Founded by Dr. Dana Ardi, Corporate Anthropology Advisors has touched the lives of thousands of executives in hundreds of companies.  Ardi’s thirty years of experience and global network give her the ability to map the competition and talent in unexpected ways, bringing companies the most creative and competitive human capital solutions possible.

An expert in the fields of executive coaching, talent management, organizational design, recruiting, assessment, and leadership, Dr. Ardi creates enhanced value in companies by matching the most sought after talent with the best opportunities.

She also coaches senior management, boards, and investors on the art and science of building high caliber teams, providing them with the skills to attract top-level management, design ideal organizational structures, and deploy people against strategy.

Dr. Ardi has served in Private Equity as a Partner/Managing Director at CCMP Capital and JPMorgan Partners, and was also a Partner at the Venture Capital Firm , Flatiron Partners.  Earlier in her career, she was an operating executive at R. R. Donnelly & Sons and at McGraw-Hill.  She is also known for her background in managing and leading several executive search firms.

Dr. Ardi served on the Board of AMC/Loews Entertainment Inc. from 2009 until the company’s sale in 2012. She is a member of the Acquisition Committee of the Institute of Contemporary Art of Miami, and a member of the Royal Society of the Arts. She is on the Board and a founding member of the M Center of Excellence, a philanthropy and serves on the Executive Committee of WorkingNation,the leading non-profit dedicated to the Nation’s current and future state of work.

Dr. Ardi has a bachelor’s degree from the State University of New York at Buffalo and a masters degree and doctorate from Boston College.