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Brightwork Consulting offers expertise in strategy, workforce development and business transformation from strategy through execution. Each of our consultants are highly experienced professionals with a mission to insure our clients achieve sustainable and measurable success. With a diverse and inclusive culture, Brightworks insures our solutions deliver excellence, are developed in a collaborative environment and encapsulate the latest innovative solutions.

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Luke Timpe

Executive Consultant

Luke Timpe

Luke Timpe relocated from Pittsburgh, PA to Phoenix, AZ and has been in the southwest for over 8+ years. He has over 15+ years in various industries through various roles. Luke engages each client through a 360-degree approach to get a holistic perspective to resolving client needs through innovative solutions. He has a bachelors of science in Management Information Systems and a minor concentration in Information Assurance and is a certified project management professional (PMP). He is currently pursuing his Masters in Global Management at ASU Thunderbird School of Global Management. He also has a strong background in business transformation, project management, business analysis/requirements, including strategic alignment, strategic planning, building businesses, scaling businesses, and process improvement.

  • Project / Program Management / PMO
  • Business Strategy / Development
  • Process Improvement / Change Management
  • Healthcare Compliance
  • Security Compliance
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Amy Lewis

Executive Consultant

Amy Lewis

With multiple years of organizational effectiveness and development experience across a broad range of industry sectors, Amy Lewis imparts unique strengths and skills by supporting organizations through change, conflict resolution, engagement, and customer satisfaction. Through her positive and strength-based strategic approach, Amy possesses the ability to transform and amplify organizational success.

  • Change Management
  • Conflict Response
  • Work Group Development and Inclusion
  • Place Based Strategic Modeling
  • Veteran Hiring Programs and Initiatives
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Brad Martin

Executive Consultant

Brad Martin

Brad Martin has spent the past 20 years building a successful career in finance, sales, marketing and business support. Brad’s network of community, civic, government and business leadership has proven highly effective in creating community collaboratives, leveraging influential stakeholders, in both the public and private sectors. He has an excellent record of success in the development of new markets, management of under-performing teams, as well as developing and implementing sales and marketing plans for multiple product lines, various business industries and geographical regions. Brad has directed sales, marketing and service/support organizations while maintaining profitability.

  • Sales Strategy
  • Change Management
  • Financial Management
  • New Market Growth
  • Community & Government Relations
  • Place Based Strategic Modeling
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Daniel Pass

Executive Consultant

Daniel Pass

Daniel Pass brings a lifetime of experience and entrepreneurial skills to the role of Executive Consultant.  He has built upon his Army career as an Intelligence Officer to become a dynamic, focused and cross-cultural business executive and program manager.  With over 20 years in the business sector, Dan has demonstrated a history of leadership and success that includes award-winning results in highly competitive government and commercial markets, both domestic and foreign.  Further, he has served in education as an Adjunct Professor with several universities on campus locations in the United States and in Europe.  He is tenacious in building new business, new networks, and leveraging opportunities with external business, and discovering new channel partners.

  • Business Development
  • Program Management
  • Information Systems Management
  • Education
  • Recruiting
  • Place Based Strategic Modeling
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Denise Laman

Executive Consultant

Denise Laman

With over twenty-five years of experience in consulting, management, and engineering in government and commercial sectors, Denise Laman brings a wealth of experience to assist organizations considering or engaging in a transformation initiative.  Whether a complex program rollout, organizational change, or business process improvement effort, Denise has the breadth of experience to help organizations succeed.  She is Industrial & Systems Engineering degreed and Lean Six Sigma Master Black Belt certified, with specialties including operational assessments, group facilitation, and communication and collaboration across cross-functional teams.

  • Business Transformation
  • Strategic Planning
  • Process Improvement
  • Change Management
  • Place Based Strategic Modeling
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Eddie Williams

Executive Consultant

Eddie Williams

A West Point graduate, U.S. Army Veteran, former Airborne Ranger, and Green Beret.  Eddie also holds an MBA from Kennesaw State University’s Executive-MBA program. After leaving the military, he has held positions of increased responsibility in Sales, Marketing and Management.  For over sixteen years, Eddie has conducted high content presentations on such topics as:  Effective Listening, Emotional Intelligence, Negotiation, Team Building and others.  His keynotes and workshops are motivational in style and tone, while adding value to client’s organizational growth. His impact allows each participant to immediately implement learned insights. Clients include numerous Fortune 500 corporations, school systems, civic organizations, government organizations, and industry specific associations across the country.

