About Red Oak Executive Search
We are a boutique executive search firm founded by Greg Dubas. Learn more about Red Oak Executive Search and discover why hiring companies turn to us for help in finding highly qualified PR, communications, and marketing talent.

Career Highlights
- More than 25 years in executive search and talent advisory
- Nationally recognized executive recruiter specializing in Communications, Public Relations, Marketing, and Corporate Affairs
- Founder and President of Red Oak Executive Search
- Former Managing Director, Forbes Global Talent
- Former Managing Partner, Core Resource Group
- Former Manager of Talent Acquisition, Hill and Knowlton Strategies
- Former executive search leader with MRI Network
- Named one of MRI Network’s Top 10 Recruiters nationally for 10 consecutive years
- Recognized as the #1 360 Recruiter in 2021 out of more than 4,500 recruiters nationwide at MRI Network.
- Successfully completed hundreds of executive searches for Fortune 500 companies, global communications and PR firms, private equity-backed organizations, and high-growth enterprises
- Wrote the foreword for Career in Transition: 101 Lessons to Achieve Job Search Success, by Mark Beal and Frank Kovacs
Gregory Dubas, President
Greg Dubas is one of the most respected names in executive search for Communications, Public Relations, Corporate Affairs, Investor Relations, and Marketing leadership. Over more than 25 years, he’s advised Fortune 500 companies, private equity-backed organizations, growth-stage businesses, global communications agencies, and emerging healthcare innovators on the executives who shape their brands, protect their reputations, and drive growth.
As founder and President of Red Oak Executive Search, Greg leads national search engagements across corporate communications, public relations, investor relations, marketing, corporate affairs, internal communications, public affairs, digital communications, brand strategy, and executive leadership. His work touches nearly every major industry, with particular depth in biotechnology, pharmaceutical, healthcare, consumer products, financial services, technology, and industrial organizations. Communications remains the core of his practice, but he also supports hiring across finance, accounting, operations, sales, legal, and engineering.
Earlier in his career, Greg served as Managing Director with Forbes Global Talent, advising Fortune 100 companies, private equity firms, family offices, and high-growth organizations on executive search and leadership advisory work. He spent more than four years as Managing Partner of the Communications Practice at Core Resource Group, where he built one of the country’s premier communications recruiting practices serving both PR agencies and corporate communications teams.
Before that, Greg led the Communications Practice for Management Recruiters of Union County (MRI Network) for nearly a decade, building a nationally recognized search practice and earning recognition as one of MRI Network’s Top 10 Recruiters nationally, along with being named the #1 360 Recruiter in 2021.
Greg also served as Manager of Talent Acquisition for Hill and Knowlton Strategies, overseeing executive recruiting across the Eastern United States for one of the world’s leading communications firms, an in-house role that gave him a firsthand understanding of how organizations attract, evaluate, and retain top communications talent.
Before entering executive search, Greg served as a Police Officer with the Maplewood Police Department in New Jersey, an experience that shaped the integrity and relationship-first approach that still defines how he works today.
Greg now partners with organizations ranging from early-stage startups to Fortune 500 enterprises, helping leadership teams recruit executives who strengthen culture, elevate performance, protect reputation, and position the business for long-term success.
We’d Love to Hear from You
For additional information about Red Oak Executive Search and the search models we use, please do not hesitate to reach out to us today. It would be our pleasure to answer any questions you may have about us and what we can do for you.
