Unlock the human potential to accelerate business value.
Our Approach
People drive business value.
Today, business value has shifted from physical assets to human capital. People are now the primary drivers of business value – as a result, organizations must now take a more human-centric approach to unlock business potential. Our firm is built for this new era – to create business value driven by people.
WHY LACEY LAKE leadership?
We go deep to understand the “why” – your unique organizational needs, business drivers and value creation goals.
We are agile and built to move at the speed of your business – and the market.
We are flexible and customize solutions to meet your needs - and milestone-driven outcomes.
We are motivated by a desire to have a meaningful impact - on both people and your business - through a human-centric approach.
Solutions
We unlock the human potential to accelerate business value by identifying possibilities, attracting talent, and delivering business value. Our solutions are tailored to your strategic business needs and intentional growth goals.
Talent Strategy
Leadership Team Advisory
Human Capital Audit
Executive Search
Milestone-Based Executive Recruiting
Board Advisor Executive Search
Collaborative Market Mapping
Professional Search
Contained Mid-level Search
Associate Search
Accelerated Sourcing
Success Stories
Creating value for businesses and people alike.
Lacey Lake Leadership partnered with us to define the right role for our needs and then quickly delivered a high-quality pool of executive candidates for our consideration. Their expertise and flexibility helped us make informed talent strategy decisions throughout the search process. They tailored their approach to meet the needs of our organization – and the quality of their work was outstanding.
Robert Murray
Chief Executive Officer, 3Q Digital
Lacey Lake looks beyond getting roles filled and people in seats – they are a true business partner. Maddie and the team dig in to understand the “why” of the business need, then define a role and map the market to identify possibilities and unlock potential for people and businesses alike.
Tari Haro
Managing Director, Chief Growth Officer, Erie Street Growth Partners
Lacey Lake is unique in their level of transparency, preparedness and organization, and consistency in communications. As a candidate, I felt well-informed and well-positioned to present my best self to the hiring organization throughout the process.
Gina Gauthier
Chief of Staff, Office of the Chairman and CEO, Erie Street Growth Partners
Our values
Transparency, Flexibility, Empathy, and Diversity.
We believe that a people-first approach to human capital creates better and more impactful business outcomes. We are committed to leading the way, together with our client partners, in today’s new era of business – guided by our values of transparency, flexibility, empathy, and diversity:
We believe
Leading with transparency, authenticity, and integrity is fundamental to our work.
Embracing a mindset of flexibility produces customizable solutions for our clients, the people we serve, and our employees alike.
Embodying empathy and honesty leads to growth for all.
Prioritizing diversity and inclusion drives long-term success.
Team
Female-founded and led, Lacey Lake was created to help businesses unlock potential through leadership. With decades of experience – from the “big search firms” to the Fortune 100 – our purpose is to transform your business (and disrupt our industry).
Madeline Hall
Managing Partner, Founder
As founder and Managing Partner, Madeline serves clients through talent mapping, executive search, and human capital management strategy. In addition, she leads the design and delivery of Lacey Lake Leadership’s client strategy and offerings, as well as all operations of the business.
As a strategic talent partner and former management consultant, Madeline approaches her relationships with kindness, empathy, and authenticity. She has spent her career advising leadership teams on executive talent decisions, bringing over 10 years of human capital management experience spanning top-tier executive recruiting and leadership assessment (Spencer Stuart, Korn Ferry), client-side talent recruitment (Allstate Insurance), and agency consulting roles (Huron Consulting Group, Healthscape Advisors).
Maddie received her bachelor’s degree from the University of Wisconsin, Madison. She resides in Barrington, IL where she enjoys spending as much time as possible cheering on Chicago sports teams with her son!
Bill Kushner
Senior Partner
As Senior Partner, Bill serves clients through executive search, professional search, and talent strategy. He also leads Lacey Lake’s business development strategy while supporting key operations initiatives.
With over 15 years of national agency experience at Addison Group, a private equity-backed staffing and recruitment firm, Bill brings deep expertise serving clients in private equity, professional and financial services, manufacturing and distribution. During his time with Addison Group, he partnered with organizational leaders to identify and deliver talent solutions, in addition to leading teams locally in Chicago as well as nationally.
Bill received his bachelor’s degree from Lake Forest College, where he was a four-year Varsity Letter Winner for Football and President of the Rugby Club. He resides in Western Springs, IL with his wife and two children, where he enjoys cooking, all things sports-related, and being outdoors with his family and friends.
Domenica French
Senior Associate
As a Senior Associate, Domenica supports various business development initiatives across human capital management, executive search, and consulting operations. Domenica provides research and project management for Lacey Lake consulting workstreams and supports the organization’s opportunity pipeline.
Prior to joining Lacey Lake, Domenica worked as a Program Manager, responsible for standing up large-scale managed service programs within IT and end-user service environments. Domenica began her career in technical recruiting within IT, finance, and engineering spaces. Domenica graduated from Indiana University in Bloomington and currently resides in Chicago. She is an avid Chicago sports fan, loves reading and travel and spends most of her time with family and friends.
Shawn Nelson
Associate
As an Associate, Shawn supports the Lacey Lake team through various human capital-related consulting items including employee performance management, learning and development, compensation and total rewards, and employee engagement.
Prior to joining Lacey Lake, Shawn worked as a people analytics consultant specializing in HR-related data analysis and benchmarking in the private equity, management consulting, software, and manufacturing industries.
Shawn holds a BA in Finance from Lake Forest College where he also served as captain to the Men’s Hockey program. He is an avid athlete and enjoys playing hockey, golf, tennis, pickleball and biking as well as spending time with friends and family in his free time.
