Harrison Rush Leadership Team

Since 2009 The Leaders in Investment Banking Recruiting

Tom Ragland

In 2008 I founded the Harrison Rush Group. Lehman had collapsed and Bear Stearns was sold to JP Morgan. I also had just adopted my youngest child from Vietnam. The world was pretty crazy but there was a lot of opportunity. Seven years before I worked in the South Tower of the World Trade. 9/11 and the 2008 collapse taught me to not take things for granted. It also taught me that what I cherish most are my relationships. I started the firm to not conquer the world but to have the freedom to not have a boss and be able to spend time with my new baby and family.It was the best professional decision I ever made. I have been focused in Investment Banking recruiting from Global Heads to Analysts since 2003. What I love most is talking to candidates and managers. I have a natural sense of empathy amd love to listen to a job seeker and help figure out what they want to do. I also am very curious about why a HR pro or Hiring Manager is hiring and why they want to hire a certain person. I ask a lot of questions. We are selective in the banks we work with. They have to be good people and trustworthy. What gets me excited is connecting with people. Over the years I have done well but have given a lot away in terms of time and resources to people and causes i care about. Everyday I am grateful for what I have. The universe has blessed me and I have not done any of it alone.

The Harrison-Rush team of recruiters

Recruiters on the Harrison-Rush team are industry specialists. They understand how important relationships with our clients and candidates are to successful recruiting, and therefore they have highly developed networking skills. Using this personalized approach to recruiting enables them to offer tailored solutions for each search.

Whether you are looking to make a career change and become a candidate, or your company needs to fill a key job opening, our experienced team will work hard to make your transition a positive one.

Executive Team

Henry Costa is a Managing Director at The Harrison-Rush Group. Henry focuses his efforts on the management of client relationships at both the corporate and candidate level. Prior to his executive search career, Henry spent 10 years on the other side of the table, most recently as a Senior Vice President in Seaport Global’s Equity Capital Markets group where he was responsible for the origination and execution of public and private equity offerings for corporate clients across all sectors. Preceding Seaport Global, he spent time at BMO Capital Markets, Rodman & Renshaw, JPMorgan Chase, Fannie Mae, and Goldman Sachs. Henry received a B.S. in Business Administration from Georgetown University. In addition, he is also the President and Co-Founder of J. Fall Group which operates multiple restaurants in Los Angeles and Chicago.

Sara Hogin joined The Harrison-Rush Group in 2008 as Chief Administrative Officer. Sara is involved with client management and working closely with the firms candidates. She is instrumental in researching employment trends including compensation, hiring and economic cycles. Sara holds a Ph.D. from Columbia University.

Daniel Johnson has 12 years of experience in executive search and has successfully executed over 100 searches on behalf of both traditional and alternative global investment management firms. He began his career with Citicorp Venture Capital in New York where he spent two years and completed the analyst training program at Citigroup. Subsequently, Dan left Citigroup and joined a Global, Retained, Executive Search Firm. Daniel received a B.A. in Political Science from California State University and a M.A. in Politics, Economics and Philosophy from Oxford University. In addition to teaching he has also served on boards in both the higher education and non-profit sectors.

Jack McDonough joins Harrison Rush Group as a recent graduate of Santa Clara University in the heart of Silicon Valley. With his economics and data analytics degree, he is responsible for maintaining our social media presence including administering Twitter and Facebook feeds. Jack manages relationships with Indeed, Glassdoor, and Zip Reqruiter as well as produces relevant industry research reports and handles all press and media relations.

John McManus has over 25 years of both buy side and sell-side finance experience. He began his career on a trading desk at a well-known asset manager in Boston, trading global bonds and currencies. He subsequently traded high yield corporates and leveraged loans and served on the management team of a top decile high yield fund manager at Evergreen Investments. After years trading for a money manager, he switched to the sell side and was in high yield sales and trading at Lazard Capital Markets and Guggenheim Partners. He is a Chartered Financial Analyst and a Chartered Market Technician. He grew up in the Boston area and attended the University of Vermont.

Want to join the Harrison-Rush Group team?

We are always searching for the best and brightest in the staffing industry to join our crew. If you are interested in working for Harrison-Rush, please email us at [email protected].