Our Team

Our Vision

“To be viewed as a best-in-class search firm that fosters enduring partnerships with client companies, individuals, and communities.”

Our Mission

“We strive to change the trajectory for both our client companies and candidates through outstanding search experiences. From the hands-on approach of our expert recruiting team, making client and candidate needs our top priority; we create success by connecting high-achieving talent to opportunities. Our goal is to add positive value at every touchpoint in interactions with clients, candidates, our communities, our families and each other.”

Meet The Team

Our team proudly holds 85 years of combined recruiting expertise, cultivating an extensive and diverse network.

Mark Grieman

Founder

Mark is the Founder of ROI Search Partners, He is involved with various non-profit and business organizations in St. Louis including St. Louis Area Foodbank, FOCUS St. Louis and the Human Resources Executives Network. Mark is a positive difference in people’s lives and an amazing connector of people in our community.

Mark holds an executive master’s degree in international business, and he focuses on helping clients successfully accomplish their business objectives through their people.

Marcy Whelan

Senior Talent Acquisition Consultant

Marcy is a Senior Talent Acquisition Consultant. She’s known for being positive, responsive, honest, and collaborative. Having experience from both the employer and agency perspectives, Marcy truly understands the dynamics of the industry. She takes time to thoroughly understand client and candidate needs. She cares about company culture, employee engagement and leadership effectiveness.

Marcy has her master’s degree in business administration, and has served on the board in multiple capacities for Lewis and Clark Society of Human Resource Management (SHRM).

Jenny Rogers

Senior Talent Aquisition Consultant

Jenny is a Senior Talent Acquisition Consultant with a diverse background in Accounting/Finance and Marketing. What she finds most fulfilling in her work is discovering the perfect match. Whether it’s witnessing candidates who weren’t actively seeking employment become enthusiastic about new opportunities or receiving glowing feedback from clients who are thrilled that we’ve found them "the one! Her intelligence and quick wit quickly endear her clients and candidates alike.

Jenny holds her bachelor’s degree in accounting and is passionate about building a diverse workforce and candidate experience. She is a member of the Society of Multicultural Professionals in HR.

Julie Whitehead

Talent Strategist

Julie, our Talent Strategist, focuses on innovative sourcing techniques and cultivates interest with passive
candidates to ensure the ideal fit for every role. For years, Julie has collaborated with clients and candidates to foster mutual success, finding joy from assisting others in achieving their career goals. Her sales and financial services recruiting experiences have given her a great foundation for finding the right candidates for hard-to-fill roles.

Julie has a bachelor’s degree in business administration, and our clients describe her as collaborative, analytical and always up for a challenge!

Kristen Rogers

Operations Specialist

Kristen serves as our Operations Specialist overseeing Accounting and Finance for our organization, and managing payroll processing for our clients. (Have you heard about our payroll services?)

After working in the financial industry, Kristen joined our team and is known for her strong analytical skills, attention to detail, integrity and responsiveness. She is the face of our organization to our payrollees, and a trusted resource for our clients. Kristen holds her bachelor’s degree in accounting.

ROI Search Partners exceeds expectations – and our clients notice.

Paula - M&A Project Manager, Manna Pro Products

“Jenny is awesome to work with. With very little direction she was able to bring quality cndidates to the table. She is like an extension of our recruiting team vetting candidates for both capability and culture fit.”

Margo - VP Total Rewards/Payroll/HCM, Schnucks Markets

“Jenny was very dilgent in finding us a candidate that met our needs. She actually thought outside the box by bringing forward an attorney but it ended up being a great idea and we ultimately hired her. It was a pleasure working with your team. I hope I don’t need you again, but if I am in need of a recruitment partners, it would definitely be ROI.”

Hannah - Creator of Experiences, Nirvana Investments

“It is rare that you come across stand out talent like Marcy and the team at ROI Search Partners. I had the pleasure of working with ROI on our latest opening. Marcy’s ability to manage the complexity of the position, along with her professionalism and expertise made a dramatic difference in a successful searrch. I highly recommend ROI Search Partners as a trusted source for hiring the right talent.”

Hera - VP Human Resources, Gateway Region YMCA

“Throughout my HR career I’ve had the great fortune of working with a number of outstanding search firms with talented recruiters but none as dynamic and engaging as Jenny. She’s a master of her craft and I so appreciate her collaborative and strategic approach. I look forward to continuing to keep in touch with Jenny and perhaps working together again in the future. In fact, we are scheduled to have lunch today! I look forward to meeting Jenny in person.”

Bonnie - CEO, Girl Scouts of Eastern Missouri

“It was a joy and pleasure working with Jenny and ROI! Previously, we used two other search firms, neither one made us feel like a priority or seemed to genuinely listen to what we were looking for in candidates. Jenny was constantly moving the process forward each week, helping us keep the momentum and presented a fresh set of candidates, not a recycled list like other firms have done. She truly listened to what we were looking for and helped us think outside the box for potential candidates. We couldn’t be happier with the two new hires and have already referred ROI to others who ask for a search firm recommendation. Thank you to Jenny and all at ROI!”

