Kimmel & Associates

Kimmel & Associates is an executive search and recruiting firm that places senior talent across four industries: construction, renewable and sustainable infrastructure, supply chain, and waste and recycling. Founded in 1981 as a two-man operation in Louisiana and now headquartered in a three-story Art Moderne building in downtown Asheville, North Carolina, the firm operates throughout North America. It describes itself as the continent's largest executive search firm specialising in these sectors.

Its approach is organised around what it calls The Kimmel Standard and a Career-Directed method: recruiters are segmented by industry and by geography, so that specific U.S. cities and regions are covered by specialists who treat each as a local market. The firm assesses candidate motivation and undertakes detailed vetting, with an emphasis on long-term placements for both client companies and candidates.

The firm's stated values centre on trust, integrity and service, and it treats recruiting as a service responsibility rather than a transaction. Beyond search work, Kimmel & Associates runs the Kimmel Goodwill Program, an in-house volunteer network engaged in community service. Further information is available at https://kimmel.com/.