Chairman, Founding Partner
Mr. Reilly serves as Chairman and Founding Partner working in the firm’s Chicago office. He spends 100% of his time working with clients to provide solutions to their executive talent needs. Mr. Reilly is Chairman of both Reilly Partners’ Private Equity Solutions Practice and Board Services Practice.
Prior to founding Reilly Partners, Mr. Reilly spent 10 years as President of the fifth largest executive search firm. Serving as President, Mr. Reilly was the top producer during his tenure, and the success of his personal search practice has ranked him as one of the top five search practitioners nationwide for the past five years. He has successfully completed Board of Directors, CEO, COO, CFO and President searches for prominent clients representing the financial service, insurance, investment banking, venture capital, real estate, health care, consumer product, software, hospitality, gaming, information technology and advertising industries nationwide. Additionally, he has built many organizations from the ground up, filling as many as 71 positions with one client.
Mr. Reilly served as Senior Vice President of LaSalle Partners (now Jones Lang LaSalle) and coordinated the firm-wide New Business Development effort from LaSalle’s corporate headquarters in Chicago. In his New Business Development function, Mr. Reilly was instrumental in the establishment of LaSalle’s European and West Coast headquarters in London and Los Angeles, respectively. Throughout his stay at LaSalle, Mr. Reilly was charged with the coordination and management of the firms recruiting function.
Mr. Reilly serves as the Inaugural Chairman of the University of Notre Dame’s Mendoza College Graduate School of Business’ John Cardinal O’Hara Society. Additionally, he is a Member of Notre Dame’s Mendoza College of Business’ Advisory Council and Executive Committee Member of the Mendoza College of Business’ Advisory Council. He is also a Member of the Board of Directors of Cardinal Bernadine’s Big Shoulders Fund and a member of the YMCA Metropolitan Chicago’s Board of Managers. Mr. Reilly founded the Chicago Knights to serve the special needs of Chicago’s neediest people and is a founding Board Member of AHDFA. Along with his wife Lindy, he serves on the Parents Executive Committee at Middlebury College.
Mr. Reilly is a Board of Director of Student Transportation of America Holdings, Inc. NYSE Symbol STB.UN.
Mr. Reilly received both his undergraduate degree and MBA from the University of Notre Dame. He is also a graduate of the Human Resources Executive Program at Stanford University’s Graduate School of Business.
Mr. Reilly is married with four children.
Mr. Reilly serves as Chairman and Founding Partner working in the firm’s Chicago office. He spends 100% of his time working with clients to provide solutions to their executive talent needs. Mr. Reilly is Chairman of both Reilly Partners’ Private Equity Solutions Practice and Board Services Practice.
Prior to founding Reilly Partners, Mr. Reilly spent 10 years as President of the fifth largest executive search firm. Serving as President, Mr. Reilly was the top producer during his tenure, and the success of his personal search practice has ranked him as one of the top five search practitioners nationwide for the past five years. He has successfully completed Board of Directors, CEO, COO, CFO and President searches for prominent clients representing the financial service, insurance, investment banking, venture capital, real estate, health care, consumer product, software, hospitality, gaming, information technology and advertising industries nationwide. Additionally, he has built many organizations from the ground up, filling as many as 71 positions with one client.
Mr. Reilly served as Senior Vice President of LaSalle Partners (now Jones Lang LaSalle) and coordinated the firm-wide New Business Development effort from LaSalle’s corporate headquarters in Chicago. In his New Business Development function, Mr. Reilly was instrumental in the establishment of LaSalle’s European and West Coast headquarters in London and Los Angeles, respectively. Throughout his stay at LaSalle, Mr. Reilly was charged with the coordination and management of the firms recruiting function.
Mr. Reilly serves as the Inaugural Chairman of the University of Notre Dame’s Mendoza College Graduate School of Business’ John Cardinal O’Hara Society. Additionally, he is a Member of Notre Dame’s Mendoza College of Business’ Advisory Council and Executive Committee Member of the Mendoza College of Business’ Advisory Council. He is also a Member of the Board of Directors of Cardinal Bernadine’s Big Shoulders Fund and a member of the YMCA Metropolitan Chicago’s Board of Managers. Mr. Reilly founded the Chicago Knights to serve the special needs of Chicago’s neediest people and is a founding Board Member of AHDFA. Along with his wife Lindy, he serves on the Parents Executive Committee at Middlebury College.
Mr. Reilly is a Board of Director of Student Transportation of America Holdings, Inc. NYSE Symbol STB.UN.
Mr. Reilly received both his undergraduate degree and MBA from the University of Notre Dame. He is also a graduate of the Human Resources Executive Program at Stanford University’s Graduate School of Business.
Mr. Reilly is married with four children.