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The principals

Expertise clients can trust before the search begins.

Colin A. Burns, CCM

Unparalleled Private Club Expertise

Private Club Strategist | Former Winged Foot Golf Club General Manager | APOGEE Founding GM/COO | Member Experience Advisor

Colin leads CBC as a boutique, concierge executive-search firm serving distinguished private clubs. His work is anchored in The Member Experience and in identifying exceptional candidates who embody excellence, integrity, hospitality, and cultural fit.

During 31 years as General Manager / COO of Winged Foot Golf Club, he oversaw four USGA national championships and a PGA Championship while directing complex annual operations, capital programs, and operating budgets. His relationships across USGA, CMAA, NCA, MGA, and top private clubs give CBC access to values-driven candidates who rarely participate in public searches.

Janet Shim

Fortune 500 Search Practice Expertise

Executive Search Expert | C-Suite Search & Talent Acquisition

Janet brings 30 years of executive search experience to CBC, strengthening the firm’s high-touch placement model for private clubs and select hospitality organizations.

Her senior roles at Regeneron, UBS, Deloitte, and CVS Health provide cross-industry perspective across life sciences, healthcare, financial services, and professional services. Known for aligning candidate strengths with organizational culture and long-term goals, Janet brings analytical precision, discretion, and personal attention to each engagement.

Board-level confidence

Executive search shaped for distinguished private clubs

Executive Search

Club-specific position descriptions, competency frameworks, confidential outreach, and curated candidate slates aligned with mission and culture.

Discretion. Rigor. Stewardship.

A concierge model for high-consequence appointments.

CBC combines a trusted private-club network with disciplined executive-search expertise. Each engagement is intentionally limited, highly personal, and focused on identifying exceptional candidates who understand the standards, culture, and member-facing excellence of distinguished private clubs.

  • Values-driven candidate identification and targeted outreach.
  • Culture-first assessment of each candidate’s values, experience, hospitality mindset, and technical competencies before presentation.
  • High-touch support throughout the search process, from initial strategy through offer acceptance.

Search discipline

A culture-first process
before a candidate is ever presented.

01

Understand the Club

Clarify the Club’s culture, service standards, operating needs, and member expectations before defining the role.

02

Define Fit

Translate those realities into a candidate profile that weighs communication style, operating experience, technical capability, and cultural alignment.

03

Assess Carefully

Evaluate each candidate against the Club’s culture and role requirements before any recommendation reaches the Board.

04

Support Transition

Guide the selection process so the appointed candidate enters with context, credibility, and trust.

Satterly Studio

Fine Art | Brand & Heritage Advisory for the Golf Industry

Satterly Studio is an internationally recognized fine art, brand, and heritage consultancy dedicated exclusively to the game of golf.

Founded by world-renowned golf course artist Jennipher Satterly, the studio partners with private clubs, resorts, and golf organizations to strengthen stewardship of each club’s identity, celebrate its history, and preserve the qualities that make it distinctive.

Drawing upon decades of research and interpreting many of the world’s most celebrated clubs and courses, Satterly Studio brings a unique understanding of golf’s architecture, traditions, and sense of place to every engagement.

Through fine art, creative direction, and strategic advisory services, the studio evaluates how architecture, interiors, artwork, collections, retail presentation, historical interpretation, and visual communications collectively express a club’s identity, brand, heritage, and legacy.

Working independently and in collaboration with Burns × Satterly, Satterly Studio provides thoughtful recommendations that enhance the Member Experience while honoring each club’s unique culture and character.

Satterly Studio’s philosophy is simple: a club’s greatest asset is not merely its golf course or clubhouse, but the authenticity of its story. Every artistic commission, creative initiative, and advisory engagement is guided by a commitment to identifying, preserving, and expressing that story, ensuring that every visual and experiential touchpoint reflects the club’s character, reinforces its values, and inspires pride of membership for generations to come.

Testimonials

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"Hiring a General Manager is one of the biggest decisions a club will make. Colin Burns and his partner, Janet Shim, did an excellent job guiding us through the process. They took the time to understand our club’s culture, they listened to what we were looking for, kept us on track, and brought us outstanding candidates, and eventually our new General Manager."
Jeff Brown President of Essex County Country Club
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"A unique strength of Colin Burns Consulting is the complementary partnership between Colin and Janet Burns. Colin brings the perspective of an accomplished club executive, while Janet brings a distinguished career in C-suite executive search for many of the nation’s most admired companies. Together, they combine deep club-industry expertise with the rigor and discipline of world-class executive search."
PJ Gardner Commodore Tampa Yacht Club East. 1904
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"Colin Burns Consulting brought a thoughtful and highly personalized approach to the executive search process. Both Colin and Janet demonstrated a strong understanding of private clubs and the critical importance of finding the right cultural fit between the candidate and Club. Throughout their curated process, the communication and attention to detail were excellent. I appreciate their partnership and confidently recommend CBC to Clubs seeking experienced guidance in executive search."
Dustin Dunn GM/COO Tampa Yacht and Country Club
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"Colin Burns Consulting helped me land my dream role at an exclusive private country club in Coral Gables, and the experience was unlike any other recruiting relationship I’ve had. From our very first conversation, it was clear I was more than just another candidate in a pipeline — Colin and his partner/associate, Janet Shim, took the time to genuinely understand my background, my goals, and what would actually make me happy in a new role, not just what would fill a position. That personal investment made all the difference."
Martel Meyer GM/COO, Deering Bay Yacht and CC
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"We interviewed three of the leading national search firms in the business and selected Colin Burns Consulting. Our committee was tremendously impressed by the on-site visit from Colin and Janet, who emphasized that they would personally lead the search and be involved in every step. CBC did not let us down - Colin and Janet were tremendous partners and sourced a fantastic new General Manager who is already on-site and making a difference. I highly recommend Colin Burns Consulting. "
Larry Woerner Former President and Search Committee Chairman

Colin Burns Consulting × Satterly Studio

For Boards, owners, and executive leaders considering a consequential search.

CBC accepts a limited number of engagements to preserve direct principal involvement from the first conversation through offer acceptance.

    Burns × Satterly

    Featured advisory lens

    Club Identity and Member Experience Enhancement.

    In collaboration with Satterly Studio, CBC evaluates the physical presentation and sense of place that shape The Member Experience.

    Jennipher Satterly is a world-famous golf course artist whose work captures the architecture, atmosphere, and emotional character of celebrated clubs and courses. Through Burns x Satterly, her eye for composition, detail, and place helps clubs evaluate how art, heritage, interiors, signage, and presentation can deepen pride of membership.

    A property walk-through is viewed as a member experiences it, looking for the moments that build pride, warmth, and consistency across arrival, clubhouse presentation, dining and gathering spaces, artwork, historical storytelling, signage, lighting, seasonal transitions, and hospitality touch points.

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    Colin Burns Consulting × Satterly Studio

    https://satterlystudio.com/

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    Physical Presentation

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    Sense of Place

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    Visual Consistency

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    Hospitality Touch Points