Peckham And McKenney

What Peckham And McKenney does

Peckham & McKenney is a privately held, founder-owned boutique executive search firm incorporated in 2004 and headquartered in Roseville, California, with regional offices serving the San Francisco Bay Area, Los Angeles, and Washington state. The firm specializes exclusively in retained executive search for local government agencies — including cities, counties, and special districts — across the 10 western US states, placing senior roles such as City Managers, County Executive Officers, General Managers, Police and Fire Chiefs, Department Heads, Assistant Managers, and mid-level Managers. The firm has completed nearly 650 placements since founding, with a reported 90%+ retention rate among placements since 2016 and 53% of placements being women and/or people of color.

The business model is retained professional services: engagements are structured as multi-year, per-search retainer arrangements with pricing quoted per client and not publicly disclosed. There is no proprietary technology platform; the firm's core asset is its recruiter bench, which is composed almost entirely of retired senior municipal practitioners (former city managers, police chiefs, deputy/assistant city managers, and HR directors) with over 100 years of combined local government and executive search experience. The firm explicitly limits concurrent search commitments to preserve a hands-on, consultative delivery model and positions itself against "recruitment mill" competitors.

Go-to-market is direct enterprise field sales, engaging city councils, county boards, and special district boards through relationship-driven outreach, supplemented by educational webinars, monthly email newsletters, an active company website (peckhamandmckenney.com), and ongoing participation in professional associations including ICMA, MMANC, MMASC, Women Leading Government, the International Hispanic Network, and the League of Women in Government. The firm has remained independently operated under founder/principal leadership and reports being profitable and self-funded since 2004.

Name

Peckham And McKenney

Legal name

Peckham & McKenney

Website

https://peckhamandmckenney.com

Company type

Private

Founded year

2004

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

1–10 employees

Short description

Peckham & McKenney is a privately held boutique executive search firm founded in 2004 that provides retained executive recruiting services exclusively to local government agencies — cities, counties, and special districts — across the 10 western US states from its Roseville, California headquarters.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Executive Search / Government Recruitment

NAICS

Executive Search Services (561312), Employment Placement Agencies and Executive Search Services (56131)

SIC

Services-Employment Agencies (7361)

akta.pro primary industry

Public Sector, Education & Nonprofit Leadership Search (BPACAAAI)

akta.pro secondary industries

C-Suite & Board Search (BPACAAAA), Functional Leadership Search (HR/Finance/Legal/Marketing/Sales/Ops) (BPACAAAB), Government & Public Sector Direct Hire (BPACAFAK)

Keywords

• Executive search services
• Local government recruitment
• Public sector staffing
• Municipal executive placement
• Government headhunting services

Headquarters

HQ city

Roseville

HQ country

United States

HQ region

North America

Offices4 records

Markets served

GTM type

B2B

Offering type

Services

Cost components

Personnel, Marketing or Sales, Operations, Technology or R&D

Revenue model

1. Executive Search Retainer Engagements: The firm conducts executive search engagements for local government agencies, placing senior-level positions including City Managers, County Executive Officers, General Managers, Police and Fire Chiefs, Department Heads, Assistant Managers, and mid-level Managers. Engagements are likely structured as retained search assignments, consistent with boutique executive search industry norms.

Pricing tiers

Go-to-market motion1 record

Distribution channels1 record

Marketing channels5 records

Core offering

Peckham & McKenney is a boutique executive search firm that conducts retained executive recruitment engagements for local government agencies in the Western United States. The firm places senior-level public sector executives including City Managers, County Executive Officers, General Managers, Police and Fire Chiefs, Department Heads, Assistant Managers, and mid-level Managers. Each search is run as a personalized, consultative engagement with a deliberately limited concurrent workload.

