Gene Rice
Managing Partner & co-Founder

Gene Rice spent 10 years with an International Fortune 50 company where he was promoted six times and received three consecutive citations as “Executive of the Year”. In his last position Gene led East Coast operations and held management responsibility for seven locations and a staff of more than 500.

In 1989 Gene co-Founded Rice Cohen International and grew it to become one of the 30 largest retained executive search firms in North America as reported by Executive Recruiter News. Gene is an internationally recognized executive search professional specializing in the placement of top senior executives in the training, consulting and professional services industries. He is trained and certified in Behavior-Based Interviewing and Executive Coaching and over the course of his career has placed over 80 CEO, COO, President, and Board-level executives. Gene has personally completed over 100 Chief Marketing Officer and Vice President of Sales searches and his team has placed more that 500 Business Developers.

In 2002 Gene was recognized by Recruiter.com as one of the “100 Most Influential People in the History of the Staffing Industry”. That same year he co-founded Rice Cohen Training, the largest training and consulting company specializing in the recruiting industry, and created the best-selling video series – “Secrets To Success In The Search Business!” and, “25 Common Traits of The Big Billers”. His business has expanded to include an M&A division in which Gene partners with clients seeking to expand their businesses through acquisition. He continues to deliver keynote speeches at leading industry events including NAPS, Top Echelon, IPA, ASA and others.

Active in the community as well as business, Gene volunteers his time by coaching AAU basketball, Little League baseball, leading the company charity outings for Habitat for Humanity and has served as an executive board member for the Make-A-Wish Foundation.

Jeff Cohen
President & co-Founder

 Jeff Cohen is a graduate of Pennsylvania State University. During a career spanning more than 8 years with an International Fortune 50 company he earned five promotions and received the prestigious “Executive of the Year” award. Jeff’s creativity, interpersonal skills and phenomenal leadership abilities led to a 63% increase in his region which resulted in his election to the executive committee.

Seeking an opportunity to make a greater impact, Jeff co-Founded Rice Cohen International in 1989 and grew it to become one of the 30 largest and fastest growing retained executive search firms in North America. Jeff is nationally recognized as an award-winning search professional specializing in the IT Staffing, Outsourcing and Professional Services industries. He has successfully placed top talent in executive management, sales, marketing and operations roles for hundreds of clients ranging from boutique firms to Fortune 100 corporations. Jeff is trained and certified in Behavior-Based Interviewing as well as Executive Coaching and Spin Selling™.

In 2002 Jeff was recognized by Recruiter.com as one of the “100 Most Influential People in the History of the Staffing Industry” and is a frequent keynote speaker at leading industry events including NAPS, Top Echelon, IPA, ASA and others. He is co-founder of Rice Cohen Training, the largest training and consulting company specializing in the recruiting industry, and created the best-selling video series – “Secrets To Success In The Search Business!” and, “25 Common Traits of The Big Billers”. His business has expanded to include consulting services in which Jeff advises clients on strategic business issues such as integration, team building, assessment & selection, and compensation strategy.

Jeff resides in Newtown, PA with his wife and two sons and is active in his community as well as in business. He enjoys coaching youth sports programs and volunteers his time by leading company charity outings for Habitat for Humanity and the Make-A-Wish Foundation.

Jeff Bauer
Senior Consultant

Jeff joined Rice Cohen International in 1999 as a Consultant and member of the Performance Improvement, Consulting, and E-learning practice group. In this role, Jeff spent over 3 years developing extensive experience placing Senior Executives, Business Developers, and support staff. In 2003, Jeff was promoted to Senior Consultant where he continues to be actively involved in recruiting for high level search projects while also managing project teams.

Prior to Rice Cohen, Jeff spent 5 years with Provident Mutual Life Insurance Company and 10 years as an entrepreneur. Jeff graduated from Catawba College with a Bachelor of Arts degree in Business Administration and Accounting. He and his wife Linda reside in North Wales, Pa. Jeff enjoys extreme surfing, big game hunting, and hang gliding.

Amy Ford
Consultant

Amy joined Rice Cohen International in 1991. She was initially hired as a Receptionist and was later promoted to Office Manager. As her experience and knowledge of the search business grew, Amy felt the need to take on additional challenges and requested a transfer into the role of Recruiter.

