About

A new name. People who've done the work.

Stature stands for clarity when the stakes are highest — the right leader in the seat, the cash under control, the path forward in focus. We built a talent platform because the leadership problem and the business problem are usually the same.

Why We Exist

We got tired of watching the seams fail.

Stature was built for middle-market companies that need more than a search firm, more than a staffing vendor, and more than a consultant with a slide deck.

We combine executive search, staffing, and strategy because those needs often show up together. A leadership gap may require interim support. A staffing need may reveal a process problem. A strategy issue may require better people in the seats.

Our job is to help clients make better decisions, build stronger teams, and move forward with confidence.

The Team

Who runs Stature

Dan Ellis

Dan Ellis

Co-Founder & Managing Partner

Dan has spent a career placing executives who perform where others wash out. He can tell a strong interview from a leader who'll hold up against the culture and grind of a middle-market or PE-backed business — a different question, and the one that decides whether a hire works.

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Jeff Addison

Jeff Addison

Co-Founder & Managing Partner

Jeff is a turnaround and finance executive who has restructured billion-dollar companies and steered municipalities through some of the largest bankruptcies in U.S. history. He knows how to run a business when the conditions are at their worst — and how to get it back on its feet.

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Stacey Manosky

Stacey Manosky

Managing Director

Stacey brings over 20 years of experience in HR outsourcing and staffing, working with companies across the middle market to build and sustain the workforce infrastructure that keeps businesses running.

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Gerry Neubecker

Gerry Neubecker

Director of Talent & Executive Search

Gerry leads search engagements for PE-backed, family-owned, and middle-market companies, bringing the focus and rigor required to find the right leader for the right seat at the right time.

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What Success Looks Like

Stronger, steadier, worth more.

We've done the job when the company is stronger, better led and more valuable than the day we walked in.

Sometimes that means growth and a new opening. Sometimes it means survival, a clean handoff or a controlled sale. Success doesn't always look like a victory lap — it looks like the company ending up in the best position the situation allowed.

Illustration of a peak rising above a sea of clouds, representing a stronger position
Stand Tall. Think Forward.

A partner who's been where you are.

Confident, candid, people-first.

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