New York, NY USA…July 26, 2006 – Erika Weinstein has been named President of Stephen-Bradford Search, the Manhattan based executive search firm she co-founded seven years ago. Through her natural gift of recruiting top talent, Ms. Weinstein has built one of the fastest growing and most successful search firms in New York. Her leadership has helped Stephen-Bradford make Crain’s List of New York’s Largest Executive Recruiters for the past several years.

Ms. Weinstein’s executive search background is preceded by a successful twenty-year marketing career. Leading the firm’s general marketing division, Weinstein is able to grow her clients’ businesses because of her personal industry experience and leadership accomplishments. She and her team are considered “edgy” because of their honesty, integrity and directness. In fact, Weinstein created the firm’s “Good, Bad and Ugly Report” which is a client document that explains a candidate’s strengths, short comings and concerning characteristics. Clients applaud Weinstein because she finds them talent who not only possess the power to grow revenue and performance but also fit the company’s culture.

Due to her superb track record and reputation, Ms. Weinstein has received numerous national and regional business awards. Most recently, she was named the 2006 Empire Who’s Who Executive & Professional of the Year representing Executive Search. Ms. Weinstein is a frequent speaker at marketing and promotion conferences and sits on the national board of the Promotion Marketing Association (PMA).

In her spare time, Erika enjoys traveling, skiing and loving life with her husband and two children.