Maril pioneered a discipline that initiates collaboration with corporate leaders to optimize business performance by engaging and mobilizing stakeholders behind a company’s strategic goals, its culture and its brand. She is CEO and founder of Gagen MacDonald and the firm’s clients include some of the most recognized brands in the world.
Rose Gailey is the driving force behind Gagen MacDonald’s Building Capabilities, a practice area that develops organizational capability using an expert team of facilitators across the globe. Rose’s career with Gagen MacDonald has taken leadership communications competency development to a new level by creating the Leadership Communications Effectiveness 360™.
Peter has more than 35 years experience in all aspects of public relations and integrated communications, performing those functions across both the United States and globally. Peter has counseled numerous clients including The Hartford, United Airlines, Credit Suisse, Coca-Cola and Johnson & Johnson. He also leads the firm’s social media and sustainability teams.
Sherry Scott has more than 20 years of results-driven experience within corporations and as a consultant to the Fortune 500 in change management, leadership communication and employee engagement, strategic planning, labor communication and internal and corporate communication.
With more than 20 years of experience in international marketing and communications, Patricia Bayerlein provides strategic communications counsel to global Fortune 500 companies to effectively drive change, engage the workforce and connect change initiatives to business results.
Morgan Marzec has a keen ability to get to the heart of complex business issues, simplify change and create actionable paths that inspire employees to perform at their best.
John Bock, who has more than 21 years of experience as a finance professional, joined Gagen MacDonald in 2002 and is responsible for finance and accounting for the firm.
Bill Conroy has three decades experience in sales, organization and leadership development as well as operations. Bill began his career working and studying with Philip B. Crosby, W. Edwards Deming and Joseph Juran, all of whom were pioneers in the field of Total Quality Management (TQM).
Chandler Goodman puts his creativity to work to help Gagen MacDonald’s clients translate complex business strategy into compelling employee engagement campaigns.
Scott Healy applies principles of community design to companies at a crossroads, helping clients motivate teams by discovering opportunities for employees to identify personally with an overarching business strategy.
Kathy is an experienced consultant, communication strategist, client lead and project manager who is now delighted to use her background – as well as her passion for people and commitment to their development – to recruit and grow talent at Gagen MacDonald, an employee engagement and strategy execution consulting firm.
Lauren Kostas operationalizes clients’ vision and values, engages employees in delivering on the business strategy and enables companies to successfully navigate through change.
Hillary helps lead companies through transformational change with her strategic organizational and change management communication expertise. A resident of New York City, she is passionate about servicing our New York based clients and expanding our East Coast presence.
Judith Muhlberg is experienced in dealing with ambiguity and the situations that cause it: major strategy shifts, crises, mergers and acquisitions, leadership transitions, regulatory “reform,” competitive disruption and culture change.
Helen Paczkowski brings over six years of diverse organizational development and research experience to the Gagen MacDonald team. She is the author of “Using Social Media as a Successful Internal Communication Channel” (PR News’ Digital PR Guidebook, Vol. 3).
Nick Schreiber provides exceptional writing and research expertise and is focusing keen attention on helping clients, including Johnson & Johnson, lead important change efforts.
With more than two decades of leadership in senior communication positions, Ann brings deep experience in designing strategic communication, employee engagement and change leadership programs for Fortune 500 companies that strengthen organizational alignment and deliver business results.
With a focus on internal communications assessments and change leadership, Mollie Scott is currently working for a respected financial services company, helping provide strategic counsel and implementation. Most recently, she has been part of an embedded team providing acquisition strategy and support for an industrial products supplier.
Mary Streche enjoys delving into what motivates people and creating powerful programs that deliver for the business. She is adept at creating better understanding of strategic issues through compelling messages and has aligned executive teams to better lead their teams to improved results.
Brad Trask is a proven corporate communications executive with unparalleled global experience and significant strengths in aligning systems and unleashing high-performing teams to drive business strategy and produce results for some of the world’s leading brands.
Meg Wheaton has helped build powerful brands for more than 15 years. Her ongoing quest to thoroughly understand our clients’ needs, opinions and behaviors allows us to create meaningful and lasting relationships with our clients and community.
With a passion for motivating employees, Katherine Wilburn has helped a number of Gagen MacDonald clients by creating actionable plans that engage employees in delivering on the business strategy. Taking an employee-centric approach to her communications, she has applied her expertise during culture change efforts, system upgrades and performance turnarounds.
Wade Thompson is the founder, President and Creative Director of Son&Sons, the Design arm of Gagen McDonald. Son&Sons is a Design
agency organized around teams of creative leaders that deliver transformational results in the fields of innovation, brand identity and brand communications.
Prior to joining Son & Sons, Rick formed the design consultancy Anwyl Ltd. LLC in 2003; previously he founded, and for 18 years, operated Executive Arts Inc. (EAI), an Atlanta based Corporate Communications Design firm. In 1994, he founded Elemental Interactive, a technology-based web and software firm, specializing in online investor communications, later sold to Grey Global, Inc. in 1999.
Nicholas is senior designer at the Chicago office of Son&Sons. He is a multi-disciplinary designer who believes that problem-solving and creative thinking are central to the best design. He values thoughtful, smart solutions that have the ability to span multiple mediums. He has a great understanding of designing for web, motion and mobile devices in addition to traditional print mediums.
Stewart brings together clever design-thinking, positivity, sincerity and a unique enthusiasm. He is a valuable asset when challenged with big brand questions: Why do we exist? Are we meaningful? What makes us count? How do we need to improve? It’s with this in mind that Stewart’s able to create meaningful and beautiful solutions that penetrate strategic and operational challenges.
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