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Executive search and consulting services shaped by decades of insight in the built environment.
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About API Partners

API Partners is an Executive Search + Strategic Consulting Firm focused on professionals that design and manage the built environment.

Our experience as registered architects and designers provides us with the unique understanding of our clients’ requirements and expectations.

Our strategic search professionals have worked for and owned architecture and design firms and have firsthand knowledge of the positions and professions for which they recruit.

Mission and values

Our Values

At API Partners, we provide executive search and advisory services that empower long-term growth in architecture, engineering, construction, design, real estate, and development.

Integrity & Discretion

We are guided by discretion, professionalism, and transparency in every engagement. Clients count on us to navigate complex leadership searches with clarity and care.

Expertise Grounded in Practice

With more than three decades of experience serving the AEC, design, real estate, and development sectors, our team brings a nuanced understanding of creative, operational, and executive leadership.

Tailored, Consultative Service

We approach each search with precision, context, and attention to detail. By understanding the unique culture and business goals of each client, we identify and deliver talent that fits and endures.

Partnership & Collaboration

We view every client and candidate relationship as a partnership. By working closely with both, we ensure mutual understanding, shared goals, and a collaborative approach to achieving success.

Integrity & Discretion

We are guided by discretion, professionalism, and transparency in every engagement. Clients count on us to navigate complex leadership searches with clarity and care.

Expertise Grounded in Practice

With more than three decades of experience serving the AEC, design, real estate, and development sectors, our team brings a nuanced understanding of creative, operational, and executive leadership.

Tailored, Consultative Service

We approach each search with precision, context, and attention to detail. By understanding the unique culture and business goals of each client, we identify and deliver talent that fits and endures.

Partnership & Collaboration

We view every client and candidate relationship as a partnership. By working closely with both, we ensure mutual understanding, shared goals, and a collaborative approach to achieving success.
Team

Meet our Leadership Team

Get to know our team of executive search consultants, united by a shared commitment to executive search and strategic consulting across the built environment.
Founder, Managing Principal
A licensed architect with over 30 years of executive search experience, Lonny Rossman founded API Partners to bring expert insight to leadership hiring across the AEC and design industries. With licensure across multiple states and a background in both architecture and strategic business planning, Lonny leads senior-level searches for firms and institutions nationally and internationally. His practice is built on deep sector knowledge, discretion, and a long-standing commitment to advancing talent across all corners of the built environment.
Lonny Rossman
Founder, Managing Principal
Principal Recruitment Consultant
A licensed architect with over 30 years of executive search experience, Lonny Rossman founded API Partners to bring expert insight to leadership hiring across the AEC and design industries. With licensure across multiple states and a background in both architecture and strategic business planning, Lonny leads senior-level searches for firms and institutions nationally and internationally. His practice is built on deep sector knowledge, discretion, and a long-standing commitment to advancing talent across all corners of the built environment.
Victoria Mininni
Principal Recruitment Consultant
Principal Recruitment Consultant
A licensed architect with over 30 years of executive search experience, Lonny Rossman founded API Partners to bring expert insight to leadership hiring across the AEC and design industries. With licensure across multiple states and a background in both architecture and strategic business planning, Lonny leads senior-level searches for firms and institutions nationally and internationally. His practice is built on deep sector knowledge, discretion, and a long-standing commitment to advancing talent across all corners of the built environment.
Greg Silk
Principal Recruitment Consultant
Principal Recruitment Consultant
A licensed architect with over 30 years of executive search experience, Lonny Rossman founded API Partners to bring expert insight to leadership hiring across the AEC and design industries. With licensure across multiple states and a background in both architecture and strategic business planning, Lonny leads senior-level searches for firms and institutions nationally and internationally. His practice is built on deep sector knowledge, discretion, and a long-standing commitment to advancing talent across all corners of the built environment.
Lisa Gallo
Principal Recruitment Consultant
Principal Recruitment Consultant
A licensed architect with over 30 years of executive search experience, Lonny Rossman founded API Partners to bring expert insight to leadership hiring across the AEC and design industries. With licensure across multiple states and a background in both architecture and strategic business planning, Lonny leads senior-level searches for firms and institutions nationally and internationally. His practice is built on deep sector knowledge, discretion, and a long-standing commitment to advancing talent across all corners of the built environment.
Tim Furzer
Principal Recruitment Consultant