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Christina D. Burz
Consulting Associate

Christina Burz is an Independent Consultant providing recruiting support to generalist retained search firms. Christina has been recruiting senior executives for established and respected search firms both domestically and internationally for over 15 years. Functional areas include general management at the CEO and COO level, marketing and sales, business development and strategic planning, creative development and programming, and learning and development. From 2003 until 2007 she was a Vice President in the Media & Entertainment Practice at Diversified Search Ray & Berndtson, a well-known generalist retained recruiting firm with offices in over 35 countries. From 2001 until 2003 she was a Co-founder and Managing Director of Lex Media Solutions, (formerly Sainty Hird & Partners Global Media Practice) based in New York City. Lex Media, with a presence in both Los Angeles and London, served the media and entertainment industries.

Christina was previously a Vice President with Bishop Partners, a nationally recognized executive search firm known for its creativity and consultative approach. Christina specialized in the communication and entertainment industries including cable, broadcast, publishing, new media and related converging technologies. She successfully recruited executives at the CEO, COO, and CFO levels as well as building senior management teams for start-up companies.

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From 1990 to 1993, Christina was an independent consultant managing assignments in a wide variety of industries from retail, publishing, and entertainment through financial services, biotechnology, and manufacturing. Christina began her career in the executive search industry at Johnson, Smith & Knisely, a recruiting firm in New York City.

Christina holds a Bachelor of Arts degree from the University of California at Berkeley.