Paula Hurley Fazli has over twenty years' experience in executive search and not-for-profit management. She graduated from Harvard University cum laude and received her Masters degree from the Harvard Graduate School of Education. Early in her career, Paula worked in production management at the American Repertory Theatre in Cambridge, Massachusetts. She then joined Orion Consultants in New York, a market research and executive search firm with clients in the financial services industry. After graduate school, Paula held a variety of administrative positions, including Program Director for the National Academy Foundation, Career Specialist at the Boston Private Industry Council, and Chief of Staff to the High School Superintendent in Boston. In 1993, she joined a higher education search practice and became the firm's first Vice President. She has volunteered for and served on board committees of various local organizations.