Gary Goldstein
Co-Founder & President

Client Service Areas: Alternative Investments, Investment Banking & Finance, Capital Markets, Leveraged Finance and Real Estate.

Gary Goldstein is a founder and President of Whitney Partners, a leading executive search firm in the financial services industry. Considered to be an expert in his field, Mr. Goldstein has extensive experience in human resources recruitment within all areas of the financial services industry and has appeared in a number of articles and television programs ranging from The Wall Street Journal to CNN's Moneyline discussing trends in the financial services sector. He has also been qualified and has served as an expert witness in a number of arbitrations related to compensation and other matters of employment in the securities business. He was also a founder, chairman and CEO of a public human resource staffing and consulting company serving the financial services industry.

Prior to entering the executive search industry, Mr. Goldstein was on the audit and consulting staffs of Arthur Andersen & Co. in New York. Mr. Goldstein is an active member of Young President's Organization, Inc. (YPO), The Brookings Council of the Brookings Institution and The Presidents Association of the American Management Association. Mr. Goldstein also serves on the Boards of Junior Achievement of New York and Aish HaTorah of New York.

Mr. Goldstein holds a Bachelor of Science in Accounting and a Bachelor of Arts in Psychology from Canisius College and is a graduate of the OPM Program at the Harvard Business School.

 

Alicia Lazaro
Co-Founder & Senior Managing Director

Client Service Areas: Investment Banking, Leveraged Finance, Municipal Finance, Restructuring, Infrastructure and Corporate Banking.

Alicia Lazaro is a founder and Senior Managing Director of Whitney Partners. Ms. Lazaro is an investment banking generalist and has led searches for executives in mergers & acquisitions, all major industry sectors in corporate finance, municipal finance, private equity and infrastructure.

Ms. Lazaro founded Whitney McRae, Inc., one of the first executive search firms to specialize in investment banking recruitment with a focus in corporate finance. The firm later merged with Whitney Partners. Prior to her career in executive search, she held a Human Resources supervisory position at Goldman Sachs & Co. and recruitment positions at Chase Manhattan Bank.

Ms. Lazaro is an active member of Plan USA and The Salt Pond Coalition.

Ms. Lazaro holds a Bachelor of Arts degree from the State University of New York at Binghamton in Romance Languages.

 

Michael D. Zinn
Managing Director, Whitney Partners

Client Service Areas: IT, Data Management, Infrastructure, and Operations.

Michael D. Zinn is a Managing Director at Whitney Partners and Head of the Operations & Infrastructure practice. With more than twenty years of search experience, Mr. Zinn brings an extensive track record in the selection of talent in a variety of sectors. Mr. Zinn has lead searches with clients in the Alternative Investments, Investment Banking, and Public sectors. He has completed searches for all levels of C-management and has successfully built teams in the IT and Operations departments of clients ranging from hedge funds to boutique start-ups.

Prior to joining Whitney, Mr. Zinn was President of his own firm, Michael D. Zinn & Associates. The firm was recognized in the book “Rites of Passage,” by John Lucht in which it was awarded the designation of “Outstanding Executive Search Firm.”

Previously, Mr. Zinn conducted executive-level searches in the Investment Banking and Technology sectors at Richards Consultants and at Korn/Ferry International.

Mr. Zinn holds a Masters of Business Administration from St. John’s University and a Bachelor of Arts degree from Ithaca College.