THE STORY BEHIND PROVEN TRUSTED TALENT ACQUISITION™
Our Story
A FOUNDER WHO BROUGHT SOMETHING DIFFERENT TO EXECUTIVE SEARCH.
THE DECISION TO GO DEEP, NOT WIDE
Most executive search firms are built to scale — more industries, more geographies, more clients. Regions Recruiting was built on a different premise entirely: that a firm which goes deep in one industry, one region, and one discipline will consistently outperform firms that try to cover everything.
That premise came from Kathy Nunnally Anemogiannis, Founder and President of Regions Recruiting — and from a career that gave her an unusually clear view of what great recruiting actually requires.
A BACKGROUND BUILT FOR THIS WORK
Kathy’s path to founding Regions Recruiting was not a straight line. It was a deliberate accumulation of disciplines that, taken together, produced something the recruiting industry rarely sees: a founder who combines the rigor of a researcher, the strategic instincts of a C-suite executive, and the relational depth of a talent partner who has worked inside the industries she serves.
As the daughter of a university geography and earth sciences professor, Kathy grew up in different college towns across the region — developing a first-hand understanding of the Southeast’s communities, cultures, and economic fabric that most recruiters simply don’t have. It also instilled a deep respect for research, an instinct to ask “why,” and a comfort with complexity that has defined her career.
PERSPECTIVE BASED ON A RARE EXPERIENCE
Her career featured work as a researcher, consultant, coach, and business executive, and included VP of Research for Carter & Associates, Vice President of Research for Deloitte’s commercial real estate consulting practice, President of RealEstate.com, and CMO for FNC, a financial services technology company.
But it was serving as Senior Vice President of BaxterKrause Retained Executive Recruiters that brought everything together, combining in the development of what she calls her rare ‘pragmatic sixth sense’ – the competitive advantage she brings to every client engagement.
Her professional history spans multiple disciplines at the highest levels:
- VP of Research, Carter & Associates — building the research and intelligence infrastructure that powers effective executive search
- Vice President of Research, Deloitte — leading research for Deloitte’s commercial real estate consulting practice, developing methodologies for complex, high-stakes talent and market assessments
- President, RealEstate.com — running a technology-driven business at the intersection of data, market intelligence, and client service
- CMO, FNC — serving as Chief Marketing Officer for a financial services technology company, adding C-suite operating experience to her research and consulting foundation
- Senior Vice President, BaxterKrause Retained Executive Recruiters — where everything came together, and where she developed what she describes as a pragmatic sixth sense for identifying the right leader for the right organization at the right moment
It was that last role — inside a retained executive search firm — that crystallized the opportunity. She saw firsthand how much better the search process could be when a recruiter truly understood the industry, the function, and the culture of the organizations they served. And she saw how rarely that standard was met.
WHY MANUFACTURING. WHY THE SOUTHEAST. WHY CI.
Regions Recruiting was founded with a deliberate focus: executive search and professional placement for industrial manufacturers of engineered-to-order and configured-to-order products, exclusively in the Southeast United States, with a specialization in continuous improvement talent across all functions.
That focus was not accidental. The Southeast is one of the most dynamic industrial manufacturing regions in the country — home to a dense, growing network of OEMs, Tier 1 suppliers, capital equipment manufacturers, defense contractors, and B2B distributors that collectively represent one of the largest concentrations of manufacturing employment in North America. It is a region Kathy knows from the ground up, state by state, city by city, plant by plant.
The CI specialization emerged from a clear market gap. Manufacturers running lean, pursuing Six Sigma, or scaling continuous improvement programs need leaders who don’t just understand the tools — they need leaders who have lived them. Identifying that kind of talent requires a recruiter who can tell the difference. Most can’t. Regions Recruiting was built to be the one that can.
OUR COMMITMENT
Since founding, Regions Recruiting has placed hundreds of manufacturing leaders across the Southeast — from individual contributors to C-suite executives, across every function in the organization. The retention rate on our placements is 96% at three years.
The wrong hire costs more than money — it costs time, momentum, and the trust that leaders work years to build. Every Regions Recruiting engagement is conducted with that understanding front of mind.
The goal in every search is the same it has always been: find the leader who will hit the ground running, make an immediate contribution, and stay — because the fit was right from day one.
BASED IN ATLANTA. BUILT FOR THE SOUTHEAST.
Regions Recruiting is headquartered in Atlanta, Georgia — at the geographic and economic center of the Southeast.
Our network spans ten states: Alabama, Florida, Georgia, Kentucky, Louisiana, Mississippi, North Carolina, South Carolina, Tennessee, and Virginia.
We are not a national firm with a Southeast office. The Southeast is where we work, where we live, and where our relationships are built. That distinction means we possess an intimate, first-hand understanding of the economic landscape and the people driving it.