Ann Blinkhorn
Ann founded Blinkhorn LLC in New York in 2009 following seven years as a leading executive recruiter at Spencer Stuart. She has reshaped senior leadership teams for established media companies transforming their businesses, and has also recruited executive talent to earlier stage digital companies working to rapidly grow their brands. Ann has led CEO and other senior-level engagements for a diverse range of clients including Hearst, Comcast, Microsoft, Business Insider and Huffington Post, among many others. She has also worked extensively with non-profit journalism and public media organizations including NPR, PBS, New York Public Media, Chicago Public Media.
Ann’s background includes over 25 years of traditional and digital media operating experience combined with executive search experience. She began her career at The New York Times Company, where she served in corporate strategy and later as publisher of the first foreign-language edition of The New York Times, a joint venture in Russia with The Moscow News. She also served as president of the North American division of the International Herald Tribune (now International New York Times). Prior to transitioning to executive search in 2002, Ann was part of the founding management team of zUniversity.com, where she launched and ran an online recruitment business.
Ann earned an M.B.A. from Harvard Business School and holds an A.B. degree from Smith College. She serves on the advisory boards of WFUV Radio New York (NPR affiliate) and ProPublica, and previously served on the board of the Shorenstein Center on Media, Politics, and Public Policy at Harvard University.
Gail Munsch
Gail joined Blinkhorn, L.L.C. in 2010 as operations manager and associate following two years at Spencer Stuart where she worked with Ann Blinkhorn in building the digital media practice.
Prior to Spencer Stuart, Gail served as project manager for a privately held investment company, where she helped establish the firm’s infrastructure and worked in such areas as staffing, product launches and marketing.