  • Organizational Change
  • Personal Management & Improvement
  • Process Improvement
  • Project Management
  • Veterans Hiring & Retention
  • Place Based Strategic Modeling
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George Salerno

Executive Consultant

George Salerno

An executive leader with over 28 years of organizational management, process improvement and consulting experience.  George Salerno spent over 21 years on active duty in the Army culminating as a brigade commander of the largest Warrior Transition Brigade. After departing the Army, he worked with the government and the banking industry, consulting both in the U.S. and the United Arab Emirates.  Over the last several years, George has also been heavily involved in the Veteran space by assisting and mentoring transitioning service members as well as working with several Veteran non-profits and service organizations.  He has a proven record of accomplishment in leading organizations to troubleshoot issues in order to develop solutions that improve overall strategies, business operations and critical processes.

  • Program & Project Management
  • Building & Leading Complex Teams
  • Process Improvement
  • Veterans Hiring and Retention
  • Place Based Strategic Modeling
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James Fisher

Executive Consultant

James Fisher

An executive leader and senior analyst with over 36 years of organizational management, planning and consulting experience, John Collins is currently in his 10th year in industry after over 27 years as a Marine Aviator and Defense Acquisition Professional. His program and project leadership portfolios include Corporate Strategic Development, Energy and Utilities Transformation, Emergency Management and Homeland Security.  John also has extensive program experience as the technical leader for analyzing potential business areas and strategic planning for Process Improvement, Defense and National Security, and as a Capture Manager, Proposal Manager and Hiring & Staffing Manager for new opportunities and contracts.

  • Program & Project Management
  • Building & Leading Complex Teams
  • Process Improvement
  • Place Based Strategic Modeling
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John Collins

Executive Consultant

John Collins

An executive leader and senior analyst with over 36 years of organizational management, planning and consulting experience, John Collins is currently in his 10th year in industry after over 27 years as a Marine Aviator and Defense Acquisition Professional. His program and project leadership portfolios include Corporate Strategic Development, Energy and Utilities Transformation, Emergency Management and Homeland Security.  John also has extensive program experience as the technical leader for analyzing potential business areas and strategic planning for Process Improvement, Defense and National Security, and as a Capture Manager, Proposal Manager and Hiring & Staffing Manager for new opportunities and contracts.

  • Program & Project Management
  • Building & Leading Complex Teams
  • Process Improvement
  • Place Based Strategic Modeling
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Sharisse O’Banion

Executive Consultant

Sharisse O’Banion

Sharisse O’Banion is an inspirational leader for organizational growth, improvement, and change with over ten years of experience within the private and public sectors.  Sharisse’s expertise and knowledge has proven effective as a positive change agent to create strategies, improve processes, and procedures. Her experience also includes maximizing the career readiness of military service members while collaborating with the Veterans Benefits Administration (VBA), Department of Labor (DOL), Department of Defense (DoD), the Small Business Administration (SBA), state and local officials, and other stakeholders.   Her expertise and knowledge have proven effective as a positive change agent to create strategies, improve processes, and procedures.

  • Veteran Advocacy
  • Business Development
  • Employer Relations
  • Coalition Building
  • Strategic Planning
  • Education & Training
  • Place Based Strategic Modeling
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Steve Knezo

Executive Consultant

Steve Knezo

Steve Knezo is an Attorney and a networking and outreach professional with substantial experience in the development of nonprofit organizations. His experience includes grant writing and the establishment of corporate best practices and standard operating procedures to maintain compliance with vendors, stakeholders and public authorities. Steve has held leadership positions with volunteer organizations in both public and private sectors. He has certification in Command and Staff, Baldrige Criteria for Excellence, Strategic Planning and Advanced Grant Writing.

