CWM - Ed Fry

Our guest today is Ed Fry – the President of Faith Search Partners.  Since 1990, Ed Fry has successfully assisted faith-based organization boards and executive teams in securing mission-minded leaders. He has served as a Vice President/Partner of Witt/Kieffer, the largest healthcare executive search firm, and launched the faith-based practice at Russell Reynolds Associates, one of the “big four” international executive search firms.  In 2007, he founded FaithSearch Partners, the largest retained executive search firm focusing on the complete spectrum of faith-based organizations.  Three years ago, he also co-founded HealthSearch Partners, which became the sixth largest healthcare search firm. Previously, Ed directed marketing and public relations at faith-based hospitals in Illinois and Texas. In addition, he managed the public relations function at The Joint Commission, the premier healthcare quality review agency in the U.S.Ed holds an MBA from Dallas Baptist University and a BS, Communications degree from Southwestern Adventist University, where he is a member of the institution’s board of trustees. He is a former Board Chair of the Ardmore Institute of Health, a $75 million national faith-based foundation promoting wellness and healthy living. For years, Ed has also been a board member of The Journey, a Texas-based Christian radio station, as well as the board of Faith For Today, the oldest continuously broadcast religious television program in the world. He now lives in Tyler with his wife of nearly 37 years and they have two adult children, one also in East Texas and the other in Seattle.FaithSearch PartnersHealthSearch PartnersChasing What Matters InstagramChasing What Matters WebsiteChasing What Matters Instagram