Holly Richardson, Principal, The Orion Group
For the past ten years Holly Richardson has been involved in business development, business financing and facilitating mid-market mergers and acquisitions. She assisted in the financial restructuring of a major firm in Upstate New York with HSBC bank and later became the first woman in a national M&A firm to close a major mid-market transaction – the largest in the firm’s history. Her M&A experience includes participating in a roll-up strategy in power generation equipment market which ultimately resulted in a $1.5 billion dollar NYSE initial public offering.

Prior to that, Holly spent 10 years in the US Navy, serving in a variety of capacities that included establishing a Naval Medical Command in Wiesbaden Germany to coordinate medical care for Navy, Marine and US Embassy personnel stationed or traveling in Europe. During Desert Storm Richardson’s role expanded to include managing the care of soldiers injured in the conflict. Richardson served as the Director of Ambulatory Care Services and later Director of Public Relations for the Boston VA.

Holly has been active in a wide variety of charitable projects related to companion animals where she assists animal shelters, rescue groups develop sustainable fundraising programs.

Mark Evens, Principal, Mark One
Evens built a retained executive search practice serving power generation equipment manufacturers, independent power producers, regulated and non-regulated utilities, HVAC, alternate energy companies, telecommunications, information technology, and EPC firms.

Mark Evens was President, Sales Development Group - facilitator of strategic media/marketing alliances, Senior Vice President of Scholastic Corporation responsible for all private sector funded educational programs grades K-12. Evens was President of World Wide Golf Inc. manufacturers of golf driving range equipment. Evens served as Vice President of LIN Broadcasting as marketing officer responsible for: mergers & acquisitions, strategic alliances, sales and marketing. Evens founded Direct Magazine, Sponsorship Marketing Inc. and Catalog Advertising Sales. Evens managed advertising sales and marketing staffs at Golf Digest, Woman’s Day and Playboy Magazines.

Evens serves on the boards of the Mid Fairfield Chapter of the American Red Cross and Regents Park and founded the non-for-profit Southern Nevada Inner-City Golf Foundation, providing college scholarships and community service opportunities for under privileged youth. Mr. Evens is a graduate of the University of Illinois and holds advanced management certification from the University of Virginia School of Business and Harvard Business School.

Robert Richardson, Associate
Robert Richardson draws upon over 30 years of experience in planning and implementing successful human capital, business development and business value improvement strategies. International companies such as Deere & Company, Staples, Jean Coutu, and Gillette have retained his services. Richardson has an extensive research and development background serving International Merger &Acquisition and Executive Search Firms.

Richardson served as a regional fund raising manager for the Muscular Dystrophy Association, initiated and sponsored Holiday events for local Head Start Programs and chaired a variety of projects that included securing medical equipment for local hospitals. Richardson created a program that provided employment opportunities to senior citizens that caught the attention of the Associated Press and National Public Radio, who provided national coverage, which then led to testifying before the US Senate in support of employment opportunities for retirees.

Richardson served on active duty with the US Air Force and with the Air National Guard for over 20 years, retiring in 1994. During this time he served in many capacities including squadron commander, procurement officer and retired as the Comptroller for an F-16 fighter wing. Richardson served as an advisor to a local Civil Air Patrol squadron and as a regional admissions officer for the US Air Force Academy.

Marilyn Stanley, Executive Assistant, The Orion Group
Marilyn’s diverse 10 year business background assists in all administrative aspects of our search and selection process. She plays a key role in the design, development and improvement to our various proprietary programs and has an active part in interfacing with our broad base of international energy recruitment sources.

She is active with the local animal shelter and performs volunteer work at a nursing home on a weekly basis.”