Mary Wahlig recently joined E.A. Hughes & Company in August 2005 as a Senior Consultant. With over two decades of executive search experience with three notable executive search companies Korn/Ferry International, Heidrick and Struggles International, Inc. and Lamalie Associates, she has placed Directors, Chief Executive Officers, Presidents, Chief Operating Officers, General Merchandising Managers, Chief Marketing Officers, Chief Financial Officers and other senior and mid-level executives into leading retail establishments. As a member of the Global Board of Directors Practice at Heidrick and Struggles, she was involved in recruiting candidates to boards of Fortune 500 companies. During her sixteen year tenure at Heidrick and Struggles, she also served as the Director of Research. Ms. Wahlig attended Hunter College and majored in Physical Anthropology.