SolomonEdwards, a business advisory and professional staffing firm headquartered in Wayne, Penn., appointed Bridgette Chambers as managing partner of its West Coast region, based in San Francisco. She will lead the region’s overall practice, management and daily operations. Chambers led several organizations including Americas’ SAP Users’ Group, Constellation Research and Constant Spark.

San Francisco-based O’Rourke & Associates, an executive search and consulting firm within the credit union industry, named Rebecca Bower as president. Bower most recently was a senior human resources executive at a national luxury retailer. Before that, she served in a leadership role for 10 years with Boeing Employees Credit Union, the largest financial cooperative in Washington state.

Executive search firm ZRG Partners Inc. added Kevin Jones as managing director to lead the firm’s new global commercial real estate executive search platform as well as its Pittsburgh regional office; he previously ha started and led different US-based retained executive search consultancies predominantly focused on the healthcare, real estate and construction sectors. ZRG Partners also hired David Greenfield to head its global insurance practice. Greenfield will also open new offices for ZRG Partners in Hong Kong, expanding the firm’s current coverage in the Asia Pacific region.

Korn Ferry International Inc. (NYSE: KFY) announced Gary Starzmann joined the firm as senior client partner and a member of the global leadership team for both Korn Ferry Hay Group and the rewards and benefits practice. Prior to joining Korn Ferry, Starzmann was founder and president of HumInt LLC, a compensation advisory services firm, and a senior VP and partner with Aon Hewitt.

Heller Search Associates Inc., a Boston-based executive recruiting firm specializing in senior level technology executives, appointed Kelly Doyle as managing director. She has more than 20 years of industry experience in executive search and talent acquisition, with a focus in technology, and most recently spent 10 years at Nuance Communications hiring executives and teams across multiple divisions, as well as corporate functions.

Executive search and leadership advisory services firm Egon Zehnder announced Vishal Dhanuka joined its Dallas office as a leader in the firm’s global technology and digital practice. He will also be active in the board consulting and CIO practices. Prior to joining Egon Zehnder’s team as a consultant, Dhanuka was VP and global head of customer innovation and strategy at Hortonworks.

Bespoke Talent, which provides senior sales and marketing professionals to pre-IPO SaaS B2B companies, announced Ken Larson joined as partner and senior VP of sales and technology. He spent the last 12 years as a software-sales executive in with sales organizations including PTC and Bullhorn.

StevenDouglas, a national executive search firm, announced Carol Stewart joined the firm as client service director within the interim resources division, targeting Palm Beach County and north into the Space Coast area of east central Florida. She most recently developed new business in a similar territory for a publicly-held, multinational consulting firm. Throughout her career, Stewart has held senior business development positions within the financial services industry as well as with a big 4 public accounting firm.