Director of Franchise Development / Search Consultant
Kerry Slife is a Director with SearchPath International, a premier search firm committed to performance, quality and results. Using superior research and evaluation skills, Kerry rapidly assesses candidate compatibility, producing talent ready to meet specific client challenges.
Since joining SPI in 2002, Kerry has been an extremely active member of the firm’s national Human Capital, PEO, Outsourcing, Business Services, Franchising, Dental, Dental Manufacturing and Supply, Disease Management, Industrial, and Telecommunications Practices. Her client base is varied, including everything from start-ups to elite global organizations. Throughout her six year tenure with SPI, she has executed on a wide array of projects, ranging from business development roles to senior general management, as well searches for key functional and operational roles at all levels of the professional ladder. Among these are CEO, CFO, COO, and positions responsible for marketing, sales, finance, human resources, research and development, manufacturing, and business development.
Before joining SPI, Kerry was a graduate of Northern Michigan University, with a B.S. in Marketing and a minor in Speech Communication. During her time at NMU, she competed for four years in NCAA Division I Collegiate Alpine Skiing, and was a four-year player and captain on the NMU women’s club rugby team. Currently, she is an active member of the Austrian Women’s National Rugby Team. Her SPI home base is the SPI worldwide Cleveland headquarters, but she also works remotely from Vienna, Austria for a portion of the year.