Researchers.
Planners.
Designers.
Scientists.
Analysts.
We are united by our passion to champion the human.
Our diverse, solutions-obsessed teams don’t shy away from big challenges.
We relish opportunities to stretch. We seek out big thinkers—smart, savvy, motivated, problem-solvers—who desire to dig deep and deliver powerful solutions.
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Our Values
Do the right thing.
We stand on a foundation of integrity. Period.
Take it to the next level.
From curating top talent, to producing award-winning client solutions, to perpetual self-improvement–in all things we kick it up a notch.
Solutions obsessed.
We are undaunted. There is always a way to make an impact and we won’t stop until we find it.
Give it to you straight.
We challenge you and care enough to tell you what you need to know, not just what you want to hear.
Lifer mentality.
We are a place where both clients and employees continually learn, grow and realize their aspirations.
Meet the Team
Whitney Donaldson
SENIOR STRATEGY MANAGER
Darren Bishop
VP, PRACTICE LEADER Travel + Tourism
Marjie Sands
GROUP DIRECTOR, Insights Services + Partnerships
Jim Wilkerson
SENIOR SOLUTIONS DIRECTOR, Brand + Communications Practice
Meredith McKay
SOLUTIONS ASSISTANT
“All I know is that I know nothing.” – Socrates
Jennifer Airey
FOUNDING PARTNER
Zach Davis
SOLUTIONS DIRECTOR
“You can’t depend on your eyes when your imagination is out of focus.” – Mark Twain
Tyler Ballard
SOLUTIONS ASSISTANT
Dee Allsop, Ph.D
CO-CEO, FOUNDING PARTNER
Danielle Burnham
SOLUTIONS MANAGER
Maury Giles
CHIEF GROWTH OFFICER
Jocelyn Thomas
SENIOR SOLUTIONS DIRECTOR
Maria Stein
SOLUTIONS MANAGER
“Surviving is important. Thriving is elegant.” – Maya Angelou
Orlando Pimentel
SOLUTIONS MANAGER
Jeanette LeNoir
FIELD SERVICES MANAGER
Andrew Cober
SENIOR QUALITATIVE CONSULTANT
“I don’t know where I’m going from here, but I promise I won’t bore you.” – David Bowie
Jenice Spicer
CONTROLLER
Mike Dabadie
CO-CEO, FOUNDING PARTNER
Shawn Wade, Ph.D
SVP, PRACTICE LEADER Healthcare
Brittany Lucas
SENIOR SOLUTIONS MANAGER, CO-LEAD Engagement Delivery Group
Ben Custer
SENIOR SOLUTIONS CONSULTANT
“If we treat people as if they were what they ought to be, we help them become what they are capable of becoming.” – Johan Wolfgang van Goethe
Leah DeMark
SOLUTIONS ASSOCIATE
Mike Schmidt
SENIOR STRATEGY DIRECTOR
“Do the best you can until you know better. Then when you know better, do better.” – Maya Angelou
Katie Plocheck Hunt
SENIOR STRATEGY DIRECTOR
“Logic will get you from A to Z; imagination will get you everywhere.” – Albert Einstein
Kirsten Flory
SENIOR SOLUTIONS MANAGER, CO-LEAD Engagement Delivery Group
Carlos Elordi, Ph.D
CHIEF DATA SCIENTIST
Melissa Rajan
SENIOR SOLUTIONS DIRECTOR, Healthcare Practice
Jen Walsh
SENIOR SOLUTIONS DIRECTOR, Travel + Tourism Practice
Carol Gstalder
SVP, PRACTICE LEADER Brand + Communications
Tennyson Bush
SOLUTIONS ASSOCIATE
Tomas Calderon
SOLUTIONS ASSOCIATE
Wendy Hoffman
BILLING + ACCOUNTS MANAGER
Bruce Blakeman
SVP, PRACTICE LEADER Public Policy + Issues
Tom Doskow
SENIOR SOLUTIONS MANAGER
“The outcome of successful planning always looks like luck to saps.” – Dashiell Hammett
Kevin Boyle
SOLUTIONS MANAGER
Johanna Englund
SOLUTIONS ASSISTANT
“Do. Or do not. There is no try.” – Master Yoda
Stephanie Reynolds
HUMAN RESOURCES MANAGER
“Be yourself, everyone else is already taken.” – Oscar Wilde
Jackie Humphreys
SENIOR SOLUTIONS MANAGER
Royal Smith
CHIEF FINANCIAL OFFICER
Jaclyn Crawford
SENIOR SOLUTIONS DIRECTOR, Public Policy + Issues Practice
Brandon Lucas
SOLUTIONS ASSISTANT
Denise Beshaw Ryan
INSIGHTS SERVICES + PARTNER RELATIONSHIPS
Cara Boxer
CREATIVE SERVICES DIRECTOR, SparkRoom
“Learn the rules like a pro, so you can break them like an artist.” – Picasso
Jim Hoskins, Ph.D
EXECUTIVE ADVISOR
“Upon the fields of friendly strife are sown the seeds that on other days, on other fields, will bear the fruits of victory.” – General Douglas MacArthur
Abbey Bowling
MARKETING ASSOCIATE
“When life gives you lemons, make lemonade. I read that one on a can of lemonade. I like to think it applies to life.” — Andy Dwyer, Parks and Rec
Noel Maldonado
IT MANAGER
Kris Dabadie
SENIOR INSIGHTS DIRECTOR
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