Women We Admire is pleased to announce The Top 50 Women Leaders in Business Consulting & Services of 2023. The representation of women in the consulting and advisory field has experienced a consistent upward trend over recent years. According to data provided by Inner Circle Consulting, the number of female consultants has risen by 191% during the past two decades. By shattering traditional gender barriers, these exceptional women occupy various roles where they utilize their profound industry expertise and problem-solving abilities to assist clients in navigating intricate challenges and making well-informed decisions.
Their influence can be found across diverse sectors, including technology, healthcare, financial services, among many others. Notably, these women leaders not only champion diversity within the consulting industry but also serve as inspirational figures, motivating and empowering other women to pursue leadership positions in the corporate world, thus fostering more inclusive and equitable work environments.
Some of the distinguished honorees on this year’s list include Wendy Freeman Carr, a Managing Director with Deloitte US Consulting. Carr has over 30 years of experience leading business and technology transformations for clients like the U.S. Department of State and Foreign Ministries in Afghanistan, Pakistan, and Egypt. Next we have Rachel Paul, who leads the Midwest team for KPMG's Global Mobility Services practice.
Among other roles, Paul currently serves as a member of KPMG's Women's Advisory Board and a mentor for members of the African Ancestry Business Resource Group. Lastly, this year we honorJacqui Winters, who is a Principal in Deloitte Consulting’s Government & Public Services Human Capital Practice, and also serves as the National Leader for DEI for People with Disabilities and their allies at Deloitte.
Please join us in celebrating the accomplishments of The Top 50 Women Leaders in Business Consulting & Services of 2023.
1. Rachel Medrano
Global Managing Partner HR Strategy & Transformation Consulting, Tata Consultancy Services
Rachel Medrano is a Global Managing Partner at Tata Consultancy Services (TCS), a purpose-led organization that is building a meaningful future through innovation, technology, and collective knowledge. Rachel is based in Northern California with over 22 years of business-led process and technology transformation experience. She has led all aspects of business transformation programs from strategy to implementation to achieve business results.
Rachel has been in key leadership positions on multiple, full life-cycle consulting engagements in the manufacturing, CPG, hi-tech, public sector, and utilities industries. Rachel's background is in SAP Human Capital Management (HCM) and SAP Business Intelligence (BI), and she has also been responsible for leading the creation, deployment, and adoption of methods and tools for business transformation programs in management consulting and professional services organizations. Medrano earned an undergraduate degree in communications from UC Santa Barbara.
2. Jackie Norell
Managing Director, Deloitte Consulting
Jackie Norell is the Managing Director of Deloitte Consulting. With 23 years of professional experience in financial management, Jackie has served in a variety of leadership and technical roles throughout her career. She operates across all government sectors where she provides strategic business transformation and financial management solutions. Her areas of focus include finance strategy, financial operations, tech adoption and modernization, service delivery model implementation, strategic planning, performance measurement, and business process improvement.
Jackie also has a depth of experience as a financial analyst where she delivered cost accounting, forensic costing, and customer relationship management solutions. She holds a BA in chemistry and an MBA with a concentration in finance from Virginia Tech. She is a Certified Government Financial Manager and Program Management Professional.
3. Kelsey Medaglia
Partner, EY
Kelsey Medaglia is the Partner of EY. She first joined the company in 2007 as a senior IT advisory risk. EY exists to build a better working world, helping create long-term value for clients, people, and society and build trust in the capital markets. Medaglia is a dedicated leader in EY's Supply Chain Consulting practice with over 15 years of experience and cross-sector end-to-end digital procurement expertise. She leads large-scale procurement transformation programs and teams across functions with a focus on driving sustainable value to deliver strategic goals, streamlined operations, and cost reduction.
Medaglia earned an MBA from Lehigh University College of Business and an undergraduate degree in accounting from Lehigh University.
4. Lydia Sy
Managing Director, ManpowerGroup
Lydia Sy is the Managing Director of ManpowerGroup, the leading global workforce solutions company, which helps organizations transform in a fast-changing world of work by sourcing, assessing, developing, and managing the talent that enables them to win. A 30-year veteran of the staffing industry, Sy has a broad knowledge of human resources, including recruiting, staffing, workforce development, safety, training, management, and sales. Before joining Manpower, she was a small business owner in Central Maine and worked extensively in the restaurant industry.
Sy serves as past chair of the Coastal Counties Workforce Investment Board, past president of the Midcoast Human Resource Association, and is the current Director for the SHRM Maine State Council. In these roles as well as her position at Manpower, she works closely with small businesses and large corporations to develop workforce solutions and partnerships that effectively connect people to work.
Sy is a member of the Kennebec Valley Human Resource Association and a member of the Mid-Maine and Kennebec Valley Chambers and has done volunteer work with JMG, Work Ready, and various youth and community agencies. Sy holds an undergraduate degree in business administration from Thomas College and resides in Waterville with her family.
5. Wendy Carr
Managing Director, Deloitte Consulting
Wendy Freeman Carr is a Managing Director with Deloitte US Consulting, one of the world’s leading firms for business strategy, operations, technology, and human resource planning, with a government and public Sector (GPS) practice of over 25,000 professionals. She serves as the Lead Client Service Partner for the District of Columbia, overseeing Deloitte’s Consulting and Advisory services, client relationships, and partnerships with government, non-profit and higher education institutions, and the Washington Metropolitan Area Transit Authority.
Wendy has over 30 years of experience leading business and technology transformations in the US and abroad, including the District, USAID, DoS, and HUD, and Foreign Ministries in Afghanistan, Pakistan, Egypt, and South Sudan. She is a Certified Performance Technologist and a certified Senior Professional in Human Resources who has spoken at numerous conferences internationally and authored white papers on capacity development, talent management, and diversity, equity, and inclusion.
She is a graduate of the Wharton School of Business at the University of Pennsylvania and holds a certificate in Executive Leadership from the Yale School of Management. Wendy is a proud, native Washingtonian and has been "married" to her high school sweetheart for 16 years. They live in Bethesda, MD with their 18-year-old son and enjoy traveling to AAU basketball tournaments.
6. Rachel Paul
Partner, KPMG US
Early on, Rachel Paul discovered that her chosen career as an accountant and her passion for global travel and culture meshed perfectly with global mobility - the process of supporting business needs through the movement of employees. Nearly 25 years later, she leads the Midwest team for KPMG's Global Mobility Services practice, where they provide top-notch payroll, tax, HR, technology, and outsourcing support to companies and their mobile employees. Early in her career, she spent approximately 15 years learning her craft and understanding the needs of her clients and their employees while based in Melbourne, Australia, Denver, Colorado, and traveling to projects on six different continents.
