Our Team

Our Vision

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

Our Mission

“We strive to change the trajectory for both our clients 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 optimistic, 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 Acquisition 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. Her intelligence and quick wit quickly endear her to 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.

"Jenny is awesome to work with. She is like an extension of our recruiting team, vetting candidates for both capability and culture fit."

"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."

"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."

"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!"

"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."

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

"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 our organization and the candidates. By far the best and most customer centric experience that I have had with a search firm."

"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!"

"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 interviewees was prompt and friendly. I could not have asked for a better experience and would welcome the opportunity to work with Marcy again in the future."

"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 genuine care for the candidates and our business. We experienced clear communication 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!"

"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."

"Jenny was an outstanding partner in filling a key Talent Acquisition role. Her deep market knowledge helped shape the position, attract top candidates, and ultimately deliver two exceptional options. The result was a perfect fit for our team."

"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!!"

"Jenny did a great job. Given the confidentiality of the search along with the difficulty in experience, skills needed and cultural fit, this was a challenging search. Even though it’s early days still, our new hire is what we thought, and I am glad he is on the team."

"The biggest thing that stood out to me working with ROI for the first time was that the candidates we received were high quality and matched the descriptions we discussed. Definitely a quality over quantity approach and I appreciated that for this type of specialized role."

"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!"