Ann Futch, Executive Search Consultant, founded Sierra Advisory Group in 2004. Ann serves as a Special Advisor to Phoenix Group International. Previously she spent nearly a decade as an investment banking professional, working at Alex. Brown, Montgomery Securities, and Credit Suisse First Boston. Throughout her career in finance, she covered the technology, healthcare, and consumer sectors, with product knowledge spanning private and public equity and debt securities and M&A. Ann's recruiting efforts focus on Analyst through Managing Director level searches for bulge bracket investment banks, advisory boutiques, and private equity/venture capital firms.

A graduate of The Johns Hopkins University, Ann holds a Master of Business Administration from the Fuqua School of Business at Duke University. She also is an endurance sport enthusiast who is passionate about marathon running, triathlon racing, and Nordic skiing.