KarrScheffel, LLC is a boutique, retained executive search firm formed through the merger of two long standing search practices. The combined firms have successfully completed over 1,000 searches, including 300 in the past five years.
Karr & Associates was founded by Howard Karr in the early 80's. Scheffel & Associates was founded in 1999 by the former management team of the executive search practice at PricewaterhouseCoopers in the Bay Area. The firms' reputations for search excellence have been recognized through the years by being awarded "Service Provider for the Year" for CFO searches from Coopers & Lybrand LLP, Venture Law Group, PricewaterhouseCoopers and Silicon Valley Bank. Both firms have been listed in the San Francisco Business Journal Book of Lists of Top 25 Retained Search Firms.