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Diana O'Neal
Director-level Talent Acquisition & Executive Search leader specializing in mission-driven organizations
Brooklyn, NYManaging Director of Talent Strategy & Employee Engagement11 years experienceDirectorEducationGovernmentNonprofit
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Recruiting leader who builds structured, competency-based hiring systems and can also personally run Senior Director-to-C-Suite searches. Notable for scaling a full hiring season to 175+ teacher hires and for leading a high-stakes CEO succession search, advising a board to define a new leadership vision and landing a CEO who remains successful four years later.
Experience
Managing Director of Talent Strategy & Employee EngagementAscend Public Charter Schools
Director of Search and Talent AcquisitionStronger Consulting
Independent Search & Talent Strategy ConsultantIndependent Search & Talent Strategy Consultant
PrincipalOn-Ramps Services, LLC
Search ConsultantOn-Ramps Services, LLC
Director of Strategic Projects - Office of School Quality (OSQ)NYC Department of Education (DOE)
Data Specialist - Office of Assessment (OA)NYC Department of Education (DOE)
Data Analyst - Division of Early Childhood Education (DECE)NYC Department of Education (DOE)
Education
NYU – Robert F. Wagner Graduate School of Public Servicemaster, Public and Non-Profit Management & Policy
New York Universitybachelor, Psychology
Key Strengths
- Led recruiter teams of 2–5 (mix of direct and indirect reports) and built structured onboarding/training for non-traditional recruiters
- Scaled hiring outcomes: hired 175+ teachers over one year
- Hands-on executive search leadership (Senior Director to C-Suite)
- High-stakes CEO/Executive Director replacement search; guided board to define future-focused leadership competencies; placement still thriving after 4 years
- Strong HRBP partnership to align compliance, culture, and negotiation parameters in searches
- Executive stakeholder influence: surfaced trade-offs/risks (turnover, cost, rework) and prevented a poor-fit finance hire via structured assessment
- Implemented end-to-end recruiting process standardization (JDs, interview guides, rubrics, stakeholder selection) and drove adoption through buy-in vs. mandate
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