Johns Joins Cejka Executive Search As Executive Vice President, Managing Principal

ST. LOUIS, Dec. 14, 2017 /PRNewswire/ -- Cejka Executive Search, ranked on Forbes list of America's Best Executive Recruiting Firms, is pleased to announce that Alan D. Johns has joined the firm as Executive Vice President, Managing Principal to lead the firm's Academic Medicine and Health Sciences Practice. Johns brings three decades of experience in higher education/academic health sciences administration, finance, operations, strategic planning, research administration, risk assessment and accountability to Cejka Executive Search.

Prior to joining executive search four years ago, Johns served in senior leadership positions at public and private, research-intensive universities, including Columbia University College of Physicians and Surgeons (Associate Vice Dean and CFO), Duke University School of Medicine (Associate Dean for Strategic Services and Chief Academic Administrative Officer for Duke Comprehensive Cancer Center), Virginia Commonwealth University (Assistant Vice President for Health Affairs – Finance and Administration), and Emory University Nell Hodgson Woodruff School of Nursing (Assistant Dean for Business and Finance).  His first-hand knowledge and experience working closely with provosts, deans, department chairs, division chiefs, center directors, senior faculty research scientists and administrators enables him to understand our clients' challenges and strategic recruitment objectives.

Specializing in the recruitment of academic leaders and senior faculty, Alan and his team are dedicated to providing high-quality, high-touch search execution, candidate management and client satisfaction for schools of medicine, nursing, dentistry pharmacy, public health allied health professions, and cancer centers and other research institutes.

Johns earned a Bachelor of Science in Business Administration from the University of Florida, a Master of Public Administration from University of North Florida and completed the Advanced Program for Executive Search Consulting (AESC) at Cornell University School of Industrial and Labor Relations.

About Cejka Executive Search

Cejka Executive Search℠ ranks among the top five largest healthcare executive search firms in the United States, providing services exclusively to the healthcare industry for more than 35 years. Cejka Executive Search partners with organizations nationwide to identify and recruit talented C-level executives, physician leaders, key members of senior management and academic medicine faculty.

Cejka Executive Search is a Cross Country Healthcare, Inc. (Nasdaq: CCRN) company, a diversified leader in healthcare staffing services.

About Cross Country Healthcare
Cross Country Healthcare is a national leader in providing innovative healthcare workforce solutions and staffing services. Our solutions leverage our nearly 40 years of expertise and insight to assist clients in solving complex labor-related challenges while maintaining high quality outcomes. We are dedicated to recruiting and placing highly qualified healthcare professionals in virtually every specialty and area of expertise. Our diverse client base includes both clinical and nonclinical settings, servicing acute care hospitals, physician practice groups, outpatient and ambulatory-care centers, nursing facilities, both public schools and charter schools, rehabilitation and sports medicine clinics, government facilities, and homecare. Through our national staffing teams and network of 80 office locations, we are able to place clinicians on travel and per diem assignments, local short-term contracts and permanent positions. We are a market leader in providing flexible workforce management solutions, which include managed services programs (MSP), internal resource pool consulting and development, electronic medical record (EMR) transition staffing, recruitment process outsourcing, predictive modeling and other outsourcing and consultative services. In addition, we provide both retained and contingent placement services for healthcare executives, physicians, and other healthcare professionals. 

Media Contact:
Tiffanie Lee
Brand Strategy Partner
Cross Country Healthcare, Inc.
tlee@crosscountry.com 
314.236.4542

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