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ALLIANCE RESOURCE CONSULTING LLC is considered one of the premier public sector executive recruiting
firms in the country. Our company motto "The Power of Partnership" is taken seriously at
ALLIANCE and carries a reputation of providing service and building lasting relationships by placing
the highest quality candidates throughout the United States.
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ALLIANCE RESOURCE CONSULTING was formed when our executive search consultants acquired the highly
regarded executive search practice of one the largest public sector consulting/government services
companies in the United States. At ALLIANCE, we are building on the excellent reputation and commitment
to service that were the cornerstones of the previous practice. With the innovative use of technology
and a commitment to forming enduring partnerships with our clients, ALLIANCE RESOURCE CONSULTING is
committed to setting a new standard in the industry.
The ALLIANCE RESOURCE CONSULTING founding partners each have advanced degrees and over 24 years of
combined experience in public sector service and recruitment. In addition, our partners are affiliated
with many prestigious organizations such as the American Society for Public Administration, Los Angeles
Junior Chamber of Commerce, University of Southern California Town & Gown, Long Beach Guadalajara
Friendship City, Regional Hispanic Chamber of Commerce and Sister Cities International.
The strength of ALLIANCE RESOURCE CONSULTING is our ability to create and maintain strategic alliances
with local and regional organizations. The synergistic alliances that we have created help us maintain
the highest standard of excellence in the industry.
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Eric Middleton - Managing Partner
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Eric Middleton began his career in executive search in 1999 with MAXIMUS. He is currently the
Managing Partner of Alliance Resource Consulting LLC. Prior to his career in executive search,
Mr. Middleton spent 13 years with the County of Los Angeles and the City of Los Angeles working
in various administrative positions with the Chief Administrative Office, the Los Angeles Sherriff's
Department, the Los Angeles County District Attorney’s Office, the Department of Public Works and
the Probation Department. While with the Probation Department, Mr. Middleton was instrumental in
drafting legislation creating the 1996 Repeat Offender Prevention Project (AB 2447) an intervention
and prevention program targeting at-risk youth. Immediately prior to joining MAXIMUS, he was the
Senior Legislative Deputy to a Los Angeles City Council Member and served on the staff of the City's
Public Safety Committee.
Mr. Middleton has also served as a member of the Los Angeles County Bar Association Juvenile Court
Task Force, as legislative staff to the Chief Probation Officers of California, and as a community
member of the Public Safety Advisory Committee to then Assembly Member Robert Hertzberg. In 1993,
Mr. Middleton was recognized as a Los Angeles County Volunteer of the Year for his civic involvement.
Mr. Middleton also served as a Vice President of the Los Angeles Metropolitan Chapter of the American
Society for Public Administration (ASPA). Mr. Middleton is currently a member of IPMA-HR, and serves
on the Board of Directors of the University of Southern California City/County Manager Fellowship
Foundation.
Mr. Middleton has been engaged in over 300 recruitments in most areas of general local government
(e.g., City and County management, Public Safety, Community and Economic Development, Social Services,
Public Works, Finance, Transportation, etc.). Mr. Middleton has also conducted numerous City Manager
recruitments, including the California cities of San Jose, Long Beach, Carlsbad, Yorba Linda, Diamond
Bar, Redlands, West Hollywood, Martinez, Marina, Millbrae, Duarte and Huntington Beach. Mr. Middleton
has also been involved in the recruitments for Police Chiefs in the City of Chicago (IL), Glendale (CA),
San Diego (CA), and San Jose (CA).
Mr. Middleton received a Master of Public Administration degree from the University of Southern
California, and a Bachelor of Arts degree in History from California State University at Northridge.
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Sherrill A. Uyeda - Senior Partner
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Sherrill Uyeda began her career in executive search in 1998 with Norman Roberts & Associates, Inc., which
was acquired by MAXIMUS in 1999. She is currently a founding partner of Alliance Resource Consulting LLC.
Ms. Uyeda has over ten years of public sector executive search experience and has completed over 350
recruitments. Ms. Uyeda’s professional recruitment background covers all areas of public sector executive
search, including city, state, and regional government with a successful track record of executive
placements. She is experienced in recruiting in the fields of public utilities, public works, planning,
medical, redevelopment, library, recreation, finance, human and social services, airports and port
authorities. Past nationwide clients have included the Cities of Alexandria (VA), Atlanta (GA), Dallas
(TX), San Francisco (CA) and San José (CA), the Irvine Ranch Water District, Metropolitan Water District
of Southern California, District of Columbia Water and Sewer Authority, San Antonio Water System, Bay Area
Rapid Transit District, Los Angeles Worlds Airports, New Orleans International Airport, Nashville
International Airport and Broward County, FL Department of Aviation.
Prior to her executive search experience, Ms. Uyeda worked for Burson-Marsteller. While at
Burson-Marsteller, she worked within the Corporate Practice which focused on global perception management.
She specialized in corporate communications and strategic positioning for companies such as Sony Pictures
Entertainment and Gulfstream Netjets.