Bob - VP Human Resources, Equifax

“Marcy and the team worked seamlessly behind the scenes digging up the best talent available. I was highly impressed with all of the final candidates they put forward and I’m excited about the choice we made because the cultural fit and the quality of the hire has been spot on. We already have them working on my next search.”

Nora - VP Human Resources, Lanter Delivery Systems

“I recently had the pleasure to work with Jenny at ROI on a position for my team. Because of our organizations growth plans we were looking for strong utility players. I’ve gotten feedback in the past that I’m sometimes asking for too much of a “unicorn.” Jenny was diligent in taking my feedback and sourcing for the right skills, experience and personality to fit in perfectly with my team.”

Meegan- HR Generalist, Esse Health

“ROI was able to quickly identify qualified candidates for us to review for two temp-to-hire positions we had available in our Accounting department. Marcy Whelan was extremely easy to work with and prompt with her responses, communication, and follow-up. We ultimately went with an Accounts Payable candidate sent to us from ROI and we will definitely work with them again on any future needs!”

Lindsey - E-Commcere Director, Scubs & Beyond

“I felt that Jenny did an excellent job of capturing the job requirements quickly and succinctly. She was able to dive into our local market and came back with candidates that were an exact fit….and in under a week!”

Joe - President & CEO, Marygrove

“I could not have asked for a better experience. Jenny was high energy and on top of it throughout the entire process. She provided quality and timely updates along the way and a detailed synopsis of the interviews that she had with each of the recommended candidates. I greatly appreciated the way she worked the communication between Marygrove and the candidates. By far the best and most customer centric experience that I have had with a search firm.”

Scott - Learning & Development Manager, Wiese USA

“Marcy is amazing. Can’t wait to work with her again, and again, and again. Nuff said.”

Megan - Talent Acquisition Manager, St. Louis University / SLUCare Physician Group

“Marcy was able to promptly assess our need and provide a slate of quality, top notch candidates within a short turn time. The entire process was easy, streamlined and productive. Happy to report that we were able to hire an amazing individual who has hit the ground running. Thank you, Marcy!”

Healthcare Client

“Marcy was an absolute pleasure to deal with! She was very professional and did an excellent job identifying qualified candidates. Her communication with me and all intervewees was promt and friendly. She went above and beyond to welcome my hire on her first day by sending her a welcome gift. It was very thoughtful. I could not have asked for a better experience and would welcome the opportunity to work with Marcy again in the future.”

Chief Human Resources Officer, National Healthcare Group

“The team at ROI has been wonderful to work with. We were searching for several exceptional leaders across multiple locations all over the US. From start to finish, it was evident that the ROI team was committed to excellence and showed genuince care for the canddiates and our business. We experienced clear acommunciation and an approach that was personalized to each of our hiring managers. I appreciate the effort that was put into creating a positive atmosphere for our candidates. We look forward to working with the ROI team again in the future!”

Anonymous

“As always, Marcy exceeded expectations. Dealing with internal dynamics and personalities can be challenging. I appreciate her thoughtfulness throughout the entire process and we look forward to working with ROI again.”

Diana - Anonymous Company

“Jenny listened carefully to really understand our situation. She offered some solutions, beyond what I was initially thinking, which helped as we were screening candidates. Jenny also kept the process simple, eliminating the need to jump through hoops to have this partnership. And lastly, she found candidates for us. All of her actions helped us move our process along quickly. Our Talent Acquisition team is now fully staffed, and this improved our ability to repond to the staffing needs in Operations.”

Anonymous

“The appreciation is mutual. You all are a great partner to work with from a hiring manager’s perspective and that makes the decision an easy one on my end.”

Anonymous

“Marcy was fantastic to work with, a great thought partner, and very responsive.”

Anonymous

“The team at ROI is fantastic. Just a few days after hiring Marcy, we were already interviewing top-caliber candidates. Marcy made sure the entire process ran smoothly, while not sacrificing quailty or thoroughness. We are extremely happy with our decision and are confident that we wouldn’t have found them without Marcy’s help. We will definitely work with ROI again for our future executive searches. Thank you!!”

Anonymous

“Working with ROI Search Partners was a great partnership to find St. Louis based talent. The kickoff meeting was very effective to get Jenny calibrated on what I was looking for in a successful cacndidate in terms of experience and fit with our organization. jenny was able to start supplying good candidates within two weeks of kickoff along with an executive summary of each. Jenny was responsive through the recruitment cycle to keep the candidates moving through various stages of our recruiting process.”

Tim - Anonymous Company

“I learned a long time agon that recruiting good people takes a lot of work and is a partnership. I have a lot of my time invested in the recruiting for these two positions, so I am thrilled that we have two very good new employees that are going to be strong leaders in our business going forward. It has been a pleasure working with you on these roles. You were closely calibrated on what we were looking for and we were able to find those candidates that “checked all of the boxes.”

Steve - Anonymous Company

“We had used another partner for a couple months, but in just a couple weeks it was ROI who LISTENED to our key needs, sourced several great candidates and landed the job in a quarter of the time. For as simple as it may sound, they simply did one of the best jobs we have seen in first seeking to understand, then finding high probablity matches. ROI is a partner of the future for us!”