During her career, she has provided and coordinated global mobility advisory services and US and non-US tax compliance for mobile populations of all sizes. During her time spent on assignment in Australia and working on six continents, she obtained a first-hand understanding of the needs of both mobile employees and their employers. Additionally, she is active in supporting the Culture and Talent efforts at KPMG, including diversity, equity, and inclusion.
Among other roles, she currently serves as a member of KPMG's Women's Advisory Board and a mentor for members of the African Ancestry Business Resource Group. Today, she is based in Chicago and splits her time between the office and her home in rural southern Illinois, which she shares with her husband and teenage son.
7. Kristen Ganjani
Partner, McKinsey & Company
Kristen Ganjani is the Partner and strategy consultant for McKinsey & Company serving within their Chicago office. She first joined the company in 2015 as an engagement manager. Ganjani received her MBA from The Kellogg School of Management at Northwestern University with a focus on operations and marketing. Kristen also holds a Master’s in engineering management with a focus on Design Thinking and a BS in industrial engineering from Northwestern University.
8. Jacqui Winters
Principal, Deloitte Consulting
Jacqui Winters is a Principal in Deloitte Consulting’s Government & Public Services Human Capital Practice. She has more than 20 years in management consulting, during which she has assisted government leaders to execute their most complex priorities. Jacqui focuses on modernization from the core of government, including programs that enable the agencies to re-imagine their delivery of critical functions, such as HR, IT, and Acquisitions. Jacqui was instrumental in working with Deloitte’s Center for Government Insights in the research and development of Deloitte’s offerings, such as Human Centered Change, Future of Work, and Trust in Government. Jacqui serves as the National Leader for Diversity, Equity and Inclusion for People with Disabilities and their allies at Deloitte, supporting a large global workforce to create the best possible talent experience for everyone. As a leader in Deloitte’s Human Capital practice, she designs agile organizations, empowers leaders, and develops teams to be prepared for the constant disruptions of today’s digital age.
She is a founding board member for Our Stomping Ground - a not-for-profit that creates inclusive, affordable communities for people with disabilities. She lives in Falls Church, VA with her husband David and their two teenage boys. She graduated with a BA in English from Lenoir-Rhyne College in Hickory, NC, and she earned her MBA at The College of William and Mary.
9. Rebecca Jones
Vice President, Capgemini
Rebecca Jones is the Vice President of Capgemini. She first joined the company in 2000. Rebecca is a senior delivery executive with deep consulting experience leading complex technology, solution planning, design, building, and deploying programs across a variety of industries including the Smart Energy sector. She has a track record in managing large, complex projects; recovery projects; solving business problems; architecting technical solutions; effective communication, and team facilitation. Rebecca is recognized as an EM3 certified member of Capgemini’s EM club d’expert and in addition to client execution, actively supports training and other initiatives throughout the organization.
Previously, Jones was a staff and senior consultant at Ernst & Young. She earned an undergraduate degree in business administration from The University of Texas at Austin.
10. Helena Almeida
Vice President and Counsel, ADP
Helena Almeida is the Vice President and Counsel of ADP. Before joining ADP, Helena was Counsel with the boutique trial firm Wilkinson Walsh + Eskovitz. From 2011 to 2016, Helena was Senior Counsel-Litigation at Siemens Corporation, the US subsidiary of Siemens AG, a global powerhouse in electronics and electrical engineering.
Helena has experience litigating and resolving complex domestic and international disputes involving clients in a broad range of industries, including manufacturing, sports, telecom, and pharmaceuticals. She has litigated employment, product liability, securities, antitrust, intellectual property, and breach of contract cases. At Siemens, Helena also served as e-Discovery counsel for Siemens in the US Helena worked in the New York office of Simpson Thacher & Bartlett LLP from 2001 through 2010. She is an active member of the Association of Corporate Counsel and the Hispanic National Bar Association. She is a graduate of Georgetown University’s School of Foreign Service and the New York University School of Law.
11. Christine Medina
Principal, Deloitte Consulting
Christine Medina is a Principal at Deloitte Consulting, where she leads their Application Modernization & Innovation Healthcare sector practice. In her practice leadership role, she is responsible for driving Deloitte’s go-to-market strategy in the sector, as well as helping clients realize business value through AI, modernization, and the cloud. Christine also works with some of the largest healthcare organizations in the country, helping them with their most strategic and complex transformations. She leads large-scale global technology programs that have resulted in first-in-industry solutions and serve as the foundation for improving the quality of care and health equity while creating efficiencies.
As a partner in a $60B global firm, Christine is proud of the diversity she brings to the leadership team and is passionate about driving change not only in the business world but in our communities as well. She currently serves as the head of the board for Philadelphia StepUp, which is an initiative at Deloitte focused on delivering pro bono skills-based programs to support local non-profits. She has pioneered and currently leads several other initiatives at Deloitte focused on improving racial, gender, and other inequities.
12. Annette Redman
Executive Vice President, Booz Allen Hamilton
Annette Redman is the senior leader for Booz Allen’s Joint Combatant Commands business. Based in Fayetteville, North Carolina, Annette oversees the programs and a workforce of 1,500 employees that support combatant commands around the world. She leverages decades of operational and intelligence experience to drive technical solutions and approaches. Throughout her career, she has managed large, geographically dispersed teams with deep technical and mission expertise in analytics, digital services, partner engagement, cybersecurity, training, and readiness.
Since joining Booz Allen in 1997, Annette has supported both Department of Defense and intelligence community clients. She has previously managed large-scale programs in support of the US European Command and US Africa Command. In addition, as extended enterprise lead in Europe, she scaled the business in the region, managed our European portfolio, and built talented, cross-functional teams across a broad mission set. Prior to joining Booz Allen, Annette was a US Army intelligence officer, holding a variety of leadership positions at both the tactical and strategic levels. Annette has an MS in strategic intelligence from the Defense Intelligence College and a BA in political science from Midwestern State University.
13. Leslie Carroll
VP of North America Organization & Capability Excellence, Kimberly-Clark
Leslie Carroll is the Vice President of the North America Organization and Capability Excellence of Kimberly-Clark. She first joined the company in 2021. Kimberly-Clark and its trusted brands are an indispensable part of life for people in more than 175 countries. Fueled by ingenuity, creativity, and an understanding of people's most essential needs, they create products that help individuals experience more of what is important to them.
