GovCon, Non-Profit & Public Sector
GovCon, Non-Profit & Public Sector
You focus on mission-critical work. We help you find mission-ready talent.
District Partners works with government contractors and other mission-focused organizations to find talent with technical depth and the ability to operate in compliance-heavy, mission-driven environments. We cover corporate functions, program management, contracts, and technical leadership. Our firm was founded in Washington, D.C., and we have a deep appreciation for the companies that serve our federal government. Whether the need involves clearance requirements or compliance demands, our team has the network to deliver the right talent and expertise for your organization.
District Partners works with government contractors and other mission-focused organizations to find talent with technical depth and the ability to operate in compliance-heavy, mission-driven environments. We cover corporate functions, program management, contracts, and technical leadership. Our firm was founded in Washington, D.C., and we have a deep appreciation for the companies that serve our federal government. Whether the need involves clearance requirements or compliance demands, our team has the network to deliver the right talent and expertise for your organization.
What We Do
Executive Search
Partner-led, confidential searches for C-suite and senior permanent hires. Direct competitor sourcing, multi-stage evaluation, senior-only delivery. Typical placement: 30–60 days.
Executive Search
Partner-led, confidential searches for C-suite and senior permanent hires. Direct competitor sourcing, multi-stage evaluation, senior-only delivery. Typical placement: 30–60 days.
Executive Search
Partner-led, confidential searches for C-suite and senior permanent hires. Direct competitor sourcing, multi-stage evaluation, senior-only delivery. Typical placement: 30–60 days.
Professional Search
Focused search for manager and director-level roles where precision and speed both matter. Same senior-led approach, calibrated for mid-level critical hires.
Professional Search
Focused search for manager and director-level roles where precision and speed both matter. Same senior-led approach, calibrated for mid-level critical hires.
Professional Search
Focused search for manager and director-level roles where precision and speed both matter. Same senior-led approach, calibrated for mid-level critical hires.
Cybersecurity & Information Security
Security leadership and technical talent across the full security function — from CISO searches to the engineers building and operating the controls.
Cybersecurity & Information Security
Security leadership and technical talent across the full security function — from CISO searches to the engineers building and operating the controls.
Cybersecurity & Information Security
Security leadership and technical talent across the full security function — from CISO searches to the engineers building and operating the controls.
Interim & Fractional Executives
Experienced leadership placed immediately — on our payroll, embedded in your firm. For transitions, critical initiatives, or roles that don’t require a full-time permanent hire.
Interim & Fractional Executives
Experienced leadership placed immediately — on our payroll, embedded in your firm. For transitions, critical initiatives, or roles that don’t require a full-time permanent hire.
Interim & Fractional Executives
Experienced leadership placed immediately — on our payroll, embedded in your firm. For transitions, critical initiatives, or roles that don’t require a full-time permanent hire.
Interim Solutions: Transactions
Specialized talent that helps your team navigate complex corporate transactions — from M&A and divestitures to carve-outs, spinoffs, and public-company readiness.
Interim Solutions: Transactions
Specialized talent that helps your team navigate complex corporate transactions — from M&A and divestitures to carve-outs, spinoffs, and public-company readiness.
Interim Solutions: Transactions
Specialized talent that helps your team navigate complex corporate transactions — from M&A and divestitures to carve-outs, spinoffs, and public-company readiness.
Interim Solutions: Finance & Accounting
Specialized accounting and reporting talent for the demands that cluster around the close, the audit, and the reporting calendar — from operational and technical accounting through FP&A and SEC reporting.
Interim Solutions: Finance & Accounting
Specialized accounting and reporting talent for the demands that cluster around the close, the audit, and the reporting calendar — from operational and technical accounting through FP&A and SEC reporting.
Interim Solutions: Finance & Accounting
Specialized accounting and reporting talent for the demands that cluster around the close, the audit, and the reporting calendar — from operational and technical accounting through FP&A and SEC reporting.
Interim Solutions: Business Transformation
Experienced operators who lead and execute large-scale change — from organizational redesign and process improvement to program management through periods of transition.
Interim Solutions: Business Transformation
Experienced operators who lead and execute large-scale change — from organizational redesign and process improvement to program management through periods of transition.
Interim Solutions: Business Transformation
Experienced operators who lead and execute large-scale change — from organizational redesign and process improvement to program management through periods of transition.
Interim Solutions: Tech Optimization
Hands-on systems expertise to assess, select, implement, and optimize the platforms that run your business — spanning ERP, CRM, and finance technology stacks.
Interim Solutions: Tech Optimization
Hands-on systems expertise to assess, select, implement, and optimize the platforms that run your business — spanning ERP, CRM, and finance technology stacks.
Interim Solutions: Tech Optimization
Hands-on systems expertise to assess, select, implement, and optimize the platforms that run your business — spanning ERP, CRM, and finance technology stacks.
Who We Serve
Case Studies
American Correctional Association: Immediate Stabilization and Full-Time Placement — One Seamless Solution
Facing an unstable finance function and an approaching audit, the ACA needed immediate, reliable leadership. District Partners placed an interim fractional CFO on day one while running a concurrent permanent search — and the interim leader ultimately took the role full-time.
U.S. Chamber of Commerce: Placing a Thought Leader Through a Search the Client's Own Team Couldn't Close
With its CAO moving up to CFO and no internal successor, the Chamber needed a confidential search across two talent markets. District Partners engaged and placed the passive candidate the internal team had been unable to reach.
