The AI-native executive search firm’s four co-founders are recognized in the 23rd annual Stevie® Awards for Women in Business
The leadership team at NU Advisory Partners, an AI-native retained executive search and advisory firm serving private capital-backed companies, has been named a Finalist for Management Team of the Year (Women-Owned or -Led Organization, More Than 10 Employees) in the 2026 Stevie® Awards for Women in Business. The Stevie® Awards recognized the team as “The AI-Native Team Transforming Executive Search.” The honorees are NU’s four co-founders: Nada Usina, Meredith Rosenberg, Mar Hernandez, and Libby Naumes.
Now in its 23rd year, the Stevie® Awards for Women in Business is one of the world’s top honors for women entrepreneurs, executives, and the organizations they lead. Finalists were selected from more than 1,500 nominations.
The co-founders started NU with a shared belief that executive search had failed to evolve alongside the businesses it serves. Instead of adding AI to a traditional model, they built a new kind of firm.
NU was designed from the ground up as an AI-native search firm. Automation and AI enbable NU’s consultants to focus on higher-value advisory work. The result is a faster, more transparent search for clients and a better experience for candidates, with more of each consultant’s time spent on relationships.
In a little over three years, NU has expanded nationally while serving clients globally and earned recognition as one of Hunt Scanlon’s Top 25 Executive Search Firms. The team has placed senior executives at many of today’s fastest-growing companies.
The four founders have also shown that shared leadership can be a competitive edge. Their mix of innovation, operational discipline, and industry expertise, held together by shared accountability, shapes how the whole firm works. Every NU search draws on the full team and its networks, with no internal silos or handoffs.
NU congratulates all of the 2026 Finalists. The full list of Finalists by category is available here.
About NU Advisory Partners
NU Advisory Partners is a retained executive search and advisory firm specializing in senior executive, operating, and board roles, with deep expertise in private capital-backed environments. Founded as an AI-native firm by Nada Usina, Meredith Rosenberg, Mar Hernandez, and Libby Naumes, NU combines AI and technology with deep industry insight to run smarter, faster searches and deliver better outcomes for clients, candidates, and its team. NU operates nationally and serves clients globally. Learn more at nusearch.com.
About the Stevie® Awards
The Stevie® Awards have recognized workplace achievement worldwide since 2002 across nine business awards programs. The Stevie® Awards for Women in Business honor women entrepreneurs, executives, employees, and the organizations they run.
Media contact
Zev Newman
Director of Marketing, NU Advisory Partners
zev@nusearch.com
