Our Story

Learning permeates the history of our firm and is a core value of Harvey Hohauser & Associates. As a PhD of Sociology, our founder believed and lived the importance of learning and education. Living these values, we encourage our team to educate themselves both inside and outside the firms four walls. Our two principles completed a rigorous Family Enterprise Advisor (FEA) designation to expand the value to our clients. Being a member of IIC Partners and AESC affords us the opportunity to compare our processes to our competition, globally. At the onset of every search, we look to our history and research practices of previous projects to understand the most productive pathways to talent for our clients. At the closure of each search, our team conducts a best practice review and we survey our clients and candidates to understand what we learned and to continually improve our process.

We too, work with outside consultants to improve our products and services. We bring this established and iterative learning to the benefit of our clients. Since 1986 we have used these best practices to develop and adapt to every evolution of the marketplace with the sole purpose of serving our clients. Harvey started this company with a simple, noble objective: to feed his family. Our clients feed hundreds of thousands of families through the delivery of their products, goods and services. As a multi-generational business that serves multi-generational businesses we adhere to our values and take great pride in, for decades, supporting our client’s organizational growth and adherence to their own, unique cultures.

Hohauser Timeline

1986

Hohauser Milestones

  • Harvey Hohauser & Associates, LLC established 
  • Initial Dutch corporate client (Chemicals)

World Event

  • “Out of Africa” wins Best Picture Academy Award 
  • New York Mets win World Series

1987

Hohauser Milestones

  • Harvey Hohauser & Associates, LLC moves to Troy office complex  

World Event

  • First class U.S. postage stamp 22 cents 
  • Prozac released for use in U.S.A. 
 

1988

Hohauser Milestones

  • Initial Japanese corporate client (Automotive)

World Event

  • Benazir Bhutto of Pakistan elected first Islamic female Prime Minister 
  • Notre Dame wins NCAA football championship (12-0) 

1989

Hohauser Milestones

  • Initial British corporate client (Equipment)

World Event

  • Dalai Lama awarded Nobel Peace Prize 
  • Colin Powell first Black Chairman, Joint Chiefs of Staff

1990

Hohauser Milestones

  • Initial German corporate client (Engineering)

World Event

  • South Africa frees Nelson Mandela 
  • Detroit Pistons N.B.A. Champs 

1991

Hohauser Milestones

  • Initial French corporate client (Manufacturing)

World Event

  • “Dances With Wolves” awarded Best picture  
  • South African writer, Nadine Gordimer, awarded Nobel Prize in literature

1992

Hohauser Milestones

  • Current Harvey Hohauser & Associates logo unveiled

World Event

  • China & Israel establish diplomatic relations 
  • Bill Clinton elected president of the United States 
  • Johnny Carson retires, leaves The Tonight Show to Jay Leno

1993

Hohauser Milestones

  • First of fifteen global searches for a local client is launched

World Event

  • Dallas beats Buffalo in the Superbowl 
  • Janet Reno becomes the first female Attorney General

1994

Hohauser Milestones

  •  First Harvey Hohauser & Associates, LLC website

World Event

  • World series cancelled due to baseball strike 

1995

Hohauser Milestones

  • California office opened (Los Gatos)

World Event

  • Wilmut and Campbell create world’s first cloned sheep 

1996

Hohauser Milestones

  • Initial German search assignment for U.S. client

World Event

  • Space Shuttle STS 72 (Endeavour 10), launches into space 
  • IBM computer Deep Blue becomes the first computer to win
    a game of chess against a reigning (human) chess champion,
    Gary Kasparov 

1997

Hohauser Milestones

  • Lansing office opened (Insurance, Healthcare)

World Event

  • Detroit defeats Philadelphia (4-0) to win the Stanley Cup 

1998

Hohauser Milestones

  • New Corporate identity launched  
  • Initial Belgian corporate client (Manufacturing) 

World Event

  • Europeans approve use of the ‘euro’ 
  • Detroit wins the Stanley Cup versus Washington (4-0) 

1999

Hohauser Milestones

  • Todd Hohauser joins Harvey Hohauser & Associates, LLC  
  • Initial Belgian corporate client (Manufacturing) 

World Event

  • Internet users worldwide 150,000,000 
  • First class stamp 33 cents 

2000

Hohauser Milestones

  • Move to larger corporate headquarter offices 
  • Pennsylvania office opened (Pittsburgh) 

World Event

  • Michigan State University NCAA basketball champions 
  • AOL buys Time Warner for $165 billion 

2001

Hohauser Milestones

  • Initial Alternative Energy Technology assignments 

World Event

  • George W. Bush elected 43rd President 
  • Most popular names in U.S. Jacob and Emily 

2002

Hohauser Milestones

  • Candidate/client I.T. management systems upgraded   

World Event

  • The Mars Odyssey finds signs of large ice deposits on the planet Mars 

2003

Hohauser Milestones

  • Pennsylvania office relocated (Harrisburg)

World Event

  • Dan Brown publishes The Da Vinci Code  

 

2004

Hohauser Milestones

  • Twelfth Japanese corporate client

World Event

  • NATO admits seven new countries including Latvia, Estonia and Slovenia 
  • Massachusetts first state to legalize gay marriages 
  • Smarty Jones wins Kentucky Derby

2005

Hohauser Milestones

  • Harvey Hohauser & Associates, LLC Advisory Board established 

World Event

  • Angela Merkel elected Germany’s first female Chancellor

2006

Hohauser Milestones

  • Harvey Hohauser & Associates, LLC joins international IIC Partners  

World Event

  • Italy defeats France in the World Cup
  • FDA approves Gardasil, a vaccine that prevents cervical cancer

2007

Hohauser Milestones

  • Todd Hohauser becomes President of Harvey Hohauser & Associates, LLC  
  • Initial Indian assignment (Manufacturing)

World Event

  • Nancy Pelosi becomes the first woman speaker of the U.S. House of Representatives

2008

Hohauser Milestones

  • Eric Hohauser joins Harvey Hohauser & Associates, LLC

World Event

  • Japan’s Aso becomes Prime Minister  
  • Barack Obama elected U.S. President with 338 electoral votes 
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2009

Hohauser Milestones

  • Todd visits tenth international partner (Thailand, China, Brazil, etc.)

