prior to the Cheyenne Group, Mary worked at Raines International Inc. as Vice President, and primarily focused on the Consumer, Retail, Business Services and Healthcare Industries. In addition to search management, Mary oversaw Research and was responsible for all Training and Development initiatives including the implementation of an Associate Program for the firm.

Mary has been in the executive search industry since 1977 and has held key positions at several major executive search firms in the Northeast. Prior to Raines, she was Vice President with Herbert Mines Associates, where she managed high profile clients in the Retail, Fashion and Consumer arena. In addition, Mary managed Research, Corporate Marketing, and Technology, reporting directly to the CEO.

Formerly, she served as Director of Research for TMP Worldwide, Johnson Smith & Knisely, where she was credited with spearheading a new database implementation as well as developing a comprehensive training program for research. Mary earned her B.A. in Sociology from the University of Maryland. She currently serves as a member of the Board of Trustees at Saint Leo University.


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