About Us
Ram & Arrow Beginnings
Formed in 2021 and based in Maryland, Ram & Arrow was formed to provide top-quality employment services to our business clients and candidates. While many recruiting companies exist, it was the vision of our CEO, Deidra Clark, to provide a host of recruiting and retention solutions, utilizing our experience and the expertise of our business partners. Focusing on Direct Hire positions, we are able to take a more focused approach to recruiting. Ram & Arrow provides a recruiting and hiring process that is adaptable and supplying strategic recruiting plans for our business clients is the core of what we do.
Ram & Arrow is dedicated to exceptional service and staying faithful to our core values of honor and integrity.
Why are we called Ram & arrow?
The Ram signifies boldness, strength, and power.
The Arrow signifies precision, focus, and bravery.
Get to know our team!
Deidra clark
Chief Executive Officer
Deidra Clark is the co-founder and CEO of Ram & Arrow, a recruiting and sourcing firm based out of Maryland. After years as an independent recruiter, she decided to make Ram & Arrow official. Prior to founding Ram & Arrow, Deidra had her hand in Recruiting, Marketing & Business, and Business Sales for a variety of notable companies. Her experience consists of recruiting for a variety of industries including technical, corporate, engineering, executive, sales/marketing, government TS/SCI Poly, and HR support staff. Deidra brings an innovative approach to recruiting and placement. Her personal vision is to create a network of experts with high integrity as business partners. She is currently working on her BS in Behavioral Science from the University of Maryland Global Campus. Originally from Pennsylvania, Deidra relocated to Maryland in 2013. She and her husband, Mike, have three beautiful children and a hilarious pitbull rescue, Kuma.
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Mike Pawelczyk
Chief Financial Officer
Mike Pawelczyk is the co-founder and CFO of Ram & Arrow, a recruiting and sourcing firm based out of Maryland. He is also an Associate Engineer at a technology company in Columbia, MD where he specializes in developing courses of instruction and training materials for the military. Mike retired as a Senior Chief from the US Navy in 2018, where his job specialty was as a Sonar Technician. He brings his technical knowledge and leadership abilities to Ram & Arrow. Mike holds an AS from Thomas Edison State University in Applied Electronic Studies and is on track to receive his BA in History from the University of Maryland Global Campus in 2022. Mike and Deidra share three wonderful children and an awesome pitbull rescue named Kuma.
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Natalie Dodson
HR Executive Director
Natalie Dodson, SPHR and graduate of Georgetown University’s Transformational Leadership Program, brings 20 years of HR experience supporting leaders across all industries.
Championing leading-edge insights on optimizing human performance, she teaches business leaders how to:
Accelerate decision-making and enhance other cognitive abilities for more effortless effectiveness.
Tap into unique strengths and abilities to evolve leadership greatness.
Unite a workforce by engaging hearts and minds.
In her leadership and recruiting practices, Natalie’s notable strengths include:
Recognizing candidate traits & qualifications that lend themselves to success in remote work.
Empowering an organization’s vision, mission and desired culture with custom-created policies that are linked to desired behaviors and actionable expectations.
Identifying and addressing divisive influences within a workforce.
Savvy in legal compliance without compromising fresh, creative approaches.
Natalie enjoys connecting with leaders of Enterprises big and small, new and established, across all sectors, locally and internationally. She also enjoys music jams, diverse friendships, cozy family time, artistic & crafty endeavors, yoga, serendipitous adventures, and fun romps with her dog, Raindrop.
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