Previously, Carroll was a partner at Bain & Company and before that a research assistant at the Federal Reserve Board. Carroll graduated from Northwestern University - Kellogg School of Management and from Kenyon College with an undergraduate degree in economics.
14. Shannon Dunn
Vice President, Arcadis
Shannon Dunn is a Vice President at Arcadis. She first joined the company in 2005 as principal. Arcadis is the world’s leading company delivering sustainable design, engineering, digital, and consultancy solutions for natural and built assets. Dunn is a Technical Expert in sediment management. She serves as the technical leader of the Arcadis sediment group. She works on the full range of environmental services, including evaluating sediment quality, developing and conducting site investigations, preparing remedial investigation reports, assisting with the design of remedial alternatives, and overseeing construction monitoring.
Dunn has worked on the Comprehensive Environmental Response, Compensation, and Liability Act (CERCLA; also known as Superfund) sediment sites across the country, as well as state lead sediment sites. As a geochemist, she has expertise in the nature, extent, fate, and transport of chemicals in aquatic sites, including stormwater as a potential source of contamination to sediment in water bodies. She manages remedial investigations for complex sediment sites. Ms. Dunn has overseen pre-design investigations to collect data for the design of sediment remediation. Dunn earned an MS in oceanography, chemical, and physical from Stony Brook University and an undergraduate degree in geology and earth science from the University of Michigan.
15. Maria Demeke
Partner & Principal, Deloitte, Government & Public Service Practice
Maria Demeke is a Partner and Principal in Deloitte’s Government and Public Service Practice. She designs workforce solutions for organizations striving to end global poverty. Growing up Ethiopian American, she saw immense disparities both in the US and globally. Now, she dedicates her career to designing and implementing new strategies, to support organizations focused on the eradication of poverty, injustice, and inequality.
As we face unprecedented global challenges, Maria helps organizations transform their impacts by optimizing the workforce, accelerating operations with digital and AI solutions, as well as promoting policies, cultures, and incentives that further advance inclusion and equity. Maria is driven by the philosophy that consulting and service professionals have a responsibility to use the wealth of resources, tools, experiences, and connections to improve society, or in Deloitte terms, “Make an impact that Matters”.
Maria has over 20 years of experience advising US private, non-profit, and public sector agencies, as well as international clients in Africa, the Middle East, South America, and Western Europe. She holds a master of international trade and finance from Harvard University, and a BA in psychology and Africana studies from the University of Pennsylvania. As a wife and proud mother of three young children, she is an advocate for health equity and specifically innovative treatments and policies for rare diseases in the US and abroad.
16. Jessica Donovan
Principal, ENVIRON
Jessica Donovan is a Principal with ENVIRON International Corporation in Emeryville, California. Ramboll is a global architecture, engineering, and consultancy company founded in Denmark in 1945. Jessica has over 25 years of experience performing subsurface contamination assessments at complex industrial facilities that require a multidisciplinary approach to cleanup. Her particular area of expertise is in the subsurface characterization of geologic and groundwater conditions that affect contaminant distribution, migration, remediation, and site redevelopment. Her site characterization work is designed to provide the basis for risk assessment evaluations, corrective action, and closure under CERCLA and state regulations.
Jessica has conducted focused remedial investigations at a variety of facilities, including those used for electronics manufacturing, munitions manufacturing, petrochemicals, mining, and hazardous waste disposal. Additionally, she has directed groundwater investigations at several sites where offsite municipal wells have been impacted by chemicals such as perchlorate and MTBE. Jessica has extensive experience presenting and interpreting technical findings to both agency staff and non-technical audiences, and she has provided third-party review and litigation support for cost allocation and cost recovery cases. She is a licensed professional geologist in California.
17. Nicole Gibson
Partner, Guidehouse
Nicole Gibson is a Partner with Guidehouse in the Defense & Security segment. She has over 23 years of experience providing management-consulting service to the Federal Government providing clients with insight and guidance as they seek to transform their organizations, increase transparency, better serve their customers, and increase operational effectiveness.
Gibson leads teams that provide change management, strategic planning, business process improvement, and customer relationship management services to the Intelligence Community (IC), Department of Defense (DoD), and Department of Homeland Security (DHS) clients. Under her leadership, her teams of consultants have successfully assisted clients in developing strategies to help guide their programs in changing environments; enhance their critical policies and processes; and improve engagement with their customers, increasing the value of the intelligence products for end users.
Gibson serves on the Advisory Committee (ADCOM) for the Intelligence and National Security Alliance (INSA), the WashingtonExec Intelligence Community Council, the College of William & Mary (W&M) Washington Center Advisory Board, and the Executive Steering Committee for the Society of 1918 at W&M. Gibson holds an undergraduate degree in European studies from the College of William and Mary in Williamsburg, VA, and an MBA in public administration from George Mason University in Fairfax, Virginia.
18. Anne Kwan
Principal, Deloitte Consulting
Anne Kwan is a Principal at Deloitte Consulting LLP and serves as their Industry Convergence lead. In this role, she works with the US Industry and Client Leadership team to shape future-focused solutions, that anticipate the next wave of cross-industry innovation and drive new business value. Most recently, she served as the US lead for Transformation Strategy and Design (TS&D) services and as the creator of Deloitte’s Chief Transformation Officer (CTrO) program, which delivers immersive experiences and relevant insights to clients.
During her 20+ years of client service and technology industry experience, Anne has helped executives respond to market and technological disruptions by transforming their strategy and operations. She drives profitable growth and competitive advantage by working with teams to conceptualize, design, and execute enterprise transformation programs.
Anne is a thought leader and frequent author on the topics of strategy and transformation. Her research and perspectives offer pragmatic advice and leading practices. Topics include defining growth via new business models, product innovation with ecosystem partners, building new capabilities, and designing more effective enterprise operating models.
19. Julie Meehan
Principal, Deloitte Consulting
Julie Meehan is a Principal at Deloitte Consulting based in the Washington, DC area. She applies her knowledge and experience from over 20 years serving the global private sector to help public sector leaders navigate and solve today’s challenges. Meehan serves as the Lead Client Service Partner for the USPS account, where they apply digital innovation, cyber, data analytics and AI, strategy, customer experience, retail, compliance, financial, and technology expertise to drive measurable business results. She also serves as the Strategy and Transformation Leader for the Civil Government Sector within the Government and Public Services vertical. In this role, she helps identify social, policy, and funding trends that shape the market for our services, and the talent and capability investments needed to serve their current and future clients.
