Role at BarkerGilmore
Brittney McDonough is Partner and Chair of the Healthcare and Life Sciences Practice at BarkerGilmore. She partners with executive leadership on a national platform and focuses on identifying and delivering top legal and compliance talent across a wide range of organizations, including service providers, insurers, senior living, health IT, medical devices, and pharmaceutical companies. Committed to understanding her clients’ unique needs, Brittney deploys an extremely personalized, client-centric approach and builds trust and rapport with ease. Her unique ability to see beyond the resume – along with her tailored execution of BarkerGilmore’s CustomFitSM assessment process – ensures an exceptional cultural fit for client and candidate alike, leading to high stick rates.
Accolades
She has presented at national conferences on the legal hiring market, pay trends, and the importance of self-advocacy for women lawyers. Her insights on gender compensation trends in healthcare and life sciences have been quoted in law.com.
Education
Brittney earned her B.A., cum laude, from the State University of New York at Geneseo.
Expertise
Executive Search
Experience
Some of Brittney’s recent engagements include the General Counsel for a growing research and development company, the Corporate Compliance Officer of a leading health and nutrition organization, the General Counsel of a public healthcare technology company, and the General Counsel for a large healthcare system.
Before joining BarkerGilmore, Brittney spent a decade at a Fortune 500 company in a variety of strategic leadership roles. Foundationally trained in project management, Brittney’s ability to listen, envision, communicate, and execute consistently results in highly successful engagements and client satisfaction.
Industry Experience
Private Equity, Healthcare & Life Sciences (Chair), Technology
Brittney's Insights
Contributors: Brittney McDonough | Katie Gilmore The COVID-19 pandemic and its heightened precautions may have come to an end in 2023, but that doesn’t mean the trials it presented for [...]
Contributors: John Gilmore | Brittney McDonough | Max Gelernter Gone are the days of mailing and faxing resumes to capture someone’s attention for a new role. These days, many in-house counsel positions [...]
BarkerGilmore, a boutique recruiting firm specializing in legal and compliance executive search and leadership development, proudly announces the recruitment of seasoned healthcare industry executive Michelle McGovern as the new [...]