  • Corporate Legal Services
  • Team Building
  • Strategic Development
  • Volunteer Team Leadership
  • Business Innovation
  • Place Based Strategic Modeling
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Vernadel Green

Executive Consultant

Vernadel Green

Vern Green has over 26 years of experience in the United States Marine Corps leading Marines and serves as Vice-President of a non-profit organization Honor Our Marines, Inc., supporting the armed forces, their families and local communities. He has a Six Sigma Advance Black Belt certification and a strong background in business transformation and innovation, business process management, supply chain management, data analysis, including strategic alignment, relationship building, Naval Aviation Enterprise, strategic planning, organization design and development, and business performance improvement.

  • Process Improvement
  • Place Based Strategic Modeling
  • Quality Assurance Budgeting and Cost Containment
  • Project Management
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Kellie Boyle

Executive Consultant

Kellie Boyle

Throughout her career, Kellie Boyle has had a front row seat to – and played an active role in – some of the country’s most controversial and culture-changing initiatives: in the late 1980’s, with Ogilvy & Mather, she helped to calm a confused and divided populace through the “America Responds to AIDS” campaign. With Stackig Sanderson & White in the 1990's, she helped businesses leverage the Internet and compete in the nascent digital economy. Later, as part of a national advocacy campaign for Tobacco-Free Kids, she handled media relations for whistleblower Jeffrey Wigand, who was later played by Russell Crowe in the movie, “The Insider.”

Kellie began her career in political communications devising communications strategies; writing speeches, advertising and campaign materials; generating media coverage; and managing conventions for statewide and national candidates, office holders and political parties.

Following a decade in politics, she became an independent consultant and partnered with some of DC's top communications firms to provide strategic planning and marketing communications services to Johnson Controls, Price Waterhouse Coopers, American Banking Association, The Conservation Fund, American Red Cross, Veterans Administration, Small Business Administration and numerous other national and regional clients.

From 2008-2010, inspired by deep gratitude to America’s military, Kellie took a private sector sabbatical to serve in development for Operation Homefront, a national non-profit that assists the families of wounded and deployed troops. She was called back to active duty in communications counseling in 2010 with the co-founding of Boyle Public Affairs.

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Mike kari

Executive Consultant

Mike kari

Mike Kari has many years of experience predominantly within the Retail sector, and most recently the United States Government. He led transformation efforts at Target,  went to Canada to start Target’s first international expansion, and helped to build their grocery business. While he was at the Gap, and Capri Holdings (Michael Kors, Versace, Jimmy Choo), he led the change efforts to deploy all new ERP systems to both companies. Most recently, Mike has been assisting the United States Marine Corps achieve a new method of working that bridges the gaps between two internal groups to better meet their fiduciary responsibility to Congress. Mike obtained his degree from the University of Minnesota, and is a ProSci certified change practitioner. Mike currently resides in New York City, with his wife and dog.

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Monica Painer

Executive Consultant

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With over twenty-five years of client sales, proposal and capture management, engagement management, consulting, and team facilitation experience, Monica Painter is well known in industry and government as a Subject Matter Expert and a certified Master Black Belt/Change Agent.

Prior to founding DolJenn in 2014, Ms. Painter was IBM’s Global Leader for Lean Six Sigma, as well as the Operations Strategy Partner for Operations and Supply Chain Management. She served as a leader, advisor and consultant for IBM’s internal business transformation and led over 300 consultants within their Operations Strategy and Supply Chain Business Service Areas.

Before joining IBM, Ms. Painter served as Vice President Quality at GE Capital after having led multi-functional teams in strategic and business transformation engagements at Andersen Consulting – now known as Accenture.

Most recently, she supported the US Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) Veterans Economic Communities Initiative (VECI) as the National Public Engagement Strategic Advisor.  The goal of the VECI was to increase education and employment opportunities for veterans by bringing together local and national employers to coordinate services for veterans, service members and military families.

