Tall Cedars Search was established in 2020 as the successor firm to James R. Craven & Associates. The two companies have conducted hundreds of successful searches for local governments and First Nations in British Columbia and Western Canada.

Searches Conducted Since 2020 by Tall Cedars

• Chief Administrative Officer – Village of Hazelton (With Poole Consulting)
• Airport Manager – Prince Rupert Airport Authority
• Director of Engineering – Williams Lake First Nation
• Planners – District of Kitimat
• Systems & Network Administrator – District of Kitimat
• Director of Financial Services – City of Courtenay
• Manager of Human Resources – City of Fernie
• Chief Administrative Officer – Village of Sayward
• Manager of Finance – City of Parksville
• Building & Licensing Manager – City of West Kelowna
• Chief Administrative Officer – District of Houston
• Chief Administrative Officer – Alberni-Clayoquot Regional District (Partner: Innova Strategy Group)
• Economic Development Manager – Town of Port McNeill
• Manager of Finance – District of Vanderhoof
• Human Resources Coordinator – District of Vanderhoof
• Manager, Public Works – District of Port Edward
• General Manager, Corporate Services – Cowichan Valley Regional District
• Director of Engineering and Technology Systems – City of Parksville
• Chief Financial Officer – Town of Port McNeill
• Deputy Corporate Officer – Town of Port McNeill
• Chief Administrative Officer – Village of Zeballos
• Waterworks Operator Level 2 – North Salt Spring Waterworks District
• District Manager – North Salt Spring Waterworks District
• Waterworks Technician – North Salt Spring Waterworks District
• Director of Finance – City of Fernie
• Operations Manager – North Salt Spring Waterworks District
• Public Works Foreman – Village of Zeballos
• Director of Planning and Development – District of Kitimat

Searches Conducted Between 2014 and 2019 by James R. Craven & Associates

• Agricultural Land Commission
• Alert Bay, BC
• Burns Lake, BC
• Cache Creek, BC
• Canal Flats, BC
• Central Saanich, BC
• County of Westlock, AB
• Cranbrook, BC
• Cumberland, BC
• Fernie, BC
• Gold River, BC
• Haines Junction, YT
• Highlands, BC
• Houston, BC
• Kamloops Indian Band
• Kitimat, BC
• Kitselas First Nation
• Lax Kw’alaams Band
• North Saanich, BC
• Pemberton, BC
• Port Edward, BC
• Regional District of Nanaimo, BC
• Revelstoke, BC
• Sayward, BC
• Sechelt, BC
• Sidney, BC
• Skeena-Queen Charlotte Regional District, BC
• Sparwood, BC
• SSI Fire Protection District, BC
• Stewart, BC
• Strathcona Regional District, BC
• Stz’uminus First Nation, BC
• Tahsis, BC
• Ucluelet, BC
• Williams Lake Indian Band
• Zeballos, BC