Meehan has worked in professional services for more than 25 years leading transformational programs for delivery and logistics, manufacturing, life sciences, financial services, and government clients. She is passionate about the recruitment, development, and advancement of Talent, and building an inclusive workplace where our people can thrive. While she has a passion for international travel and exploring other cultures and languages, her home base is currently Falls Church, VA, where she lives with her husband Don, twin sons Jack and Charlie, and dog Georgia. Meehan graduated from the University of South Carolina Darla Moore School of Business with an MBA, and from William & Mary with an undergraduate degree.
20. Natalia Montilla
Principal, Salesforce Delivery, Slalom
Natalia Montilla is a Salesforce Delivery Principal at Slalom, a purpose-led global business and technology consulting company, where she serves as a Salesforce Solution Architect. She partners with clients to help them maximize the power of the Salesforce platform, focusing on the user experience. With over 10 years of experience in the ecosystem, she is passionate about designing end-to-end scalable solutions on the Salesforce platform, leveraging the low-code/no-code approach. Problem solver at heart, she enjoys finding solutions to complex problems, automating business processes, troubleshooting, and improving user experience.
Natalia believes in the power of enabling people and using Salesforce to deliver meaningful work.
Before starting her technology consulting career, Natalia spent five years as a civil engineer designer in the state of Maryland. She holds an undergraduate degree in civil engineering from the University of Puerto Rico, Mayaguez Campus, and holds 10 Salesforce certifications.
21. Kate Graeff
Vice President, Deloitte & Touche LLP
Kate Graeff is a Vice President of Enterprise Trust within Deloitte's Risk and Financial Advisory business. In this role, she advises C-Suite executives on opportunities to grow their business, drive loyalty and engagement, and protect their brand by (re)building trust with their stakeholders, whether they are consumers, employees, business partners, regulators, or community members.
Kate's background is in innovation, digital strategy, and entrepreneurship. She has experience defining organizational strategy, shaping new offerings, and designing, developing, and scaling technology solutions for global adoption.
She loves envisioning and shaping the future in response to social, economic, and technological trends. Having worked in over 20 countries around the world, Kate takes a global point of view on the world's biggest challenges and opportunities. Kate holds degrees from the Fletcher School at Tufts and Occidental College.
22. Deeksha Jawa
Principal Organizational Effectiveness, Slalom
Deeksha Jawa is the Principal Organizational Effectiveness of Slalom, a purpose-led, global business and technology consulting company. With over fourteen years of work experience across industries, she is proficient in leading the design, development, and execution of high-impact, large-scale, system-level interventions, and integrative people strategies. She has a strong track record of working with teams/departments to build talented and productive workforces to increase their effectiveness. She is skilled at adopting new tools such as Digital HR, Holacracy, and Design Thinking.
Deeksha has consistently achieved the top rating in performance reviews throughout her career. She holds a Master’s degree in psychology & change leadership from Columbia University, a post-graduate diploma in Human Resources, a post-graduate diploma in Instructional Design, and an undergraduate degree in psychology.
23. Hua Fang
Managing Director, Black & Veatch
Hua Fang is a Managing Director of Advisory and Planning with Black & Veatch Management. She is a PhD economist with over 20 years of experience in integrated energy market modeling and forecast, asset valuation, and commercial strategy. In her role. Fang oversees Black & Veatch’s Energy Market Perspective (EMP), a comprehensive long-term projection of the energy market outlook, incorporating the latest developments in renewable and storage technology trends, resource costs, environmental policy, federal and state energy initiatives, as well as all aspects of the natural gas and other fuels market trends, utilizing sophisticated software tools such as PLEXOS and GPCM.
Fang co-leads Black & Veatch’s strategy and planning practice and technical and commercial due diligence practice. She has led several recent projects advising utility clients on economic assessment, investment strategies, and customer impacts to meet their decarbonization objectives. She also leads Black & Veatch’s economic and market assessments for emerging zero-carbon technologies, such as clean hydrogen and green ammonia.
Fang is an expert in stochastic simulations, derivative asset pricing, financial and economic modeling, and benefits analysis and has developed sophisticated tools to simulate price, weather, and market uncertainties, quantify risks, and evaluate real options and hedging strategies.
24. Nancy Zielke
Managing Director, Alvarez & Marsal
Nancy Zielke is a Managing Director with Alvarez & Marsal Public Sector Services in Kansas City. With more than 35 years of experience, she is a known public finance leader providing innovative operating solutions and strategies to improve financial and operating results. Zielke is an experienced expert witness having testified in state and federal courts serving as an expert witness on financial management and municipal utility matters.
Before joining A&M, Zielke served in CFO and executive budget positions for various state and local governments, higher education, and public utilities in Kansas and Missouri. She successfully led major financial transformation, process and internal control improvements, shared service business models, budget redesign initiatives, and fiscal accountability plans.
Zielke earned a BBA from Adrian College and an MPA from the University of Kansas. She holds an emergency manager certification from Michigan State University. Zielke is a member of the Government Finance Officers Association (GFOA), serving as the National President of GFOA, and continues to serve as Advisor to GFOA’s Standing Committees. She is a member of Women in Public Finance and various State GFOA Chapters.
25. Minoo Javanmardian
Partner, Oliver Wyman
Minoo Javanmardian is a Chicago-based Senior Partner at Oliver Wyman and a member of the Health and Life Sciences Team. She is a recognized thought leader in the provider and payer sectors. She has served many CEOs, C-Suite executives, and Board of Directors across multiple health system sectors including academic medical centers, faith-based systems, regional players, and community players. She has also served many payer clients including Blue Cross Blue Shields in different regions.
Minoo’s focus is on strategy development and implementation of resulting capability systems to ensure successful execution. While supporting clients from strategy to execution she has also led several engagements around strategic cost transformations through business process redesign, operating model (governance and organization), M&A strategy, and post-merger integration. Javanmardian holds an MBA from the University of Chicago, Booth School of Business, and a PhD in Chemical and Biochemical Engineering from the University of Michigan. She is also a director on the Alzheimer’s Association National Board.
26. Victoria Reese
Global Managing Partner Corporate Officers Practice, Heidrick & Struggles
Victoria Reese is a Global Managing Partner in Corporate Officers Practice in Heidrick & Struggles’ New York office and the global managing partner of the Corporate Officers Practice. Heidrick & Struggles is a premier provider of global leadership advisory and on-demand talent solutions, serving the senior-level talent and consulting needs of the world's top organizations. In their role as trusted leadership advisors, they partner with their clients to develop future-ready leaders and organizations, bringing together their services and offerings in executive search, diversity and inclusion, leadership assessment and development, organization and team acceleration, culture shaping, and on-demand, independent talent solutions.
