Dee Gaeddert Appointed Chief Operating Officer of Lominger International, a Korn/Ferry Company

LOS ANGELES, Aug. 28 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- Korn/Ferry International , a premier global provider of talent management solutions, today announced the appointment of Dee Gaeddert as Chief Operating Officer of Lominger International, a Korn/Ferry Company which offers competency-based leadership development resources for individuals, teams and organizations. She assumes this newly created role in addition to her current role as COO of Korn/Ferry's LeaderSource Limited which offers a full suite of customized coaching, leadership development and team effectiveness solutions.

In her new position, Ms. Gaeddert will be responsible for day-to-day operations at Lominger and report directly to Lominger Founder and CEO, Robert Eichinger.

"Dee is an exemplary leader with keen business acumen, and finely honed consultative and operational skills," said Bob Eichinger, CEO of Lominger. "We are pleased to have Dee driving the continued integration of Lominger and LeaderSource intellectual property throughout Korn/Ferry which will bring further synergy to the organization and real benefits to our clients."

Ms. Gaeddert was president and co-founder of QI International, a consulting firm dedicated to improving the way organizations manage business relationships with customers, employees and other stakeholders. QI was later acquired by Personnel Decisions International where Ms. Gaeddert spent four years as a practice leader prior to joining LeaderSource as COO in 2005.

Ms. Gaeddert holds a Ph.D. in psychology from The University of Minnesota and a bachelor of arts in psychology from Bethel College in North Newton, KS. She is a member of the American Psychological Association and the Human Resource Planning Society. She is co-author of the book Quality on Trial (McGraw-Hill, 1994.)

Additionally, Ms. Gaeddert is chair of the Committee for the Future of the College at Bethel College, a member of the Board for the Search Institute and a volunteer mentor with the Metropolitan Economic Development Association.

About Korn/Ferry International

Korn/Ferry International, with more than 70 offices in 40 countries, is a premier global provider of talent management solutions. Based in Los Angeles, the firm delivers an array of solutions that help clients to identify, deploy, develop, retain and reward their talent. For more information on the Korn/Ferry International family of companies, visit http://www.kornferry.com/.

About Lominger

Founded in 1991 by Robert W. Eichinger, Ph.D. and Michael M. Lombardo, Ed.D., Lominger has built a global business of competency-based leadership development resources for individuals, teams and organizations. Lominger's range of products and services, known as the LEADERSHIP ARCHITECT(R) Suite, are research-based, experience-tested and internationally recognized tools that can be customized to fit any organization's culture or operating style. The tools in the Suite can be used for a range of applications, including job profiling, selection and training, performance management, individual development, team development and succession planning. The tools are built upon 67 individual Competencies that have been identified as critical to success. In August of 2006, Lominger was acquired by Korn/Ferry International, a premier provider of global talent management solutions.

About LeaderSource

LeaderSource was founded in 1977 to create an integrated approach to transforming leaders, teams and organizations -- an approach that led Fast Company to call it the "Mayo Clinic of Leadership Development." Since then, LeaderSource has consulted with hundreds of organizations globally and today offers a full suite of customized coaching, leadership development and team effectiveness programs. In late December of 2006, the company joined the leadership development solutions unit of Korn/Ferry International, a premier provider of global talent management solutions.