A Little Bit About Us

At Gerard Search, our mission is to connect exceptional talent with meaningful career opportunities and to help our clients find the right people at the right time. We believe in building a truly diverse talent community by valuing both traditional nonprofit experience and transferable skills from other sectors, locally and globally.

We actively challenge exclusionary hiring practices; including rigid education requirements, demands for local market experience, inflexible work structures, and unnecessary criteria like driver’s licenses - that too often limit access to great talent. We encourage our clients to recognize and embrace the unique contributions people bring through their education, culture, ethnicity, race, gender identity, age, language, religion, disability, and sexual orientation.

We do not share, promote, or endorse any organization’s political, religious, or ideological values. Our role is to connect people with opportunities; not to take sides. We work across a broad range of missions and causes so candidates can find roles that reflect their own values, interests, and goals.

Phil Gerard, a fundraiser with a background in social services and education, founded Gerard Consulting in 2012 while serving as Director of Development at Simon Fraser University. Recognizing the limited talent pool in the nonprofit sector and the need for greater awareness, he created TalentMatch, a cost-effective recruitment service that collaborates with clients' HR teams. This proactive approach makes recruitment affordable for even small organizations.

Phil is dedicated to building long-term relationships and has developed a diverse network of over 4,000 candidates across various backgrounds, ages, races, religions, neurodiversities, disabilities, national origins, gender identities, and sexual orientations. He proudly serves a wide range of clients in the arts, education, social justice, environment, community services, and healthcare sectors.