Find board candidates beyond the nominating committee's network.
Describe the expertise your board is missing. Get qualified candidates who bring the skills and willingness to serve.
3 free searches — discover 60-150 matching professionals, no signup required
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The board chair asks for nominations. Three directors forward the same two names. The governance committee agrees both are 'great people' but neither has the cybersecurity background the audit findings said you need. The seat stays open for another quarter.
Board recruitment is a network problem disguised as a talent problem. There is no shortage of qualified directors. There is a shortage of pathways to reach them. Retained search firms solve this for $30,000 or more per seat, which is rational for public company boards but absurd for the nonprofit that needs a finance committee chair or the Series B startup that needs an independent director with regulatory experience. The directors who would actually engage, who have the specific functional expertise your board lacks, who bring a perspective your current members cannot, they exist. Your nominating committee just cannot see past its own Rolodex.
Describe the board gap with the specificity governance demands. CloneICP finds 20-50 professionals with the functional expertise, industry depth, and leadership level your board needs. Build a candidate slate that reflects the competency matrix, not the nominating committee's holiday card list.
The best directors are not in your network. That's the point.
What You Get
What You'll Get
Every search returns clear output in under 60 seconds.
20-50 Board Candidates
Senior professionals whose expertise and governance experience match the gap on your board.
Match Scores
Each candidate ranked by fit so your nominating committee can prioritize outreach.
Why They Fit
See the governance signals: functional expertise, board experience, industry depth, leadership level.
CSV Export
Download your candidate slate. Share with the nominating committee or board chair.
How It Works
Describe Your Target
Tell us who you're looking for in plain language.
AI Finds Matches
We analyze signals and find matching professionals.
Export Results
Up to 50 matches, ready for your enrichment tool.
How This Is Different
You know the alternatives. Here's what changes.
- Retained search engagements cost $30,000+ per seat
- Director databases surface people who want to serve, not necessarily the right fit
- Nominating committee referrals produce candidates from the same networks
- Diversity mandates are hard to meet when your pipeline is homogeneous
- Describe the specific functional expertise and governance experience you need
- Discover candidates outside your board's existing referral networks
- Build a diverse candidate slate by searching for different backgrounds
- Evaluate fit before the first conversation, not after a $30K engagement
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