InterSearch Worldwide is pleased to announce the opening of a new office in Los Angeles, California by its US member Cook Associates Inc.

"It's a great advantage for the InterSearch organization and its multinational clients to have such a widespread and outstanding presence in the US from the East to the West Coast thanks to Cook's offices in Chicago, New York City, Boston, Stamford and Los Angeles" said Patricia Epperlein, Chairwoman of InterSearch Worldwide Ltd.

"We are aggressively expanding our business on the West coast and we plan to be firmly entrenched in this dynamic search market by the start of our 50th anniversary, in January 2011," states John Kins, Chairman of Cook Associates Executive Search, "And we are thrilled that Colleen Hulce has joined our firm. Colleen has the same executive search DNA that has always been a standard for Cook - to give our clients outstanding service and to be the ultimate ambassador for them."

With over 25 years of executive search experience, Colleen has developed numerous long-term relationships due to her client centric approach and consistent diligence with candidate assessment. She has successfully completed over 300 senior level searches for large multi-national corporations as well as small cap companies across a broad range of industries and on a global basis. Before joining Cook Associates, Colleen was the Global Practice Leader of DHR's Chief Financial Officer Practice for five years. Prior to her role with DHR, she was with the headquarters office of Korn/Ferry International in Los Angeles as a Managing Director. Colleen has a BBA degree in Accounting and spent the early part of her career as an auditor with a major public accounting firm in Chicago. She began her search career with a small boutique firm prior to being recruited to the Chicago office of Russell Reynolds Associates by a former client who had joined RRA.

Outside of work, Colleen is very active in her two children's lives, is a member of the Pali Charter High School Booster Club and PTSA and is an outdoor enthusiast. She is also a member of the Los Angeles Optimist club that aids needy children and their families in the greater LA area and is a key contributor to the ALS Association of Greater Los Angeles.