"The Greater Macon Chamber (GA) engaged Anissa Starnes, with YGM, as our search consultant for our recent President/CEO search. Anissa helped our committee through all the expected steps of the process. One would expect a good search consultant to perform these functions and Anissa did so professionally and more than competently. There are two areas, though, where Anissa particularly stood out in the search. First, she invested the time and effort to understand our community, our chamber, and the politics and personalities of our leadership and partners. Secondly, Anissa kept a level, cool head as the inevitable politics of a high-profile search played out during the process. She demonstrated tremendous professionalism and determination in keeping our committee focused on those things that were important while helping us to give less time to distractions along the way. We would certainly use her again – though I sincerely hope it will be years before we need her help again! "

"Anissa and YGM came to us with an impressive track record, high recommendations, and the experience that we lacked as a committee. We voted to hire her after interviewing three other firms. We felt that her individualized attention to our needs was Important. We also appreciated her calm demeanor and her experience in the chamber world, specifically. She did most of the work for us! She spent a great deal of time learning about OUR organization; what we needed; what we had and liked or didn’t like; what we wanted to replicate or never repeat again. She focused on learning how to think like us. If you are looking for a C-suite search, Anissa and YGM is by far the best, brightest, most efficient, and most cost-effective partner you will find. "