Corporate Offices Phoenix, Arizona

Brightworks Consulting

Leadership

OUR TEAM

Leadership Team

Christine Gannon

Founder and CEO

Leaning on her extensive cross-industry experience, Christine is an invested architect of change. She serves as a respected exemplary leader across public, private, and non-profit sectors. Ms. Gannon is known for her expertise in workforce and leadership development, economic development, change management, collaborative partnerships, and diversity, equity, and inclusion (DE&I). Her research concentrates on the employee engagement in the workplace, leadership, equity, and inclusion with a focus on individual, organizational and enterprise change management. As CEO of Brightworks, she leads a team of cross-disciplinary organizational change consultants as they engage with public and private organizations. 


Ms. Gannon is also the President and co-founder of The Foundation for Female Equity and Inclusion. Established in early 2020, this non-profit has a mission to serve organizations with resources, education, and best practices to drive diversity, inclusion, and equity in the workplace. Recognized as a leader in this space, Christine launched a podcast entitled Close the Gap, interviewing dynamic CEO’s and executives who share best practices in DE&I, transformation and change for the workplace. 


Most recently, Christine received the Most Influential Woman in Arizona Business Award in 2022 and the Phoenix Business Journal Outstanding Women in Business award in 2021. In 2020, Christine was recognized by the Capitol Times as a Top Woman Achiever of Arizona. She hosts a weekly leadership podcast, Great Companies! Great Leaders! where she interviews key thought leaders cross sector and industry.


Ms. Gannon is a published author and co-author of several books to include: The Excellence Code: 7 Steps to Achieve Lasting Impact™, Constitutional Grit: Using Grit as a Catalyst for Female Equity in the C Suite, along with Executive Women Grit: Powerful Stories of Women Who Earned the Silver Spoon. 


Prior to launching Brightworks Consulting, Ms. Gannon was a global executive in Transformation and Change at IBM, as well as Vice President of Business Process Improvement and Lean Six Sigma holding a Master Black Belt certification. She served as a leader, advisor and consultant for IBM’s internal transformation efforts and led global teams within IBM’s Outsourcing and Operations Strategy, specifically serving Fortune 100 organizations. Before joining IBM, Ms. Gannon served as a Global Program and Communications Executive at American Express, delivering key technology initiatives in the Asia Pacific regions, Australia, and the UK.


Ms. Gannon resides in Phoenix, Arizona and is invested in her community with board service, volunteer work and mentoring the next generation of women as they navigate the workplace and the communities where they serve.

Pat Milligan

Executive Director and Strategic Advisor

Pat Milligan is an innovative global leader and trusted board member who has successfully transformed organizations and cultures and led and grown several of the most respected human resource consulting organizations. In her 40+ year career she has demonstrated her passion for contributing to and building healthy, diverse and productive workplaces. 


Pat is a recognized innovator and pioneer in her field and a highly sought-after expert in diversity, equity and inclusion, human capital and people strategy. She advises clients on issues ranging from the future of work and workforces post Covid. As the architect of When Women Thrive (Mercer’s global gender equality research and platform) Pat regularly speaks on the topic of diversity, pay equity and how to build a multifaceted workforce and the challenges of engaging an aging workforce. 


Pat served as a strategic advisor to the World Economic Forum (WEF) playing a key role contributing to groundbreaking research on Gender Parity, Talent Mobility and the Future of Jobs in a post-COVID world. She also served as a member of Milken Institute Center for the Future of Aging and was a contributing author to Silver to Gold, The Business of Aging in partnership with AARP. 


Pat was the President of Mercer’s North America Region and the President of the Global Talent business. She spent fifteen plus years at Mercer in varying leadership positions. Prior to Mercer, Pat worked for several human resource consulting firms including Towers Perrin, where she was elected the first women Board member and Executive Committee member. She also held leadership positions at Mellon HR and Hewitt Associates. 


Pat is a published researcher, author, and speaker featured in the New York Times, Wall Street Journal, Bloomberg, and CNN. She is an active member of Women Lift Health and the Reykjavik Global Women’s Forum and Women Deliver. For her strong advocacy, development and mentorship of women Pat was selected as a recipient of Consulting Magazine Leadership award and Diversity Journal Women Worth Watching and Listening to. She has been a Board Member of EDGE Strategy and currently serves as a Strategic Advisor to EDGE, Landit, Brightworks Consulting and the Foundation for Female Equity and Inclusion. 


OUR TEAM MEMBERS

Meet The Team

Walker Ramsey

Podcast Producer and Executive Assistant

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Luke Timpe

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Amy Lewis

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Kris McMenamin

Executive Consultant

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Brad Martin

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Daniel Pass

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Denise Laman

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Paige Boyd

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Eddie Williams

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George Salerno

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James Fisher

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Rachelle Jayner

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John Collins

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Sharisse O’Banion

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Steve Knezo

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Susan Levin

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Vernadel Green

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Kellie Boyle

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Mike Kari

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Toya Thompson Tucker

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Monica Painer

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Nancy Stover

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Sascha Foertsch

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