Product overview

Peckham & McKenney operates as a single-service executive search firm focused exclusively on recruiting executive-level talent for local government agencies in the Western United States. The core offering is executive search and placement services, supplemented by career guidance resources including webinars, a job hunting handbook, and professional development materials. The firm does not offer a software platform or modular product architecture.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Products and services

• Executive Search Services

Quantifiable outcome

• Nearly 650 executives placed since 2004
• +2 more outcomes

Named customers25 records

Segments1 record

Ideal customer profiles1 record

Technology focussed No

API detail

Has API

No

API docs

API detail

Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

Partnerships

Six partnerships are on record, tiered core and minor.

• International City/County Management Association (ICMA)coreStrategic or Co-development PartnerPeckham & McKenney supports ICMA's mission, goals, and programs. Founder Bobbi Peckham was appointed to an ICMA National Task Force to produce the Job Hunting Handbook for Local Government Professionals. Tony Dahlerbruch served as a Regional Vice President on ICMA's Executive Board and held various ICMA committee positions.
• Municipal Management Association of Northern California (MMANC)coreStrategic or Co-development PartnerPeckham & McKenney supports MMANC's mission, goals, and programs. The firm is a member of MMANC and actively participates in its events and initiatives.
• Municipal Management Association of Southern California (MMASC)coreStrategic or Co-development PartnerPeckham & McKenney supports MMASC's mission, goals, and programs. The firm maintains active involvement in this professional association.
• Women Leading Government / League of Women in GovernmentcoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerPeckham & McKenney is a supportive member of Women Leading Government and the League of Women in Government. Bobbi Peckham serves on the Planning Committee for the Annual Women's Leadership Summit.
• International Hispanic NetworkcoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerPeckham & McKenney supports the International Hispanic Network. The firm is a member of this professional association serving Hispanic local government professionals.
• Institute for Local Government (ICMA)minorStrategic or Co-development PartnerPeckham & McKenney collaborated with The Institute for Local Government on a December 2023 webinar titled 'The Future of Local Government: Preparing to Lead'.

Scale indicators6 records

Recent moves7 records

Expansion highlights4 records

Direct peers

• CPS HR Consulting: Sacramento-based public-sector HR and executive search provider serving government agencies in California and the West, competing directly for municipal leadership searches.
• Bob Murray & Associates: California-based public-sector executive recruiting firm placing city managers, chiefs and department heads for local governments, a near-identical offering and market to P&M.
• Ralph Andersen & Associates: Long-established executive search firm specializing in city manager and senior local-government leadership recruitment across the western US, directly overlapping P&M's niche and geography.
• GovHR USA: National executive search firm focused exclusively on local government and public-sector leadership placements, the same vertical model as P&M on a broader geographic footprint.
• Teri Black & Company: Boutique California public-sector executive search firm recruiting city managers and department directors, closely matching P&M's boutique, relationship-driven approach.
• Avery Associates: California-based executive search consultancy focused on public-sector and municipal leadership placements, a direct competitor in P&M's core territory.
• Koff & Associates: California HR and executive recruitment firm serving local government agencies and special districts, overlapping P&M's client base and functional leadership searches.

Emerging players

• Mosaic Public Partners: Newer western-US public-sector executive search firm founded by former recruiters, targeting the same municipal leadership searches as P&M with a similarly lean model.

Regional players

• WBCP, Inc. Recruitment and consulting firm serving public agencies and nonprofits, comparable in offering but with a broader consulting and different regional emphasis.

Broad incumbents

• Baker Tilly Public Sector Executive Recruitment: Large advisory firm with a public-sector executive recruitment practice; overlaps in government leadership search but as part of a much wider professional-services portfolio.

Market position

Strengths4 records

Weaknesses4 records

Competitive moat4 records

Key risks5 records

Key highlights6 records

Customer concentration

• Xx.com/PeckhamMcKenney
• YouTubeyoutube.com/@peckhamandmckenney
• Facebookfacebook.com/PeckhamAndMcKenney
• LinkedInlinkedin.com/company/peckham-and-mckenney

Revenue estimate

Valuation estimate

Number of profiles

Profiles14 records

Funding overview

Funding rounds

Investors

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M&A

Investments

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