Commitment to People

At Kindred, our first core value is Commitment to People. We respect and honor the whole person and value them as individuals. We go the extra mile to help people succeed and invest in their continued growth, and we seek to work with companies and partners who share this commitment.

Over the 20+ year history of Kindred, we have always prioritized developing talent from within. We strongly believe that our culture, work process, team structure and focus on shared success yield better results. Ultimately, the most important members of our team are those who continue to drive this culture of excellence forward.

With that premise in mind, we are thrilled to announce the appointment of McKenzie Furber, Julia French and Daniel Scanlan to Managing Directors of Kindred.

McKenzie leads searches across our Consumer, Marketplace and Fin-tech portfolio with an emphasis on Marketing and Product roles. Internally and across the industry, McKenzie is recognized for her intellect, her commitment to people and her dedication and relentless focus on achieving the right outcomes. Before joining Kindred, McKenzie helped Coatue Management build their first internal talent practice, and before that established the West Coast operations for Dynamic Search Partners.

Kindred is committed to supporting our clients for the long term, well beyond a successful executive search. Julia French has been a key driver of Kindred’s focus on long-term partnerships by founding and leading Kindred Scale. Functionally, Scale specializes in customer success, operations, sales and marketing hiring at the director, manager and senior individual contributor level. Julia has a deep background in helping hyper-growth companies solve their most daunting challenge — finding, attracting and closing top talent below the C-suite. She has built a great reputation as someone who consistently over-delivers, executes with speed and care, and has high EQ and IQ.

We have and continue to partner with some of the most important emerging companies in Healthcare. Daniel Scanlan has played a key role in growing Kindred’s presence within this highly important, massive vertical. His energy, passion, and dedication to his craft is evident to anyone who is fortunate enough to meet him. Daniel represents the epitome of developing from within, and is — deservedly — the youngest partner in our firm’s history. Daniel will continue to drive all functional searches with our healthcare industry partners.

Onward!