Ms. Painter developed the program’s mission and objectives and collaborated with internal and external stakeholders including Congress, agency partners, government and non-government organizations, non-profits, service members and veterans. She developed various strategies for connecting veterans and transitioning service members with local and regional competitive employment and education opportunities.

Drawing from the experience and successes of the VECI, she created a national collaborative called VeteransNCommand.  The collaborative coalesces a national network of Executive Consultants committed to promoting the economic mobility of veterans and their families.

Ms. Painter earned a BS in Marketing and Management from the McIntire School of Commerce, University of Virginia, and an MBA from the Carroll School of Management, Boston College.

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Nancy Stover

Executive Consultant

Nancy Stover

“Nancy Stover is a seasoned C-Suite business executive and Leadership Development expert. As a former CEO of new media and emerging technologies companies, she brings unique insight into the challenges and opportunities facing business leaders in today’s volatile environment. She is committed to adding value and strength to each individual client, to the organization overall, and to the bottom line.”

 

Offerings to clients include:

  • Executive Coaching
  • Leadership Development
  • Behavioral Assessments
  • Team Building
  • Organizational Design
  • Creativity Workshops

 

My General Bio:

Prior to committing herself full time to coaching and organizational consulting, Nancy Stover held numerous leadership positions in cable television, educational media and interactive entertainment technology. She held senior positions with leading companies including Warner Brothers/American Express, TCI and Liberty Media, The Weather Channel, and Discovery Communications. From “Basement to Boardroom,” Nancy was tapped to lead teams in building organizations from scratch. Her unique skills in identifying and developing talent, building solid and supportive internal partnerships, and attracting and cultivating alliances with strong external clients were the foundation of her success in the ever‐changing media landscape.

Now, Nancy is a leading certified executive coach specializing in strengths‐based individual leadership development, enhanced team collaboration, and organizational design. She enjoys working with a diverse roster of organizations and individuals intent on bringing out the very best in themselves, their colleagues, their clients and partners.

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Sascha Foertsch

Executive Consultant

Sascha Foertsch

Sascha Foertsch is a recognized team-builder and innovative problem solver specializing in bringing together diverse teams through innovative approaches while leveraging data and technology.  A committed advocate for inclusion and promotion of diversity through shared experiences, she has over 12 years of experience in government, non-profit and private sectors, including the U.S. Congress and the Executive Branch.  Sascha led a team of consultants for the White House Office of Management and Budget directly contributing to the formulation of the President’s Management Agenda and the workforce development plan.  During her time in Congress, she wrote legislation and worked on appropriations in support of several diversity initiatives to recruit, retain and develop a diverse workforce for candidates seeking Foreign Service and Civil Servant careers as well as promoting diversity and inclusion in the National Security Workforce.  Sascha’s expertise includes program, project and personnel management; strategic planning, communications and advice.  In her current role as Executive Consultant, she leads efforts in organizational design, workforce transformation and communications as well as implementation of key frameworks and tools, including change management and strategy plans.  Sascha is a proud Colombian-American and she is fluent in English and Spanish.

 


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Kris McMenamin

Executive Consultant

Kris McMenamin

Kris McMenamin solves problems to realize strategy. The bigger the problem, the more complex – the better. She combines her Big Four consulting firm experience with a healthy dose of irreverence, compelling her to approach each client with an open mind, a commitment to collaboration, and a focus on results. Her specialty is agile business transformation—grounded in 25 years of providing coaching, facilitation, process improvement, strategic planning, organizational development, technology delivery, and change management to clients in the federal government, nonprofit sector, and private industry. Kris is a certified Scrum Master and holds a PMP. 

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Paige Boyd

Executive Consultant

Paige Boyd

Human capital consultant, executive coach and change management expert with 25 years of experience in non-profit, private equity and large global organizations.   Deep experience aiding executives and leadership teams design talent strategies, develop new capabilities and lead organizational change.   Significant knowledge and expertise in talent acquisition, HR consulting, succession planning, leadership development and workshop facilitation.  Established diversity hiring targets and metrics by function.  Developed the HR strategic 3-year plan for a $2B technology company.  Designed and executed the sales and marketing human capital assessment for large OEM automotive manufacturer. 

