Ms. Cunningham was a key principle in the development and implementation of a comprehensive recruitment search model for academic executives, recognized as a best practice for searching for leaders in academic medicine. Ms. Cunningham focuses her professional search work on academic leaders, senior management, physician leadership, and functional leadership positions. Her consulting is focused nationally on academic medical centers, non-profit and investor-owned multihospital health systems, higher education, and professional healthcare associations. Ms. Cunningham has a Bachelor of Science in Human Resources from Faulkner University located in Montgomery, Alabama.