Rusty O’Kelley is a Managing Director in the firm’s New York office and is Co-leader, Board and CEO Advisory Practice and he also serves as the Global Head of the Board Consulting and Effectiveness Practice. He advises corporate boards and CEOs in the areas of corporate governance, board succession planning and refreshment, board assessments, and CEO succession planning. Rusty advises Fortune 500 companies across all major industries.

Prior to joining the firm, Rusty served as Managing Partner for another global consulting firm in their Leadership & Succession Group. Before that, he was with Katzenbach Partners where he developed and led the firm's CEO succession planning and transition practice. Rusty began his career as a corporate lawyer at Sullivan & Cromwell where he specialized in bank mergers and acquisitions, securities regulation and corporate governance.

Rusty served as a Director for Seventy-Fifth Avenue Investments and Trak Chicago 1 Investments. Rusty serves on the Board of Lincoln Center Theater in New York.