Our Principals

, President and Managing Director, has over ten years experience managing the executive search process, with specific expertise in career counseling, professional development, salary negotiation, and conflict resolution.

After earning highest honors and dual degrees from Saint Leo University, Kaarla began her professional life in the Sales & Marketing division of AT&T Wireless Services, where she assisted with the recruiting, interviewing, and hiring of Account Executives. With sharpened enthusiasm for the challenges of creating the consummate match between candidate and employer, Kaarla then launched her career as an executive recruiter, initially for the communications and information technology industries, and later within the advertising and marketing arena.

P.L.A. founder Pat Lipton invited Kaarla to join her executive search practice in early 1999 in anticipation that Kaarla would ultimately assume responsibility for the direction and daily operations of the boutique firm. Kaarla became President of P.L.A., Inc. in 2001 and spearheaded the new identity and brand re-launch of SOURCE Executive Search | Consulting in 2004. She also serves on the board of the regional chapter of the National Association of Woman Business Owners and is a member of the highly selective National Association of Executive Recruiters.

, Vice-President/Account Executive, is a native of New Jersey and currently heads up our field office in Princeton. Her professional career has spanned the legal, financial, consumer services, and recruitment arenas. She has solid experience in sales, administration, management, and public relations.

Before joining the firm in 1998, Daire was the Director of the Barbizon School and responsible for curriculum development, marketing, management, recruitment, graduate placement, and merchandising. Along with managing both the modeling and acting schools, as well as the talent agency, Daire was heavily involved with local communities and businesses in the creation and execution of career workshops, special events, and public relations.

In addition to excelling in her demanding professional responsibilities, Daire managed her daughters' New York-based modeling and acting careers for more than 15 years.