Transition / Career Counseling
425.274.7834 office
425.274.7835 fax
10900 NE 4th Street, Suite 2300
Bellevue, WA 98004
Craig Macdonald's Bio
Craig Macdonald, President, Corporate Strategies Search, LLC, is a native of Tacoma, Washington, and holds a Bachelor’s degree from the University of Puget Sound (English), and a Masters degree from the University of Iowa (Journalism / Communications). He has been recruiting managers and executives since 1975, including six years with Weyerhaeuser Company as a Human Resources Manager in both the Forest Products and Paper Companies. For a period of three years, he was Human Resources Manager for Weyerhaeuser’s Bleached Paper/Consumer Packaging Division that manufactured and marketed milk cartons both domestically and internationally, and for Weyerhaeuser’s Secondary Fiber/Recycling Division.
After leaving Weyerhaeuser, Craig was a co-owner and operator of a personnel consulting/executive search firm in Federal Way, Washington. His consulting emphasis was centered on assisting small businesses with human resources policy and procedure development, interview and selection process development, communications facilitation, performance appraisal systems, outplacement and career counseling, and organizational planning. Craig was also a partner in the Bellevue search firm of Houser Martin Morris, for 12 years where he headed the firm’s retained, senior-management search practice.
Over the last 30 years, Craig has conducted successful searches in wood products, pulp and paper, heavy manufacturing, construction, environmental engineering, food and beverage, technology, retail and not-for-profit organizations. He has specialized in consulting with Boards of Directors on CEO/Executive Director searches in both for-profit and non-profit organizations.
Craig, and his wife Leslie are residents of Kirkland, Washington.