Staffing the SBA's Pandemic Loan Response — 140+ Consultants, Every Major Market, Five Years and Counting
When the CARES Act launched PPP and expanded EIDL, the SBA's prime contractor had to scale a compliance-heavy workforce almost overnight. District Partners mobilized 140+ consultants across every major U.S. market — and is still on the engagement five years later.
Get In Touch
Eric leads the Information Technology & Digital Transformation practice at District Partners, advising CIOs, CTOs, CISOs, private equity firms, and executive leadership teams on the talent and consulting strategies that drive business transformation. With nearly 20 years of experience across executive search, technology consulting, and talent advisory, he has built and scaled recruiting organizations and delivered talent solutions spanning software engineering, cybersecurity, cloud, data, AI, product, and enterprise technology. Combining deep market expertise with a practical grasp of business strategy, Eric brings an operator’s perspective to talent and organizational challenges — helping clients align leadership, talent, and delivery capabilities to support growth, transformation, and their most critical technology initiatives.
Eric leads the Information Technology & Digital Transformation practice at District Partners, advising CIOs, CTOs, CISOs, private equity firms, and executive leadership teams on the talent and consulting strategies that drive business transformation. With nearly 20 years of experience across executive search, technology consulting, and talent advisory, he has built and scaled recruiting organizations and delivered talent solutions spanning software engineering, cybersecurity, cloud, data, AI, product, and enterprise technology. Combining deep market expertise with a practical grasp of business strategy, Eric brings an operator’s perspective to talent and organizational challenges — helping clients align leadership, talent, and delivery capabilities to support growth, transformation, and their most critical technology initiatives.
Eric leads the Information Technology & Digital Transformation practice at District Partners, advising CIOs, CTOs, CISOs, private equity firms, and executive leadership teams on the talent and consulting strategies that drive business transformation. With nearly 20 years of experience across executive search, technology consulting, and talent advisory, he has built and scaled recruiting organizations and delivered talent solutions spanning software engineering, cybersecurity, cloud, data, AI, product, and enterprise technology. Combining deep market expertise with a practical grasp of business strategy, Eric brings an operator’s perspective to talent and organizational challenges — helping clients align leadership, talent, and delivery capabilities to support growth, transformation, and their most critical technology initiatives.
Mark Lurie Goldstein joined District Partners with a background that bridges both sides of the profession — having worked as a practitioner in financial reporting and controller-level roles across nonprofit and corporate environments before transitioning to executive search. A Virginia Tech graduate and licensed CPA, he built his recruiting career as a top performer in the Washington, DC market before relocating to Apex, North Carolina to anchor District Partners’ growing Research Triangle presence. Mark specializes in financial searches for nonprofits, diverse healthcare organizations, and AmLaw Top 100 law firms, bringing firsthand industry fluency to every engagement.
Mark Lurie Goldstein joined District Partners with a background that bridges both sides of the profession — having worked as a practitioner in financial reporting and controller-level roles across nonprofit and corporate environments before transitioning to executive search. A Virginia Tech graduate and licensed CPA, he built his recruiting career as a top performer in the Washington, DC market before relocating to Apex, North Carolina to anchor District Partners’ growing Research Triangle presence. Mark specializes in financial searches for nonprofits, diverse healthcare organizations, and AmLaw Top 100 law firms, bringing firsthand industry fluency to every engagement.
Mark Lurie Goldstein joined District Partners with a background that bridges both sides of the profession — having worked as a practitioner in financial reporting and controller-level roles across nonprofit and corporate environments before transitioning to executive search. A Virginia Tech graduate and licensed CPA, he built his recruiting career as a top performer in the Washington, DC market before relocating to Apex, North Carolina to anchor District Partners’ growing Research Triangle presence. Mark specializes in financial searches for nonprofits, diverse healthcare organizations, and AmLaw Top 100 law firms, bringing firsthand industry fluency to every engagement.
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Questions, Answered.
We’re here for the follow-up questions too — reach out and a partner will respond within one business day.
Do you place candidates who require security clearances?
Yes. Given our roots in Washington, D.C., we maintain a network of cleared and clearance-eligible professionals for government contractors and mission-driven organizations.
What kinds of roles do you fill for government contractors and non-profits?
Corporate functions like finance and technology leadership, program management, contracts, and the compliance-heavy roles that come with operating in regulated, mission-driven environments.
Why is a DC-founded firm well suited to GovCon and public sector clients?
District Partners was founded in Washington, D.C., and has built a deep network and appreciation for the companies and organizations that serve the federal government, which shapes how we source and vet candidates for this sector.
Can you scale a compliance-heavy workforce quickly, the way you did for the SBA program?
Yes, that engagement is a direct example: we mobilized 140+ consultants across every major U.S. market to help a prime contractor scale its pandemic loan-processing workforce, and we remain on that engagement years later.
Do you work with non-profits on different terms than corporate clients?
We tailor the engagement to the organization’s structure and budget. Several of our GovCon and public sector case studies involve non-profit and federally-funded clients specifically.
The DP Difference
Our approach blends deep relationships with proprietary technology to uncover the best leaders and connect with them through the most direct, trusted path.
The DP Difference
Our approach blends deep relationships with proprietary technology to uncover the best leaders and connect with them through the most direct, trusted path.
The DP Difference
Our approach blends deep relationships with proprietary technology to uncover the best leaders and connect with them through the most direct, trusted path.
The DP Difference
Our approach blends deep relationships with proprietary technology to uncover the best leaders and connect with them through the most direct, trusted path.