Mike Kieffer has served clients in the healthcare industry for over 25 years. After founding and leading his previous firm, Witt/Kieffer, he channeled his energy and skill into The Kieffer Group, specializing in healthcare governance. With this increased expertise, he joined Quick Leonard Kieffer as Chairman, and once more serves clients in an executive search capacity.

Mike has worked with over 500 healthcare organizations, governing boards and CEOs in his career, providing him an exceptionally broad range of perspective and insight into the critical importance to an organization's success of having the right executive in the right position at the right time with the right board. As testimony to his reputation for excellence, over 350 boards have engaged Mike to assist in their search for CEOs.

His portfolio also includes personal hands-on experience in serving on multiple non-profit boards including major tertiary centers, Foundation Boards, a National Health System nominating committee and various boards of social organizations. Most recently Mike Kieffer has served as a member of the Board and the Finance Committee of Children's Memorial Medical Center in Chicago.

With a Liberal Arts degree from Marist College and a Master's in Management from Central Michigan University, Mike has authored a number of articles and teaches graduate courses in Leadership, Governance and Strategic Planning at several