Providence's Executive Director of Executive Recruiting, Russell Podgorski, is a talented and dynamic leader with a passion for helping people achieve their career potential. A proven results-driven professional, Russell is an expert in recruiting and developing talent in large and complex organizations. With a solid track record of talent acquisition, people management, and customer relationship building, he has achieved remarkable success in his career.

Russell has a wealth of experience in recruitment, talent development, and mentoring. He has a natural ability to initiate and implement talent acquisition strategies and solutions that drive business objectives. Some of his career highlights include a 35% increase in racially diverse hires, a 47% increase in candidate quality, and a 97% retention rate for executive placements that have stayed for at least 12 months. He also garnered a 40% increase in agency cost savings over three years by developing talent maps for key roles and generated a 60% increase in high-potential and succession hires by rolling out data visualization technology to identify internal talent.

Russell studied Master of Health Administration (MHA) at Saint Joseph's College, Bachelor of Arts with a major in General Studies & Minor in Business at Columbia College, and an Associate in Applied Science in Business Management at Triton-College. He has held several executive-level positions at Providence, including Executive Director, Director, Senior Manager, and Corporate & Executive Recruiting Manager. Also, he served as Manager at Lovelace Health System and as a Senior Recruiter at Presbyterian Healthcare Services.