A Professional Find was created to help women like you find success at home and at work, if that’s what you want. It’s a niche that’s void among Valley search firms. And, with the growing number of professional women seeking employers that truly honor and provide work/life balance programs, it’s a niche that A Professional Find is ready to serve.

Cheri Jefferies and Laurie Wallace each wear many names — mom, professional, sister, cook, wife, carpooler, family accountant, role model and daughter —just to name a few.

But when you look at Cheri and Laurie together, it is really a tale of two different women and what brought them together to create their company, A Professional Find.

In 1987, Cheri left the full-time employment track and became a stay-at-home mom to her four children. Prior to her exit, she was a certified public accountant at a Big Four accounting firm. For the last 20 years she has maintained her license as a CPA in Arizona. And although she made her job as mother her official title, she definitely didn’t lose sight of the business world. In fact, with her family’s support, she started a real estate investment company in 2001, creating an ideal balance between work and family.

The average person makes more than three career changes during their working life, according to the U.S. Department of Labor Statistics. Like these same professionals, Laurie is on her third career, this time in a new venture as an entrepreneur. Before A Professional Find, Laurie was an account executive for the biotech division of a medical device company. Prior to that, she was a sales representative for a Fortune 500 pharmaceutical company. For her first career, spanning 17 years, Laurie practiced as a pediatric occupational therapist and served as a master trainer for a newborn developmental program. Each career she has chosen to explore has inspired the passion and determination that has brought her to this business.

Cheri and Laurie are united in their passion for motherhood and the determination that all mothers who want to should be able to strike a balance between being a mother and being a professional. Because let’s face it, you never stop being either.

Together they created A Professional Find to help moms find a way back in to the workforce without sacrificing their families or their own talents. A Professional Find is a trusted advisor to these women, helping them every step of the way to explore professional opportunities that fit their schedules, at companies that focus on ways to recruit, retain and reattach talented women.