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Rachelle Jayner

Executive Consultant

Rachelle Jayner

Human capital strategy consultant with over 20 years of experience in both private and public sector organizations, serving clients at all organizational levels. Extensive knowledge and experience in human resources strategy and process improvement, strategic workforce planning, organizational change management, strategic communications, facilitation, organization design and development, project and people management, and client relationship management. Established a human resources function for a $9 million, 50-employee start-up consulting company. Trusted advisor to senior leadership in private sector companies, highly sensitive federal civilian agencies, and military organizations.

 

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Susan Levin

Executive Consultant

Susan Levin

Susan Levin is a global facilitator, coach, trainer, mediator, and organization development practitioner with 30 years of experience. She has worked with thousands of employees in a variety of organizations in the United States and more than 40 countries. She focuses on an appreciative approach that maximizes individual and organizational strengths to get great results that have lasting impact.  

Susan has worked in a variety of Diversity, Equity and Inclusion (DEI) projects. She designed, facilitated, and produced a virtual Zoom retreat for the Gender Practitioners Collaborative, an informal group of U.S.-based gender advisors and technical gender experts from international development and humanitarian organizations that developed minimum standards for gender equality across every sector. She has also designed and led women’s leadership programs for Creative Associates; a microcredit program in Bosnia-Herzegovina for the Grameen Bank and Women for Women International; and for women entrepreneurs and NGO leaders in Russia sponsored by the Peace Corps, the Eurasia Foundation, World Learning, and International Network for Women in Enterprise and Trade.

 

Additionally, Susan led workshops on unconscious bias, inclusion, and management, as well as white privilege for clients such as U.S. Department of Justice Community Policing Consortium; Montgomery College Diversity Management Institute; International Association of Firefighters; and the National MultiCultural Institute. As part of series for National Public Radio, she wrote a guidebook on affirmative action and diversity in the workplace to help organizations attract, hire, and retain a diverse workforce. And she designed and delivered training on issues of race, age, ability, culture, gender and violence at the University of Virginia to prepare them to facilitate dialogue groups across the campus. 

Susan has a master’s degree in international affairs from The George Washington University and graduated from University of Florida, after transferring from Tufts University.

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Toya Thompson Tucker

Executive Consultant

Toya Thompson Tucker

Operations and Business Process Leader

Toya is an accomplished generalist with 19 years of strategic problem-solving, taking “unhealthy” technical implementations, programs and client relationships and turning them into enduring success stories for federal and commercial clients across industries. Strong industry expertise in financial services and health care. Technology savvy with hands-on agile delivery experience. Experienced entrepreneur developing a small business portfolio in the consulting space working often with multiple stakeholders on business process analysis uncovering cultural impediments to technology adoption and examining risk and mitigate issues with operational compliance. Strong facilitation and people management skills help reframe the conversation to focus on commonalities between disparate stakeholders and develop get-well plans with tactical steps; Regional lead for D&I activities at a big 4 firm and core collaborator on D&I initiatives after acquisition at a healthcare start up.

Diversity and Inclusion Project Experience

  • Selected to participate in panel providing suggestions to health care start up CIO on gender bias in technology
  • Early member of healthcare D&I group focused on inequity in corporate policy
  • Regional representative for offices between Washington DC and Atlanta GA for big 4 firm diversity and inclusion initiatives focused on talent acquisition and promotion

Toya has an undergraduate degree in Political Science from James Madison University and juris doctorate from North Carolina Central University School of Law. She enjoys music and movies with her son and daughter.

Key Skills

Project Management, Problem Solving and Successful Accoount Management and Growth

Risk Management, Mitigation, & Strategic Planning

Fraud Detection and Investigation, Intelligence Gathering

Data Analytics

Group Facilitation

Business Process Re-Design

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Licensure and Certification

Attorney, State of Maryland

Federal Clearance, Secret

(CSM) Certified in Agile Development

6732 Sullivan Way   ˜   Alexandria, VA 22315   ˜   Phone: (703) 615-6443   ˜  toya@artemispartnersonline.com      

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