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DAWN E. DZURILLA
Gaia Human Capital Consultants

Founder & President

email: dawnd@gaiahumancapital.com

Since founding Gaia Human Capital Consultants in 2006, Dawn Dzurilla has become a recognized executive search leader within the cleantech and renewable energy industry.  She leverages her twenty-plus years of senior-level executive search, team-building and organizational experience to serve clients in attracting and securing world-class, senior-executive talent to each client engagement. 

Read about Dawn's career transition to the Green Economy.  

Dawn is a frequent public speaker and the author of several articles providing strategic human capital and leadership solutions within the Global Cleantech and Green Economy.  She is a Contributing Columnist for www.RenewableEnergyWorld.com, the most widely read publication in the renewable energy industry. She is an outspoken proponent, advocating "green collar" executive and professional careers.  Dawn has hosted conferences and written and spoken publicly about the challenges and solutions that cleantech firms face when attempting to attract and secure world-class executive leadership.

Immediately prior, Dawn Co-founded and served as President of H3 Capital, LLC, an innovative Socially Responsible Investment Management (SRI) firm that carefully screened, selected and managed investments based on issues which integrate personal, societal values and environmental concerns with individual investment decisions.

Dawn's Cleantech career began when she served for several years as Managing Director of Corporate Development for a premier manufacturer of environmental and medical waste management technology solutions. Dawn was successful in attracting financial and human capital and positioning the firm for significantly new global business opportunities.

Over the course of fifteen years, Dawn built a retainer executive search firm, completing scores of C-level and professional search assignments serving clients in the financial services industry. For 14 years, her client, a leading global commercial bank engaged her to recruit senior-level talent which built several areas of business.  For 8 years, she partnered with the Founder/CEO and ownership of a start-up mutual fund organization and helped secure several C-level executives and professionals. This firm grew from 7 to become 100 plus employees, from start-up to managing over $23 Billion of assets under management and, has become a preeminent leader in the investment industry. For five years, Dawn partnered with a prominent boutique investment bank, recruited several senior players and started-up and managed their successful nationwide MBA Associate and Analyst recruitment program.

Earlier, Dawn enjoyed an accomplished career, where she served as a Principal of one of the world's largest retainer executive search firms.  Dawn began her career at Smith Barney providing financial & business analysis for structured principal transactions and in their Commodities Futures Group, evaluating the investment and credit risk for clients.

A native New Yorker, Dawn is a resident of Naples, FL and New York City.  She earned a Bachelor of Science Degree in Business Administration from St. John's University in New York City.  Dawn is involved in various environmental and community activities.  

Dawn is a member of the Leadership Council of the American Council On Renewable Energy (ACORE).

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