Judith M. von Seldeneck

Judith M. von Seldeneck is Founder, Chairman and CEO of Diversified Search, headquartered in Philadelphia. For thirty-five years, she has been a pioneer in the search industry and a leader in placing qualified women and diversity candidates. Mrs. von Seldeneck has received many industry and community awards and she has been recognized by the executive search industry as setting the standard for retained executive search. Mrs. von Seldeneck has been active for many years on numerous public, private, and not-for-profit Boards of Directors. She is currently a member of the Board of Directors of Citizens Financial Group and previously Tasty Baking Company and Teleflex, Inc. She was recently named to the Comcast and NBC Universal Joint Diversity Council, and is Chairperson of the Women’s Advisory Council. Mrs. von Seldeneck currently chairs the Private Sector Outreach Board, a partnership between the Greater Philadelphia Chamber of Commerce and the Mayor of Philadelphia. Some of her not-for-profit Boards include the Greater Philadelphia Chamber of Commerce (former Chair), Global Philadelphia Association, and the Executive Committee of The Committee of Seventy. Previous Boards include Hyde School (former Chair), The Caron Foundation, CEO Council for Growth, WHYY and the International Women’s Forum. She was one of two founders of the Forum of Executive Women over 30 years ago which today is the largest association of women business leaders in the Philadelphia area. Prior to starting Diversified, Mrs. von Seldeneck served in Washington, DC as Executive Assistant to Vice President Walter F. Mondale.