Before this, she led the Legal, Risk, Compliance, and Government Affairs Practice and was the first global head of Diversity & Inclusion, advancing the firm's commitment to D&I internally and externally. She has served on the H&S Management Committee since 2017.
Reese has more than 20 years of experience in executive search and leadership services with a focus on governance and top legal talent. Before joining Heidrick & Struggles, Reese worked with a boutique financial services recruitment firm focused on recruiting senior management in operational and marketing roles. She also spent five years in various not-for-profit organizations. Reese graduated from Vassar College with an undergraduate degree in history.
27. Heather McGinnis
Principal, PricewaterhouseCoopers
Heather McGinnis is a Principal at PricewaterhouseCoopers (PwC), specializing in the energy and utilities sector. Heather serves as a Transformation Partner to Fortune 500 companies and focuses on delivering holistic transformation solutions with her clients’ executive management teams and their board of directors. Heather has over 20 years of experience providing strategy services and driving performance improvements.
Heather is known for bringing teams together and tailoring solutions for her clients -- for being willing to roll up her sleeves and execute their most important problems. She is passionate about the apprenticeship model and empowers her teams to take risks and recognize their full potential.
Heather earned an undergraduate degree in management science, information services, and international business from Pennsylvania State University, a Project Management Professional certificate from Villanova University, and an MBA from Columbia University. Heather lives in Washington, DC with her partner, Charlie, and their goldendoodle Pepper.
28. Kate Katz
Healthcare Principal, Huron
Kate Katz is the Healthcare Principal of Huron, a global professional services firm that collaborates with clients to put possibilities into practice by creating sound strategies, optimizing operations, accelerating digital transformation, and empowering businesses and their people to own their future. By embracing diverse perspectives, encouraging new ideas, and challenging the status quo, they create sustainable results for the organizations they serve.
With more than 15 years of experience as an organizational change consultant, Kate specializes in working with businesses to help evolve their culture, team structures, and processes for the future. She has deep expertise in helping healthcare providers, payors, educators, and commissioners assess their organizations, identify areas for improvement, develop actionable future-state strategies, and support leaders through the transformation process.
Before joining Huron, Kate led a multiyear change management program at Health Care Service Corporation, introducing a new claims operating model and organizational structure to a division of 7,000 people. She spent nearly a decade as the principal of her boutique management consultancy in London with a focus on strategic operations within the healthcare, education, and nonprofit sectors. Katz graduated from Middlesex University with an MA.
29. Stephanie Mansfield
Partner, Heidrick & Struggles
Stephanie Mansfield is a Partner in Heidrick & Struggles’ Miami office and a member of the Technology and Financial Officers practices. She works with public, private equity-backed, and venture capital-backed companies across the spectrum of high-growth enterprise and consumer technology companies in the software, internet, marketplace, SaaS, tech-enabled services, and cloud sectors. Stephanie works closely with the CEOs, founders, board directors, and financial sponsors to find talent for companies going through periods of high-growth, transformation, or transactions. She is particularly knowledgeable about CFO talent and senior finance leadership.
With search experience spanning North America, Europe, and Asia Pacific, Stephanie brings a global perspective to clients’ needs. She previously spent time working in the firm’s New York, San Francisco and Singapore offices to advise high-growth and leading technology companies. Prior to joining Heidrick & Struggles, Stephanie worked for two boutique executive search firms in London and Asia, where she conducted C-level and senior management assignments for a variety of clients, including private equity firms and other buy-side institutions.
She started her career at PricewaterhouseCoopers as a scholar in the audit and assurance division in London. Stephanie earned her bachelor’s degree with honors in management and Chinese studies from University of Nottingham in the UK.
30. Claire Morgan
Managing Director & Partner, L.E.K. Consulting
Claire Morgan is a Managing Director and Partner in L.E.K. Consulting’s Boston office and a member of the Retail and Consumer Practice. L.E.K. Consulting is a global management consulting firm that uses deep industry expertise and rigorous analysis to help business leaders achieve practical results with real impact. They are uncompromising in their approach to helping clients consistently make better decisions, deliver improved business performance, and create greater shareholder returns.
With particular experience in food, beverage, travel, and leisure, Claire has experience managing and directing client engagements spanning corporate and business unit strategy, channel management, consumer segmentation, and merger and acquisition transaction support. Morgan joined L.E.K. in 2014 as an Associate. She holds a BS with honors from the Kelley School of Business at Indiana University.
31. Rebecca Evans
Principal, Roland Berger
Rebecca Evans, based in New York, is a Principal at the management consulting firm, Roland Berger. Rebecca is part of the industrials platform at Roland Berger, focusing on automotive suppliers and OEMs, and specializing in operational strategy, large-scale transformation, and performance improvement. Rebecca is the co-head of Women@RolandBerger Americas, where she guides the Women Leaders in the industry speaker series, as well as various internal initiatives focusing on recruiting, retaining, and developing women in consulting.
Outside of Roland Berger, Rebecca is the author of the non-fiction book, Made to Change: How to Positively Disrupt Your Life. She holds an undergraduate degree in business administration from the University of Michigan’s Ross School of Business and an MBA from the University of Chicago’s Booth School of Business. Rebecca is a runner, reader, and wildlife lover, with a hobby of traveling to global locations to trek and photograph wildlife.
32. Elizabeth Zessman
Partner, Heidrick & Struggles
Liz Zessman is a Partner in Heidrick & Struggles’ New York and Stamford offices, and a member of the global legal, risk, compliance, and government affairs, financial services, and CEO & board practices. Heidrick & Struggles is the premier provider of executive search, corporate culture, and leadership consulting services. For all of the services they offer, they employ data-driven methodologies honed through decades of relationships and engagements with the world's largest organizations. Their expertise enables their clients to find the world's best leaders, create diverse and inclusive cultures, and transform their teams to achieve the highest levels of profitability and performance.
Her early experience at another global executive search firm focused on legal, compliance, and audit functions. Before her career in executive search, Liz practiced law and was admitted to the New York and Connecticut state bars. Originally from Minnesota, Liz earned a BA in international studies with an emphasis in global economy from the University of Wisconsin, Madison. As part of her undergraduate program, she spent a semester at the Universidad San Francisco de Quito in Ecuador. She earned a JD with concentrations in corporate and tax law from the Cardozo School of Law. While in law school, Liz was co-president of the Cardozo Chapter of the Unemployment Action Center and vice president of Cardozo’s Business Law Society. Liz also earned a master's certificate in human resources from Cornell University.
