Our Team

Jane Griffith is the Managing Partner and Founder of Griffith Group Executive Search. A veteran search leader, Jane focuses on the recruitment of senior leaders in the academic, research, not-for-profit, and broader public sectors. Prior to founding the Griffith Group, Jane worked at three global search firms as a Partner and was the first in Canada to be named ‘Partner and National Diversity Leader.’ She also founded Griffith Research, with clients in Australia, Dubai, Canada, and the United States. Prior to executive search, Jane worked in the fundraising departments of the United Way of Greater Toronto, York University Foundation, and with the not-for-profit consulting firm KCI (Ketchum Canada Inc.).

In addition to her leadership at Griffith Group Executive Search, Jane is an active Board Member and has supported many organizations including the Canadian Lesbian and Gay Chamber of Commerce, 30% Club Canada, Informed Opinions, and as Chair of Congress 2017 with AFP Toronto. She also serves as a mentor in the CGLCC OUT for Business program. Jane founded The Council of Women Executives, and currently serves as the Executive Director of the LGBTQ+ Corporate Directors Association, which she brought to Canada as a chapter of the US organization.

Jane is a frequent speaker and guest lecturer on hiring practices, with a specific focus on diversity and inclusion initiatives. To support this work, Jane has completed “Nisitohtamowin: an introduction to understanding Indigenous perspectives in Canada”, offered by the First Nations University of Canada; Queen’s University’s “AODA Accessible Customer Service Training Program”; the UB1x: has achieved the CatalystX certificate through completing “Unconscious Bias – From Awareness to Action”; and received the “Unconscious Bias Training Certificate” from Canadian Centre for Diversity and Inclusion.

Jane holds her ICD.D designation through the Institute of Corporate Directors, a Bachelor of Arts (Legal History) from the University of Calgary, and a Master of Arts from the University of Toronto.

As a Partner at Griffith Group, Sam Walton draws on her deep executive search experience and diverse sector expertise to execute complex search assignments and recruit talented leaders across a broad range of functions.

Sam is driven to strengthen the future of work in the not-for-profit, academic, healthcare, and broader public sectors. Sam’s unwavering commitment to advancing diversity, equity, inclusion and accessibility, dismantling systems of oppression using anti-racist and anti-oppressive practice, as well as her passion for creating meaningful connections with candidates contributes to Sam’s strategic recruitment approach, and to the success of the clients she supports. Her clients range from national non-profits, to social service agencies, to educational institutions.

Sam is a proud first-generation student and is deeply motivated by the transformative impacts of education. She holds a Bachelor of Fine Arts with a focus in Photography from Toronto Metropolitan University and has received the Award of Achievement in Diversity and Inclusion from the University of British Columbia. She is currently completing the Award of Achievement in Anti-Racism from the University of British Columbia, and the Gender Analytics Specialization: Gender Equity Through Inclusive Design by The Institute for Gender and the Economy (GATE) at The University of Toronto’s Rotman School of Management. She has successfully completed the LGBTQI2S Inclusion Training from Egale Canada Human Rights Trust, the Accessibility for Ontarians with Disabilities Act (AODA) training course from AODA.ca, the Women and Gender Equality Canada's Introduction to Gender-Based Analysis+, and “Nisitohtamowin ᓂᓯᑐᐦᑕᒧᐃᐧᐣ An Introduction to Understanding Indigenous Perspectives In Canada” offered by the First Nations University of Canada. Within the GTHA community, Sam is a member of CivicAction Leadership Foundation’s Emerging Leaders Network.