Abby Abruzzo
Chicago
ABOUT ABBY
Abby has 15 years of board advisory and executive search experience, including nearly a decade serving Boards and prospective Directors. She joined Ridgeway Partners in 2025 and is a member of the firm’s board practice.
Abby has successfully built and cultivated Board-ready and C-suite talent networks, and successfully placed both first-time and experienced Independent Directors on corporate boards. She is passionate about identifying and connecting highly qualified board leaders with corporate boards seeking exceptional, diverse, and effective Directors. Prior to Ridgeway, Abby was a client Partner with a Chicago-based board advisory firm and earlier served as a key member of EY’s (Ernst & Young’s) Financial Services Organization, advising clients on matters of board readiness, succession planning, board composition, and governance.
In her board work, Abby has advised Boards and board candidates across a range of industries including financial services, wealth and asset management, professional services, technology, consumer, retail, and utilities, among others. Her past placements have included CEOs, CFOs, Division Presidents, and senior officers on the boards of publicly traded, private-equity backed, and spin-out, and pre-IPO corporations.
Prior to her work supporting board recruitment and talent efforts, Abby held roles in executive search and recruiting.
Abby has a BA in Journalism from Michigan State University.
EXPERTISE
- Board of Directors
- Financial Officers
- Diversity and Inclusion
- CEO/Executive Management