33. Marlaina Auger
Senior Principal, Geosyntec Consultants
Marlaina Auger is the Senior Principal of Geosyntec Consultants. She first joined the company in 2003 as a senior engineer. Geosyntec is a consulting and engineering firm that works with private and public sector clients to address new ventures and complex problems involving our environment, natural resources, and civil infrastructure.
Auger is a professional engineer with 18 years of experience in process engineering design and project management. Her predominant practice area is in the field of remediation, providing services for the evaluation, design, construction, and operations optimization of these systems for the treatment of contaminated soil and groundwater. She has extensive experience in remediation system and process system design including process flow modeling, hydraulic calculations, heat and material balances, developing engineering design packages, and equipment sizing, specification, and selection.
Previously, Auger was a process designer at SNC-Lavalin Engineers & Constructors and before that a process engineer at Procter & Gamble. Earlier in her career she worked with Sunoco as a supply analyst. Auger earned an undergraduate degree in chemical engineering from the University of Waterloo.
34. Nicole Deveau
Partner, Grant Thornton LLP, Canada
For nearly 20 years, Nicole Deveau has been making a difference in her client’s businesses by enabling them to accomplish goals they otherwise couldn’t. The National Practice Leader for Grant Thornton LLP Consulting Practice and an Advisory Partner based in Halifax, Nova Scotia, Nicole leads a team of talented and community-devoted consulting professionals offering exceptional client service.
In her career, Nicole has provided strategic consulting services to public and private sector clients, as well as First Nations organizations throughout Atlantic Canada, and across the country. Before joining Grant Thornton in 2008, she led a variety of small- and large-scale transformation initiatives within the Nova Scotia public sector and was also a partner in a leading national talent management firm.
Nicole holds a master’s degree in public administration. Passionate about the community, Nicole is currently the National President of the Canadian Progress Club and a member of the local chapter, Canadian Progress Club Halifax Citadel, a dynamic fellowship of charitable-minded Canadians committed to strengthening Canadian communities through hands-on service and fundraising. Nicole also recently finished a seven-year term on the Board of Directors for Phoenix Youth Programs, which delivers much-needed programming and support for at-risk children and youth in the Halifax community and works tirelessly to help local families in their journey to thrive.
35. Emilie Johnson
Principal, Heidrick & Struggles
Emilie Johnson is a Principal in Heidrick & Struggles’ Calgary office and a member of the Global Industrial, Energy, and Supply Chain & Operations Officers Practices. She also leads the North American Energy vertical for the firm’s Engineering, Construction, and Infrastructure Services Practice.
Emilie has over 15 years of executive search experience in the oil and gas, power, chemicals, EPC, and industrial services sectors, both in Canada and the United States. Her practice has increasingly become focused on renewables and clean technology, including solar, wind, hydrogen, and carbon capture. In addition to board and chief executive officer searches, she focuses on executive leadership assignments across engineering, construction, and operations.
Emilie joined Heidrick & Struggles from a national search firm where she was a principal in the oil and gas practice. She is active in the Calgary community, most recently serving on the board of Distress Centre Calgary where she chaired both the Governance & Nominating and Human Resources and Compensation committees. She holds a BA in honors business administration from Western University’s Richard Ivey School of Business.
36. Natasha Sunderji
Global Health Lead, Accenture
Natasha Sunderji is the Global Health Lead for Accenture’s social impact practice, Accenture Development Partnerships. She also co-leads Accenture’s Health Equity Center of Excellence. By engaging Accenture’s global workforce of over 700,000 employees, she works to address the world’s social, economic and environmental issues.
Natasha is a visionary healthcare leader with over 18 years of experience advising multinational companies, nonprofits, foundations, and multilateral agencies on growth strategy, innovative business models, digital health, and cross sector partnerships. She is a vocal advocate for vulnerable and underserved communities.
Natasha strives to drive care delivery transformation for health care organizations through financially sustainable, consumer centric, and data driven business models. She has worked with leading digital health platforms to design patient centric solutions, supported over 30 inclusive business models across low and middle-income countries, and advised policy makers on the regulations and investments needed to create robust digital health ecosystems. She has written multiple articles and reports on the future of healthcare, and was named one of the Top 50 Innovators in 2020 by the World Summit AI community.
Natasha holds an undergraduate degree in biomedical engineering from University of Toronto, and a master’s degree in public policy from Harvard Kennedy School.
37. Mary Stern
Managing Director, NERA Economic Consulting
Mary Elizabeth Stern is the Managing Director of NERA Economic Consulting, a global firm of experts dedicated to applying economic, finance, and quantitative principles to complex business and legal challenges. Stern directs projects in tort economics, labor economics, and securities. In tort economics, Ms. Stern has forecasted personal injury claims for asbestos liability settlements for over 40 defendants and their insurers. Her analyses have been used by companies to set reserves as the basis for solvency opinions and purchasing or buying back insurance policies, as well as to determine the appropriate size of settlement funds. She also has experience forecasting claims arising from other torts including those related to medical products, building products, food contamination, hearing loss, repetitive stress injuries, and various solvents.
Before joining NERA, Ms. Stern worked at Resources for the Future, where she analyzed the effects of SuperFund liability on land use. Stern earned an MA from Yale University and an undergraduate degree in economics from Colgate University.
38. Lesley Mattson
Vice President, Peloton Consulting Group
Lesley Mattson is the Vice President of Peloton Consulting Group and has the vision and connected capabilities to help business leaders envision, implement, and realize the benefits of digital transformation. Peloton’s team has the best practices, knowledge, industry expertise, and know-how to work in partnership with organizations to drive change and make digital transformation a reality for their clients through leveraging Enterprise Performance Management (EPM), Enterprise Resource Planning (ERP), Human Capital Management (HCM), Supply Chain Management (SCM), Big Data & Analytics, and Data applications for the cloud. Mattson has 21 years of experience.
At Peloton, Lesley is responsible for leading the Enterprise Change Management Practice. She works collaboratively with clients to develop innovative change strategies to prepare for digital transformation. Lesley's technical background and expertise provide her with a unique ability to bridge the gap between the technical and business needs of organizations, anticipate challenges, and bring continuous improvement opportunities to programs to ensure progress toward expected outcomes.
Before joining Peloton Consulting Group, Mattson was a manager at The Palladium Group and before that an intranet administrator at Bright Horizons. Mattson graduated from Hobart and William Smith Colleges with an undergraduate degree in psychology.
