Thank you for visiting HC Smith Ltd, a retained executive search and consulting firm. For more than 25 years, HC Smith Ltd has been recognized as a very successful family-owned boutique firm. Our business and our passion is people. Our mission is to help people in organizations to be successful.

We are generalists. Our network of sources is global. We serve a broad range of clients, from Fortune 500 companies to world-class orchestras and museums, as well as institutions in the public and educational sector. The principals of the Cleveland-area firm are Herbert C. Smith, Ph.D., and Rebecca Ruben Smith.