Cynthia P. Heckscher

Cynthia Price Heckscher is a Managing Director with Diversified Search Odgers Berndtson in Philadelphia. Since joining the firm in 1989, Mrs. Heckscher has developed a consultative search practice which focuses on senior executive and clinician searches for large, non-profit, and/or faith-based health care systems, academic medical centers, managed care organizations, and specialty hospitals nationwide. Many of her search assignments involve working with Boards and Search committees in the selection of chief executive officers for newly merged, multi-cultural, and multi-site organizations. She also has worked closely with clients in their respective efforts to recruit, retain, and develop highly diverse leadership talent. In response to her clients' interest in utilizing core competencies for leadership development and selection purposes, Mrs. Heckscher has completed training in behavior events/core competency interviewing with The Hay Group.

From 1987 to 1989, she served as the Director of Research and Program Development for the Health Federation of Philadelphia, a non-profit health planning organization. In this capacity, she designed and implemented multiple programs, including Philadelphia's Lay Home Visiting Program to address the health care needs of medically underserved and/or uninsured women and children in the city. In addition to her earlier experience as a case-worker at Columbia Presbyterian medical Center's Neurological Institute, she served as a social worker and the coordinator of the statewide Child Development Program for Dartmouth Medical School from 1976 to 1985.

Mrs. Heckscher has served on a number of Philadelphia Boards, including the Green Tree School for Emotionally Disturbed Children, the Arthritis Foundation for Southeastern Pennsylvania, the Chestnut Hill Hospital Health Care Corporation and the Alzheimer's Association of Southeastern Pennsylvania.

Mrs. Heckscher holds a BA from Vassar College and a Masters of Social Work Degree from the University of Pennsylvania.