A Career in Four Chapters
Melba J. Duncan is the Founder and President of The Duncan Group, Inc., a retained search and consulting firm. Since 1985, the firm has been advising CEOs and other corporate leaders regarding specialized senior management support resources.
Prior to founding the firm, Ms. Duncan was Assistant to The Hon. Peter G. Peterson — Founder of The Peter G. Peterson Foundation, Chairman Emeritus and Co-Founder of The Blackstone Group, former Chairman and CEO of Lehman Brothers Kuhn Loeb, and former U.S. Secretary of Commerce.
Before that, she was Assistant to Sanford C. Bernstein, Chairman and CEO of Sanford C. Bernstein & Co., a New York Stock Exchange member firm, where she was elected Corporate Secretary and became a stockholder.
Selected Engagements & Recognitions
Featured
Harvard Business Review. "The Case for Executive Assistants" — Ms. Duncan on the strategic value of senior support.
Keynote
American Management Association. Annual Conference for Executive Secretaries & Administrative Assistants.
Presenter
The World Bank. "Shaping your future: Maintaining your competitiveness."
Keynote
EA & PA Congress Series.
Keynote & Host
International Association of Administrative Professionals.
Chairperson
Marcus Evans Executaries Forums.
Author
Indispensability: Administrative Intelligence: The Importance of the Other AI. With Dale G. Caldwell, Ed.D.; foreword by The Hon. Peter G. Peterson.
