Jeff is the Co-Chief Executive Officer of Kaye/Bassman International and Next Level Exchange and Co-Managing Director of Sanford Rose Associates®. Jeff has helped Kaye/Bassman-Sanford Rose Associates grow into the 11th largest search firm in the Americas and Next Level into the world’s largest training firm exclusive to the recruiting industry with over 2,000 clients in 30 countries. His organization has won national awards for philanthropy and workplace flexibility, and has been named the #1 “Best Company to Work for in Texas” four consecutive years.

During his 25 year tenure in the industry, he was named one of the most influential leaders in the staffing industry as well as awarded the 2013 Knutson Memorial Award for Lifetime Achievement in Recruiting He is considered an industry expert having appeared on CNN, FOX, Bloomberg, and NBC; and is quoted regularly in publications including USA Today, The Wall Street Journal, Business Week, Time, and Fortune. Jeff is also a frequent speaker within the staffing and human resources community and been featured in dozens of international training meetings and videos. He lives in Dallas with his wife, Tracy, and their three children.

Nicholas L. Turner (Nick) is the Co-Chief Executive Officer of Kaye/Bassman International and Next Level Exchange and Co-Managing Director of Sanford Rose Associates. Post degree, Nick spent several years working in the financial industry, and has spent upwards of 16 years since in the executive search industry. Nick’s primary role for all three organizations is the management of all operations, technology, legal and financial matters. He insures accurate and effective utilization of key functions and services throughout the continuance of business activity, overall operations for the network and corporate operations.

Nick holds the responsibility for the creation, design, application and integration of new and existing programs and services, information technology infrastructure and global operations. He serves his Next Level clients with guidance related to business modeling, strategic expansions, operational infrastructure, and financial consulting. Nick earned a Bachelors in Business Administration majoring in: Finance, Real Estate with an emphasis in Accounting and Economics from Baylor University. He has been published and quoted in numerous business publications to include the Wall Street Journal, New York Times, Dallas Morning News, CNN, CNBC, and Fox Business. Nick resides in Dallas, Texas with his wife Lauren and three boys Holden, Sutton and Corbin and daughter Layton.

Karen Schmidt is a Managing Partner with Kaye/Bassman International and oversees all training initiatives and ongoing career development organizationally. On behalf of Next Level Exchange and Sanford Rose Associates, Karen is a frequent consultant to search firm owners who have a greater vision of growth, hiring, and training. She also serves as the Director of the Kaye/Bassman Foundation, responsible for all fundraising efforts supporting MDA and City House. Since inception, the Foundation has donated over $1,400,000 to these deserving charities.

When joining Kaye/Bassman in 2001, Karen specialized in the search and recruitment of professionals for clients in the Commercial Construction, Specialty Contractors, and Real Estate Development markets. She finished in the top five project staff in 2004 and 2005, achieved the distinction of becoming a Pacesetter within the company, and reached a personal production of over $1,000,000 before transitioning into a leadership role. In 2006, Karen pioneered the redevelopment of KBIC’s corporate training program and subsequently created the Next Level Foundation Program compiling best practices from industry trainers and big billers from around the globe. Karen graduated from Southern Methodist University in Dallas, Texas with a degree in General Business. In 2010, Karen was recognized by the Dallas Business Journal’s “40 Under Forty,” a list of rising young leaders in the Dallas area.

For over 20 years, Greg Doersching has been recognized as one of the most innovative voices in the recruiting industry, having mentored and trained thousands of recruiters with a thorough style and step-by-step training approach that is hard to beat. Greg is an expert in creating and growing Direct Hire and Contract recruiting divisions, and his knowledge and process have helped catapult recruiters and firms to new levels of productivity. Greg is an active recruiter who still runs a highly productive desk, in the trenches just like those he trains and mentors.

Throughout his career, Greg has presented hundreds of workshops and keynote addresses for organizations such as the National Association of Personnel Services, American Staffing Association and the Association of Canadian Search, Employment and Staffing Services, Fordyce Forum and numerous Regional, State, and Local groups. He is consistently rated as one of the top presenters for each conference and is the recipient of the NAPS Lifetime Achievement Award for his contributions to the recruiting industry. Recognized as one of the “Top Producers” for the state of Wisconsin, he served for 2 years as the President of the Wisconsin Association of Personnel Services and now sits on their Board of Directors.

Greg is the proud father to his two boys, Griffin and Greysen, and husband to wife Jessi.

As Senior Director of Training and Development, Erin leads new recruiter training for Kaye/Bassman International as well as Facilitated Foundation Training for Next Level Exchange and Sanford Rose Associates. Erin began her career in search as a recruiter in the Consumer Products industry and served her clients and candidates for well over a decade before transitioning to a leadership role within the organization. Erin’s experience in search created a natural pathway for her to mentor and train new recruiters entering the industry, as well as tenured recruiters desirous of elevating their competencies and capabilities. Due to Erin’s depth of experience, search firm owners rely heavily on her insights and guidance as they onboard and grow the next generation of leaders within their firms. Erin brings with her not just her own best practices from running a successful search practice, but the best practices gathered from coaching and consulting recruiters and owners around the globe.

Darren is president of Next Level Marketing Communications, a digital marketing agency serving the search and staffing leadership. Darren leads a team of digital marketing experts who are inbound marketing certified and deliver solutions ranging from branding to new lead generation specifically to the search and staffing industry. The Next Level Marketing Communications team understands the nuances or recruitment marketing and consult to improve and accelerate brand recognition, market visibility and lead generation with a proven inbound marketing methodology.
Darren McDougal is the Managing Director of Marketing Communications for Sanford Rose Associates International in addition to serving as Managing Partner of Kaye/Bassman International and Next Level Exchange. Darren’s role is the overall direction of the Sanford Rose Associates brand, visibility and marketing communications strategies.

His marketing career began in 1988 in a Fortune 500 retail firm. In 1993, Darren founded the MCD Group, providing broadcast media production and consulting, web development and IT solutions to the financial services, entertainment, technology and recruiting/staffing industries. Darren has designed and delivered scalable branding/re-brand results, online solutions including public websites, corporate Intranets and online training programs (and their monetization), social media, content marketing and inbound marketing campaigns. Darren resides in Frisco, Texas with his wife Trenda and several rescued pets. His family is active in community and charitable organizations. He enjoys his family time, golf, mixed martial arts, music, movies and vintage automobiles.