Stephen R. Bochner, MD is a partner in Sextant Search Partners’ Private Equity and Healthcare Practices. Based in Sextant’s New York office, Stephen focuses on the recruitment of private equity investment professionals and senior operating executives to financial sponsor-backed healthcare companies.

Prior to joining Sextant, Stephen was a global practice leader at the executive search firms Highland Partners and TMP Worldwide Executive Search, specializing in the healthcare and private equity sectors. Before entering the executive search industry, Stephen served as a vice president in the Venture Capital Group at Robertson Stephens & Co.  Previously, he held senior operating positions in two venture capital financed healthcare companies.

As a physician, Stephen founded a private surgical practice and served on the Clinical Faculty at Stanford University Hospital.
Stephen completed his medical training at Stanford University, holds an MBA from the Stanford Graduate School of Business, and received a BA from Colgate University.

Patrice W.L. Young is a principal with Sextant Search Partners in Boston. A member of the Healthcare, Hedge Fund, Private Equity, and Traditional Asset Management Practices, Pat specializes in the recruitment of senior investment professionals and senior operating executives to financial sponsor-backed companies in the healthcare, life sciences, and cleantech industries.

Before joining Sextant, Pat executed searches for J. Robert Scott, a wholly-owned subsidiary of Fidelity Investments, focusing on the recruitment of senior operating executives of biotechnology companies and on the recruitment of senior executives in the financial services industry.

Pat is admitted to practice law in the State of Illinois and was the managing partner of the Chicago office of Berman & Clark, a Los Angeles-based law firm. She also was legal counsel to Aon Technical Insurance Services in Chicago. Throughout her legal career, Pat was a litigator and specialized in professional liability defense.

Pat holds a JD from Boston College Law School. She was raised in Hawaii and attended the University of Hawaii before receiving a BA from the University of Massachusetts, Amherst.

Peter W. McDermott is an associate supporting multiple practices at Sextant.

Previously, he was a sales recruiter for People Ventures Inc, a boutique search firm in Washington DC, where he collaborated with Fortune 500 companies to fill their recruiting needs.  At People Ventures, Peter’s specialty was candidate identification and outreach. Prior professional experience includes an internship in the Asset Management Group at Bloomberg LP.

Peter received his BA from the University of Richmond in Rhetoric & Communication Studies and American Studies, coupled with a concentration in Ethnic Studies and a minor in History.

Lucia Ripi is an associate with Sextant Search Partners' Healthcare and Private Equity Practices in New York, focusing on executive-level roles within the pharmaceutical, biotechnology, medical device, and high technology industries.  Lucia was the search administrator for the Healthcare Practice when she joined the firm in 2005.

Previously, Lucia gained valuable business experience as an entrepreneur in the construction and glass industry as a partner in her own company.  With its origins as a small family-run business, the company quickly grew to an established and well-respected contender in the glass industry.  This success was due in part to Lucia's business development and relationship skills.  Before this entrepreneurial pursuit, Lucia was the assistant to the president of NHL Enterprises, the licensing arm of the National Hockey League.

Lucia is a 1985 graduate of Briarcliffe Secretarial College.