John Thornton serves as Executive Vice President and Managing Director in the firm’s Cleveland, Ohio and Sanibel Florida offices. He is a senior member of DHR’s Healthcare and Life Sciences Practice and is responsible for conducting executive and physician leader searches for health care systems, medical schools, community hospitals and other healthcare providers. He brings with him 20 years of executive search experience. Prior to joining DHR International, Mr. Thornton was a Principal with the StratfordGroup, another executive search firm, where he played a key role in helping it to become the 13th largest search firm in the U.S. Earlier he served as Group Vice President at Cardinal American Corporation for eight years where he successfully led the turn-around of two of its manufacturing divisions and served as General Manager of each. Prior to that, Mr. Thornton was Vice President Finance, Rollins Environmental Services. He began his career with the management consulting firm, McKinsey & Company, Inc. after completing his service obligation as a 1st Lt. in the U. S. Army. Mr. Thornton has been active in the community for many years having served as an officer and on Boards of Directors of nonprofit entities. Mr. Thornton holds a BA degree from Princeton University and an MBA degree from Harvard Business School. |