David Edell is the President of the Development Resource Group, a national executive recruitment and consulting firm that works solely with nonprofit organizations. Mr. Edell co-founded DRG in 1987, following a successful career in nonprofit management, consulting and fundraising. In over 16 years within nonprofit search and consulting he has worked with hundreds of organizations on recruitment and retention strategies, organization change, executive leadership management, human relations and communications, fundraising and leadership development.

David is a graduate of Boston University, with an M.S.W. from the University of Maryland’s School of Social Work and Community Planning. He spent 12 years in several senior executive positions at the UJA-Federation of New York before founding DRG.