Charles Pappalardo, Managing Director
At the helm of the Trilogy team is Chuck Pappalardo. An accomplished industry veteran, Chuck brings more than 20 years of recruitment insight and experience to the executive search process. Specializing in C-level searches and building executive management teams for venture, clean technology, life sciences, nonprofit and foundation clients, Chuck has worked with such organizations as Amgen Inc., Golden Gate Community, Inc. (now New Door Ventures), Humanity United/Omidyar Network, Ice-Energy Inc., The William and Flora Hewlett Foundation, and Thermo Fisher Scientific Inc. Prior to founding Trilogy Search Non+Profit, he was a partner and managing director with Christian & Timbers, now CTPartners, in the Cleveland and San Francisco Bay Area offices.

A respected leader in the retained search industry, Chuck has been quoted in the Silicon Valley/San Jose Business Journal, San Francisco Chronicle, Fast Company, Wall Street Journal, Workplace Management, Red Herring, Internet World and The Chronicle of Philanthropy, among other publications. He has also been interviewed on NPR.

Chuck currently serves on the board of directors of New Door Ventures, a San Francisco-based organization assisting at-risk youth.

Advisory Board Members

Thomas W. Davison, Ph.D., President and CEO, Sontra Medical Corporation

Sterling Lanier, Chair, The Executive Committee (TEC)

Gus Lee, ethicist, leadership consultant and best-selling author

Michael Mayer, Managing Director, Prudential Securities

Jeff Van Zanten, Chief Financial Officer, Treasurer and Secretary,
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