Ms. Uyeda graduated from the University of Southern California, with both a Bachelor of Arts degree in
Communication Arts and Sciences and a Master of Public Administration degree. She is currently a member
of the Los Angeles Junior Chamber of Commerce, American Society for Public Administrators and USC’s Town
and Gown.
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Nicholas Mesic – Senior Consultant
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Nicholas Mesic began his career in executive search with MAXIMUS in 2003. At MAXIMUS, Mr. Mesic assisted with
public sector executive recruitments in the areas of city and county management, parks and recreation, planning,
finance, water districts and airports.
Prior to joining Alliance Resource Consulting, Mr. Mesic worked for Hyrian LLC, a recruitment firm specializing
in management recruitments in the fields of engineering, finance, healthcare, and insurance. Mr. Mesic also
served as Team Lead for the Sourcing Department at Hyrian LLC and was responsible for overseeing operations
in research, name generation, sourcing and candidate recruitment.
Currently, Mr. Mesic has been able to bring his unique public and private sector recruitment experience to a
diverse group of clients that include the Marin County Housing Authority (CA), the City of Alexandria (VA),
the Irvine Ranch Water District, the Coachella Valley Water District, Los Angeles World Airports, the United
Health Group, Contra Costa County (CA), the City of Long Beach (CA), the Grand Junction Housing Authority (CO),
Sacramento County (CA) and the City of Los Angeles (CA).
Mr. Mesic is a graduate of the University of California at Davis, where he obtained a Bachelor's Degree in
History and a Bachelor's Degree in English.
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Gisela Garcia McLean - Consultant
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Gisela Garcia McLean began her career in executive search in 2004 with Alliance Resource Consulting as
assistant manager of the Research department. Her experience includes conducting research, candidate
recruitment and coordinating background checks, candidate degree verification and resume development.
Ms. Garcia-McLean specializes in aviation, information technology, utilities, public works and library
recruitments. She also oversees multi-lingual citizen surveys for various engagements.
Prior to joining Alliance Resource Consulting, Mrs. Garcia-McLean background covers a wide-range of
management positions in the international trade, real estate, public relations, business development
and marketing arena in both the public and private sectors. Mrs. Garcia McLean previously worked for
the Trade Commission of Mexico in Los Angeles, one of the official government agencies in charge of
promoting exports from Mexico into the United States, conducting business development and market
research on various industry trade opportunities. In addition, she also worked for the Mexican Bank
for Foreign Trade as an assistant analyst for regional projects and research in the City of
Guadalajara, Mexico.
Mrs. Garcia-McLean has a bachelor’s degree in International Business from the Autonomous University
of Guadalajara. She is also a member of the International Hispanic Network.
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Syldy Tom - Consultant |
Syldy Tom joined Alliance Resource Consulting in 2008. She works on profile analysis, candidate
recruitment and screening, and background checks. Her consulting work specializes in city manager
recruitments, as well as information technology, community development, and utilities.
Previously, Ms. Tom worked for STAR Marquez, a nonprofit educational organization which provides
enrichment programs to kindergarten aged children in public schools. During her time at STAR, Ms.
Tom managed multiple enrichment programs. Ms. Tom also was the Citibank Summer Research Intern for
United Way of Greater Los Angeles. She was responsible for researching the unbanked and underbanked
population in Los Angeles for Citibank.
Ms. Tom has a Master of Public Administration from the University of Southern California, and a
Bachelor of Arts Degree in Art History from the University of California at Los Angeles. At USC,
she was the Marketing and Fundraising Co-Chair for the Graduate Policy and Administration Community
(GPAC). In addition, Ms. Tom is a member of the UCLA Prytanean Alumnae Association, serving as the
Benefit Chair, the Scholarship Chair, and is presently the Second Vice President of Membership for
Prytanean. Ms. Tom’s volunteer interests include fundraising and marketing.
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Geoff Gambling - Research Consultant
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Geoffry Gambling has been with Alliance Resource Consulting since 2006. He began his tenure with the
company as an Administrative Assistant. In 2007 he was promoted to the position of Research Consultant.
Along with the rest of our research staff, Mr. Gambling is integral in generating targeted candidate
research lists for our recruitments. In addition, he coordinates all candidate background investigations
and qualification verifications as well as conducting candidate/client article and internet checks.
Along with his research responsibilities, Mr. Gambling also handles the technology aspects of the office,
including candidate help desk issues, client user access to the database, as well as managing the
resolution of any interoffice IT concerns.
Mr. Gambling has Bachelor of Arts in English from Chapman University.
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Linda Kann - Administrative Assistant |
Linda Kann joined Alliance Resource Consulting in 2008. Ms. Kann is responsible internally for graphics,
preparation of proposals, marketing presentations, reports and candidate sourcing. In addition to her
internal responsibilities, Ms. Kann is responsible for providing excellent customer service to our
clients and candidates. Prior to joining Alliance Resource Consulting, Ms. Kann worked in the fields
of sales and marketing.
Ms. Kann is a graduate from California State University, Long Beach with a Bachelor of Science in
Business Administration. Ms. Kann is also bilingual, and speaks Khmer.
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