Barry Cesafskyfounded CES Partners, Ltd. and serves as President and Chief Executive Officer. With over twenty five years of executive search, Barry has participated in hundreds of executive search assignments, recruiting chief executive officers, chief medical officers, chief financial officers, chief nursing officers, chief information officers, human resource executives, and senior-level positions for hospitals, healthcare systems, medical group practices, professional service firms, foundations, and other large vertically-integrated healthcare organizations.

The boutique search firm he founded is large enough to meet the needs of an increasingly sophisticated healthcare client, yet small enough to provide highly personalized service. This combination produces what he calls “Professional Search with a Personal Touch.” He has been successful in recruiting to his own firm a team of executive search professionals who believe that service and servant leadership are foremost and no detail is too small. This philosophy has resulted in countless successful searches with very satisfied clients and happy placements.

Barry's own professional career has taken him up through the ranks. His first management position was at the University of Chicago Hospitals. After serving his administrative residency at St. Elizabeth Healthcare in Northern Kentucky, Barry remained there for seven years. His early responsibilities included management of human resources for a work force of over 2,400 where he was later promoted to Vice President. He joined Witt Associates (now Witt/Kieffer) in 1985, and he has enjoyed working in healthcare executive search ever since.

He recently served as a board member for a prominent Midwestern Catholic-sponsored health system where he received their first ever Franciscan Service Award now called the Golden Thread Award. He is a Fellow in the American College of Health Care Executives.  In 1996, he was appointed to the Malcolm Baldrige National Quality Award Board of Examiners. He belongs to several other professional organizations including:  Healthcare Financial Management Association, Healthcare Information Management Systems Society, American Society for Healthcare Human Resources Administration, World at Work, Society for Human Resource Management, the Institute for Diversity, and the Association of Hispanic Healthcare Executives.

Barry attended DePauw University and graduated from Loyola University of Chicago with a Bachelor's degree in Sociology. He obtained his Master's degree in Hospital and Health Administration from Xavier University, where he was recently awarded their Distinguished Alumni Service Award.