Amy joined the team led by Jeff Cohen conducting search projects in the Professional Services, IT Staffing, and Outsourcing industries. As a senior member of the team Amy has successfully executed more than 200 searches for positions in sales, technical recruiting, branch and senior level management, resulting in significant repeat business from her clients. She consistently exceeds quota targets and has received the President’s Club Award numerous times. She is trained and certified in Behavior-Based Interviewing and has completed training in Spin Selling™.

Amy resides in Philadelphia, Pa. with her husband, John and son, Sean.

Sharyn Selby
Senior Consultant

Sharyn joined Rice Cohen International in1998 as a consultant and a member of the Performance Improvement, Consulting and E-Learning Practice Group. In this role Sharyn placed senior executives, business developers, and support staff. Sharyn was recently promoted to Senior Consultant and is actively involved in recruiting for high level search projects as well as marketing.

Sharyn transitioned from Sylvan Learning Center, a leading provider of Educational Solutions. As their Center Director, she oversaw Sales and Management for the center. Sharyn earned her Bachelor of Arts Degree in Organizational Communications from Cedarville College. In her free time Sharyn enjoys working with children and coaches 4 year olds in peewee soccer.

Marie Walton
Senior Recruiter

Marie Walton is a Senior Recruiter with Rice Cohen International. Marie joined RCI in 1996 as an Administrative Assistant to Jeff Cohen. She served in that role for more than a year before transitioning to the Performance Improvement search team as a Recruiter reporting to a Staffing Director. In 1999 she joined the Jeff Cohen search team and has acquired diverse recruiting experience and skill in the timely fulfillment of her assigned projects. She has worked with a wide range of clients across multiple industry verticals from venture capital firms to world-leading Fortune 100 corporations. Marie specializes in exceeding client expectations in the delivery of candidates for Senior Sales, Product Management, and Human Resources as well as a variety of operations positions in IT Staffing, Corporate Recruiting and Professional Services.

A Philadelphia native, Marie began her professional career in the legal industry working as a legal assistant with the prestigious law firm, McCabe, Weisberg, Conway & Watson.

She is trained and certified in Targeted Selection and Behavior-Based Interviewing as well as Spin Selling™. Marie is a multiple President’s Club Award winner and has received other corporate achievement awards. She lives in Philadelphia with her husband, Chris and Siberian husky, Nanook.

James McKenna
Managing Partner

Mr. McKenna worked for ten plus years for one of Americas leading Building Products manufacturers GAF Materials Corp. In the field Jim developed relationships with product end users (Contractors, Builders, Architects and Specifiers) along with working with local one steep and two steep distribution as well as with National distribution chains including Home Depot. Jim grew his territory 700% achieving over ten national awards including presidents club.

Prior to working for GAF Jim worked in the communications industry for SkyTel selling to C level cliental in national accounts such as IBM, PepsiCo, Morgan Stanley and AIG. Here Jim won Presidents Club in his first year of employment.

He started his professional career at ADP selling payroll services to small and midsized companies exceeding his sales plan every year and winning numerous awards and recognition both regionally and nationally.

Jim earned a BS in Business and Administration from Siena College in Loudonville, NY. He currently resides in Bucks County Pennsylvania with his wife and two young children.

Patrick Rice
Managing Partner

Mr. Rice has over Fifteen years of experience working in the Construction Industry. From the start of his career Patrick started estimating for a medium size Excavator (Amato Construction Corp.) on projects ranging from five acres to a hundred acres. From start to finish he developed skills in Material Purchasing, Hiring Sub-Contractors, Proposals and Submittals.

Patrick left Amato construction and joined Kings Park Industries a major player in the Long Island Asphalt business. While at KPI Patrick’s true passion was discovered with such large undertakings as repaving the Long Island Expressway Route 495, Reconstruction of the main thruway in and out of Long Islands Stony Brook University Hospital and overseeing many other complex and challenging projects.

After a long hard search and a little help from a Recruiter, Patrick landed a position with Asplundh Construction Corp, a two billion dollar plus utility contractor. Patrick was hired to spear head Asplundh’s expansion into General Construction where his knowledge of the construction industry was tested. His responsibilities included; crew management, union negotiations, interaction with the corporate office, estimating, equipment procurement and most importantly who to HIRE. Patrick became an expert on building strong teams of quality people and attaining them.

Patrick earned a Degree in Civil Engineering. He currently resides with his wife and two sons in Bucks County Pennsylvania.