39. Nina Lynch
Managing Director, Accenture
Nina Lynch is a Managing Director at Accenture focused on digital customer experience innovation with over 20 years of experience in the space. Accenture plc is an Irish-American professional services company based in Dublin, specializing in information technology (IT) services and consulting. A Fortune Global 500 company, it reported revenues of $61.6 billion in 2022. Accenture's current clients include 91 of the Fortune Global 100 and more than three-quarters of the Fortune Global 500. As of 2022, Accenture is considered the largest consulting firm in the world by number of employees.
Nina works with C-Suite leaders of Global 500 companies to create comprehensive digital strategies and transformation, launch innovative new products, and reimagine their customer's experience. Her work largely focuses on developing strategies for and leading large-scale digital transformation initiatives. Her industry experience includes Life Sciences, Technology, Media, Communications, Automotive, CPG, and Publishing. She holds a BS, cum laude, from Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute and an MBA from Babson College.
40. Farrah Andersen
Principal, The Cadmus Group
Farrah Andersen is a Principal at The Cadmus Group, a strategic and technical consultancy, where she leads the Sustainability and Energy team. She directs projects on behalf of government, nonprofit, and business clients to address climate change and social inequity, including renewable energy, climate mitigation, and resilience. As a trained facilitator and certified mediator, Ms. Andersen brings these skills to all her client engagements. She also has expertise in sustainable finance and social equity.
Previously, Andersen served as Chief of Staff for Corporate Social Responsibility at Bank of the West, BNP Paribas. Andersen holds a Master in Public Policy degree from the Harvard Kennedy School of Government, and a BA from the University of California Berkeley in Political Economy.
41. Claudia Thompson
Managing Director of Risk Management & Quality, Accenture
Claudia Thompson is the Managing Director of Risk Management & Quality at Accenture. She is an action-oriented leader of Risk Management & Quality across Accenture Canada. With more than 33 years of consulting experience, she is actively driving quality programs across all Accenture client services and industries while monitoring and managing the risk profile for the Canadian business as a member of Accenture’s Canadian Executive Committee. She brings her experiences from leading some of Accenture Canada’s most complex client engagements.
Outside of Accenture, Claudia is a passionate advocate for a workplace culture that values diversity and inclusion because she believes it’s a growth imperative. She is an active member of the International Women’s Forum, Women United, and a Founding Visionary of the Prosperity Project. Claudia is an active Board Director for Christie Gardens, empowering elders to live well, and representing the ICT industry on the TechNation Executive Committee. She is also an alumni of the C.D. Howe Institute, Human Capital Policy Council.
42. Ilona Pesti
Organizational Change Management Principal, Clarkston Consulting
Ilona Pesti, based out of Dallas, TX, is an Organizational Change Management Principal at Clarkston Consulting and provides management, operations, and implementation consulting services for life sciences, consumer products, and retail companies. Clarkston has achieved a 21-year average client satisfaction rate of 97% by continuously pushing for success for our clients, their consultants, and our company. Pesti is a Prosci Certified Enterprise-level Change Management Lead with Big 4 consulting experience. She successfully designs, develops, and executes tailored change strategies and plans to improve operational performance. She is a subject matter expert on multiple change methods and full-cycle project management. A creative Design Thinker, a lifelong learner, and a servant leader, she has elevated 19 organizations in 15 industries to a higher level of performance along with her team.
Pesti first got her start in 2006 as a senior change management consultant at BearingPoint. From there, she went on to IBM Global Business Services, before eventually rising to organizational change lead consultant at AustinCSI, her most recent position before joining Clarkston Consulting. Pesti graduated from Texas A&M University - The Bush School of Government and Public Service with an MPSA in public administration and from the University of Nebraska-Lincoln with an undergraduate degree in political science and economics.
43. Dr. De'Andrea Matthews
VP of Diversity and Community Engagement, Detroit Zoological Society
An international speaker and award-winning author, Dr. De’Andrea Matthews is a National Diversity Council Certified Diversity Professional, which she uses to advance diversity, equity, inclusion, and accessibility locally, regionally, and around the globe. She is the Vice President of Diversity and Community Engagement for the Detroit Zoological Society.
Dr. Matthews is one of the 2022 Michigan Chronicle Women of Excellence, the recipient of the 2021 Top 100 Leaders in Education award from the Global Forum for Education & Learning, the 2020 Better Business Bureau Torch Awards for Ethics, and the 2020 Corp! Magazine Diversity Business Leader award. She is a member of the National Diversity Council, Association of Zoos and Aquariums Diversity Committee, and a board member of the Association of Midwest Museums.
Dr. Matthews' areas of expertise include diversity, equity, inclusion, and accessibility (DEIA) in both the education and nonprofit industries for over 25 years. She is committed to breaking down barriers and building bridges to create opportunities for others to grow and thrive. Dr. Matthews is a lifelong learner who enjoys reading and traveling the world.
44. Lindsay Massengill
Managing Director, Accenture
Lindsay Massengill is a Managing Director at Accenture specializing in supply chain management, procurement, and business process services with nearly 20 years of experience. She serves as account leader for select energy clients where she partners with client leadership to identify and achieve transformational goals. With her prior experience working in a variety of roles for BP, she brings a deep working knowledge of the oil and gas industry with a key focus on driving business impact. She is known for her collaborative, values-based leadership style, bringing diverse global teams together to drive connected value from strategy through execution. Passionate about the industry, Lindsay brings curiosity and collaboration to her teams and is an early adopter of new trends in technology such as generative AI.
As the co-lead of Accenture’s Houston mental wellness employee resource group and a mental health ally at Accenture, she advocates for mental wellness at work, in the community, and at home. Most recently she launched an Accenture podcast, The MindHub, where she is joined by co-hosts to tackle a variety of mental health topics and practices.
Lindsay has her MBA from Arizona State University and an undergraduate degree with a dual specialization in supply chain management and operations management from Bowling Green State University. She is a proud mom to two kids, enjoys hiking with her husband, and loves to make jewelry in her free time.
45. Umran Beba
Partner, August Leadership
Umran Beba is an experienced senior business executive with a general management, talent, diversity, and consulting background. She has been a partner at August Leadership since June 2020 and leads diversity practice, as well as conducts executive search and leadership advisory projects. Before August Leadership, she had 35 years of experience in the consumer goods industry where 25 years was with PepsiCo in four different locations namely Istanbul, Hong Kong, Dubai, and New York. She was the Asia Pacific president of PepsiCo, following president and general management roles in Southeast Europe, East Mediterranean/Middle East, and Turkey. She has been in chief HR officer and chief diversity officer roles in her career.
