“Helping truly amazing people find each other, marry and build families together is one of my greatest joys and achievements. It's the reason I started the company, and will be what continues to fuel our growth - our Client's happiness means everything. I know that two people who are perfect for each other, but who would have otherwise never have met - are going to build a future together because of Selective Search.”

Barbie Adler, President and CEO

Barbie Adler is one of the industry's most respected matchmakers, sought-after lifestyle management coaches and personal relationship experts. Profiled as an authority on relationships by Forbes, Fortune, The Economist, The Wall Street Journal, USA Today, Self Magazine, Men's Health and CNN, among others, Barbie's expertise in the matchmaking world is in high demand. She is an advisor for ABC's ‘The Bachelor' and ‘The Bachelorette', is a consultant to NBC's ‘The Apprentice' and author's two relationship expert columns, ‘Love Dish', for Today's Chicago Woman and ‘Singles Scene' for Scene Magazine. Additionally, Barbie serves as a Professor at the Matchmaking University, is a frequent guest speaker on relationships and matters of the heart around the country and hosts workshops on love and relationships nationwide. Most recently, she has guest-authored the best-selling relationship manual, ‘Boy Vey', for Simon Spotlight Entertainment (publisher of ‘He's Just Not That Into You') and is developing her own unique book series on relationships. Barbie is a Board Member of the Young Entrepreneurs Organization (YEO) a global peer-to-peer organization, and has been nominated by the City of Chicago's Entrepreneur Center for Ernst & Young's 2006 Entrepreneur of the Year Award.

With Selective Search, she has created a highly successful, nationally recognized company within the billion-dollar lifestyle and matchmaking industry. Exclusive within the industry, Selective Search represents a new paradigm in matchmaking, that of the ‘executive personal recruiter.' The approach, the process and the results are unique to Selective Search and are a testament to Barbie's vision of helping individuals find each other in a very personal, yet effective and efficient environment.