World Event

  • Rio de Janeiro, Brazil wins bid for 2016 Olympics

2010

Hohauser Milestones

  • Todd Hohauser elected to international LLC Partners Board of Directors 

World Event

  • Conan O’Brien’s last tonight show aired after a big controversy over the timeslot

2011

Hohauser Milestones

  • Harvey Hohauser & Associates Twenty-fifth Anniversary

World Event

  • U.S. ends mission in Iraq

2012

Hohauser Milestones

  • Expanded non-profit client support management staff

World Event

  • Queen Elizabeth II marks her 60th anniversary of becoming a British monarch  
  • Vladimir Putin wins Russian presidential election

2013

Hohauser Milestones

  • Harvey Hohauser & Associates executive staff adds eleventh member

World Event

  • South Korea successfully launches its rocket Naro- 1 which was carrying a scientific satellite
  • Pope Benedict XVI is the first pope to resign since 1415

2014

Hohauser Milestones

  • Harvey Hohauser & Associates completes 500th assignment 
  • Todd Hohauser becomes CEO

World Event

  • Life expectancy 78.8 years in United States  
  • One World Trade Center opens on November 3 

2015

Hohauser Milestones

  • Family Office” holdings retained in multiple states 
  • Eric Hohauser becomes President  
  • Rebecca Hicks becomes Chief Financial Officer 

World Event

  • David Letterman and John Stewart retire 
  • NASA confirms Mars has flowing liquid water 
  • Cuba and the United States re-establish full diplomatic relations

2016

Hohauser Milestones

  • Todd & Eric Hohauser enroll in the Institute for Family Enterprise Advisors  
  • Harvey Hohauser Officially Retires  
  • 28th search completed for repeat client: The Tweddle Group 

World Event

  • Britain Exit EU after Referendum 
  • Mother Teresa given sainthood 
  • SpaceX rocket takes off AND RETURNS to earth

2017

Hohauser Milestones

  • Todd & Eric Hohauser complete and earn Family Enterprise Advisor degrees  
  • HH&A successfully completes largest compensation search 
  • HH&A team defines and embraces updated values: ELF HAIR 

World Event

  • Queen Elizabeth II becomes first British monarch to reach 65 years of reign 
  • NASA announces Saturn’s moon Enceladus has the conditions to support life 
  • New Zealand elects its youngest female prime minister

2018

Hohauser Milestones

  • Team lead reorganization to reshape market position, competitive advantage and improve client delivery
  • Todd Hohauser appointed Chair of IIC Partners
  • Largest search in the history of the firm captured

World Event

  • Black Panther dominates the cinema
  • Apple becomes the first public company to achieve $1 trillion in market cap
  • Royal Wedding; Prince Harry & Meghan Markle

2019

Hohauser Milestones

  • Successful integration and implementation of new database management software
  • Todd Hohauser appointed to Walsh College Foundation Board of Directors
  • Bill Weatherston retires after 14 years of service to HH&A’s non-profit clients

World Event

  • U.S.A. Women’s Soccer Team wins world cup for 4th time
  • NASA astronauts Christina Koch and Jessica Meir exited the International Space Station to replace a power controller, becoming the first to complete an all-female spacewalk and repair
  • Artist Elton John is the highest-grossing world tour of 2019; Farewell Yellow Brick Road Tour with an estimated 82.6 Million.

2020

Hohauser Milestones

  • Nicole Regula performs as lead consultant for first time
  • Team adapts seamlessly to work from home with COVID restrictions
  • HH&A is awarded the most global referrals for the 3rd time in its IIC Partnership

World Event

  • COVID-19 Global Pandemic
  • Black Lives Matter Movement gains momentum and visibility
  • The United Kingdom withdraws from the European Union

2021

Hohauser Milestones

  • 14th Search with repeat client ERS
  • 18th Search with repeat client Leggett & Platt
  • Todd Hohauser completes his role as Chair of IIC Partners
  • Shannon Binkowski hired as Operations Administration Assistant
  • Sam Frank hired as Vice President, Executive Search

World Event

  • COVID-19 Vaccines developed and delivered at a speed never before seen
  • Tik-Tok surpasses Google as the #1 visited site on the World Wide Web
  • Prince Phillip – Duke of Edinburgh, Bishop Desmond Tutu and Senator Carl Levin pass on
  • Kamala Harris inaugurated, making history as the first female, black, and South-Asian Vice President of the United States

2022

Hohauser Milestones

  • Nicole Regula successfully lands and closes her first with Precision Door
  • Kate Scott represents Harvey Hohauser & Associates at her first IIC Partners Conference in Paris
  • Disruptor clients abound (SOBRsafe, WHC, BW, VMC)

World Event

  • World population exceeds 8 billion
  • Queen Elizabeth II, the longest reigning British Monarch, passes away
  • Russia invades Ukraine
  • Elon Musk completes $44 billion deal to own Twitter