She joined the Bakkavor Group PLC Board of Directors as an independent non-executive board director in September 2020. She also has been an independent non-executive board director for five years with the Japan Calbee Snacks public company in Tokyo and is currently on the board of the International Youth Foundation as a co-vice chair of the board. She has been a trustee of the Purchase College Foundation board and has a board of overseers role at Columbia University School of Professional Studies.
She is a native of Turkey and earned her MBA and Bachelor of Science in Industrial Engineering from Bogaziçi University in Istanbul. She lives in Greenwich, Connecticut with her family.
46. Pam Lopez
Managing Partner, Customer Focused Strategies
Pam Lopez is a Co-Founder and Managing Partner at Customer Focused Strategies (CFS), an Atlanta-based, women-owned management consulting and business solutions firm founded in 1999. Pam is an award-winning consultant and accomplished industry veteran whose cross-functional career transverses several sectors, including Telecom, Technology, Utilities, Cable, Manufacturing, and Transportation & Logistics. It was this experience that propelled Pam to envision and realize a more comprehensive consulting approach, one that is distinctly customer-centric.
An exceptional solutionist, Pam’s ability to get to the heart of each challenge and unlock innovative solutions is a distinctive force in her approach to solving complex business challenges. Having held senior leadership roles in business strategy, direct and indirect sales, marketing, and customer service, Pam delivers a uniquely comprehensive perspective to the consulting projects she leads. Regardless of the area in which a challenge is rooted, Pam works with her team to bring solutions that consider all aspects of the organization. Her work spans everything from innovative product development, customer-centric service programs, impactful go-to-market solutions, and highly customized, learner-centric training programs.
Prior to co-founding CFS in 1999, Pam held cross-functional leadership roles at the Xerox Corporation, Contel Cellular, and GTE Mobilnet. She is a highly active partner at CFS, known for her ability to gain an intimate understanding of her client’s businesses, and the unique way she drives partnerships with the customer to achieve results. In her free time, she enjoys traveling, cooking, and spending time with family and friends.
47. Rebecca Chalson
CEO, Create Your Potential LLC.
Rebecca Chalson, CEO of Create Your Potential LLC, is a trailblazing business development consultant with over a decade of experience. Not only does she lead her team in offering digital marketing services, but she also conducts group training workshops and one-on-one coaching regarding effective networking and marketing strategies. Harnessing her experience in corporate leadership and sales training, Rebecca teaches the transformative impact of personal branding on professional growth. Her inspiring journey, chronicled in her bestselling co-authored book Women Who Rise, reveals how she turned obstacles into opportunities by leveraging her unique strengths and fostering meaningful connections.
Rebecca's effective approach to forming professional relationships has earned her the reputation of a 'community connector' in networking circles. She has been recognized on the prestigious 40 Under 40 list, and acknowledged in Forbes for teaching effective networking strategies in the digital age. As a sought-after public speaker, she regularly shares her expertise at colleges, conferences, and virtual events. Rebecca’s Speak Up & Stand Out™ training program is especially popular, which empowers professionals to enhance their influence and generate additional income through public speaking. In 2023, she launched the website FindMyGuestSpeaker.com, a platform dedicated to helping coaches, authors, and industry experts strengthen their brand presence and expand their impact as sought-after speakers nationwide.
Rebecca's life philosophy revolves around the belief that our only limitations are the ones we impose on ourselves. She champions the idea that we have the power to create our own potential. To learn more about Rebecca's consulting services, her website is CreateYourPotential.com.
48. Angela Simmonds
Senior Advisor, Diversity, Equity & Inclusion, McInnes Cooper
Angela is the Senior Advisor, Diversity, Equity & Inclusion (DEI) of McInnes Cooper, among the 25 largest law firms in Canada, and a member of Lex Mundi, the world’s leading network of independent law firms. Providing strategic counsel to industry-leading clients from Canada and abroad, the firm continues to thrive through its relentless focus on client success, talent engagement, and innovation. With an integrated team of more than 200 lawyers and over 200 professional resources across seven offices, McInnes Cooper is positioned – both in size and experience – to offer clients a full range of legal services.
In her role, she works closely with our DEI Working Group and People & Culture team, assessing progress on their current Action Plan and helping the firm take steps in building a more equitable organization. In addition to her role with McInnes Cooper, Simmonds provides DEI consulting services.
Simmonds is passionate about diversity, equity, and inclusion; she truly believes that championing DEI is the best way to make an impact and remove barriers so everyone can succeed and thrive. As such, she has contributed to many initiatives that have improved DEI in Nova Scotia and Canada. She was also part of the working group for Nova Scotia’s anti-racism bill, the first of its kind in Canada. Simmonds earned a JD from Dalhousie University - Schulich School of Law and an undergraduate degree in liberal arts and sciences from Mount Saint Vincent University.
49. Tracey Pratt
Partner, Guidehouse
Tracey Pratt is a Partner at Guidehouse based in Washington, DC. Guidehouse is a leading global provider of consulting services to the public sector and commercial markets, with broad capabilities in management, technology, and risk consulting. By combining their public and private sector expertise, they help clients address their most complex challenges and navigate significant regulatory pressures focusing on transformational change, business resiliency, and technology-driven innovation. Across a range of advisory, consulting, outsourcing, and digital services, they create scalable, innovative solutions that help their clients outwit complexity and position them for future growth and success.
Pratt is a Sub-Account Leader on the National Security Sector team focused on delivering strategic planning and facilitation, change management, and business transformation solutions to the Federal Government. She has over 20 years of experience and is a Subject Matter Specialist in strategic planning, business performance improvement, transformation, and change management. She has also led various engagements focused on data strategy, data analytics, communications and outreach, training design, and corporate governance with public sector clients. She has continually served clients at the senior levels on strategic planning and execution, change management, and business transformation initiatives. Pratt has a BA in political science and history from the University of New Hampshire.
50. Jennifer Morelli
Principal, Grant Thornton
Jennifer Morelli is a Principal of Grant Thornton's Business Change Enablement practice. She advises clients across a broad range of industries on how to handle the ‘people side of change’ through organizational, process, and technology transformation. Morelli drives value for her clients by tailoring approaches and tactics that enable strategy through disciplined execution while minimizing organizational disruption and driving sustainability.
Before joining Grant Thornton, Morelli was a senior consultant at SMART Business Advisory and Consulting. Morelli graduated from James Madison University with an undergraduate degree in psychology.