Founder and Chief Executive Officer

Vincent Brown has spent more than 35 years consulting with Fortune 500 companies and leaders in a variety of industries around the world. He currently leads a boutique consortium of seasoned senior consulting partners who have extensive national and global experience with Fortune 500, mid-sized and start-up companies; national and international non-profits; government agencies; and municipalities.Vincent is known for creating outstanding results through deeply understanding his clients and creating custom solutions with measurable results.

Vincent Brown

HBDI® Certified

Consulting Partner Emeritus

Janet B. Reid, Ph.D., is the retired CEO and founder of BRBS World, LLC, a private management consulting consortium specializing in talent optimization. Through BRBS World, she and her consortium advised a global roster of forward-thinking corporations whose success depended upon building world-class leadership. She has extensive board governance experience and a distinguished record of leadership in business, healthcare, higher education, and civic affairs.

Janet B. Reid,

HBDI® Certified

Chief Operating Officer

LaToya Everett is a focused leader with over 24 years of experience managing high-level corporate operations and client engagements. She is recognized for delivering superior results and exceeding client expectations while managing turnaround projects with 100% success rate. LaToya builds lasting relationships with clients, partners, and vendors, and she is well-versed in content development/design, leadership development, talent optimization, and team effectiveness.

LaToya Everett

HBDI® Certified

With over 45 years of experience in health care delivery, Dr. Karen Bankston is a Fellow in the American Academy of Nursing, as well as a Fellow in the American College of Health Care Executives. She is a leadership consultant, Professor Emerita, and former Associate Dean for Clinical Practice, Partnership, and Community Engagement of the College of Nursing at the University of Cincinnati. Dr. Bankston is a keynote speaker, author, and a scholar in organizational behavior and social determinants of health.

Karen Bankston,

As a board-certified leadership coach, TEDx and keynote speaker, and facilitator for over twenty years, Patrice Borders has combined her employment law and human capital practices to help organizations and individuals develop resonant leaders, collaborative teams, and inclusive workplace cultures. She offers leaders mental tools — based on modern neuroscience — to handle stress, uncertainty, conflict, and other issues that can undermine success. Her mission is empowering leaders to build work cultures that are thriving with trusting teams, innovation, and belonging. Patrice is committed to amplifying emotional intelligence and mindfulness by guiding clients through purposeful assessment, action, and accountability.

Patrice Borders,

HBDI® Certified

Erickajoy Daniels embodies 20+ years in the corporate world, and her skills include organizational effectiveness, leadership development, and personal and professional coaching. Fusing her executive skills and drawing from coaching capabilities first certified over two decades ago, she now works with leaders and organizations to build capabilities and capacities.

Erickajoy Daniels

Kim DiStefano has over 25 years of HR strategy experience, providing direction in the areas of leadership, career progression, and process optimization. She facilitates ongoing personal development for successful managers and leadership development for emerging managers. Kim is also a certified executive coach and published author.

Kimberly DiStefano,

HBDI® Certified

Angie Dodge is a seasoned Executive Assistant with over 18 years of experience supporting C-Suite level executives. She has a strong reputation as the girl that "gets it done!” Angie has worked for Fortune 100 companies including Fifth Third Bank and Cincinnati Bell. Additionally, Angie administratively supported the USAF while stationed at Lajes Field, Azores and Spangdahlem AB, Germany where she won Civilian of the Year.

Angie Dodge

HBDI® Certified

Angela Durham has over 20 years of experience in customer service, providing managing IT and supporting clients with applicable business solutions. She also serves as liaison between clients and IT professionals. Angela’s mastery of process analysis and critical thinking is essential for quality customer service, which enables her to execute instructions and troubleshoot processes. Angela was appointed to the board of directors for Lincoln Heights Outreach, Incorporated (LHOI) in 2017 and serves as marketing lead. She is also a past board member of the Marva Collins Preparatory School in Cincinnati.

Angela Durham

John Grooms is a seasoned strategist with more than 22 years of experience combining research and product development, as well as marketing and brand management expertise, with a proven ability to innovate and drive business results. John is a veteran researcher adept at uncovering deep human insights via research and analytics and crafting them into meaningful, compelling stories that build relationships between brands and consumers.

John Grooms

William Jackson is an internationally renowned, accomplished author, motivational speaker, life coach, and trainer. His forward-thinking approach and strategic brilliance have redefined the business landscape. He's not just interested in quick fixes; he's committed to ensuring the lasting prosperity of his partners and the remarkable success of their affiliates. As a servant leader, William is deeply invested in ensuring every organizational partner feels supported and empowered. His mission is simple: build the people, solve the problems, change the culture.

William Jackson

HBDI® Certified

Diane Jordan has 25 years of C-suite experience in nonprofit, profit, and healthcare sectors, and an award-winning leader in organization development and leadership, aligning culture to strategy, executive coaching, and creating inclusive cultures. She is certified in a variety of disciplines, including leadership development, emotional intelligence, cognitive thinking, and many more. Diane is also a non-profit board leader.

Diane Jordan,

HBDI® Certified

Amy Loges has over 35 years of experience across corporate, higher education, hospital, and nonprofit organizations. She is a certified mediator (transactional and transformational) and has experience in cultural competence with leaders in over 43 multinational companies across the globe. Amy developed programs that focus on “poverty” as a business and organization diversity issue. She was acknowledged for the Women’s Leadership program that was implemented U.S. Army-wide.

Amy Loges,

Pat Melford brings deep talent management expertise to clients across many industries. She has twenty years of extensive experience in consulting, with a particular focus on the healthcare and financial services industries. Her expertise includes organizational assessments and analysis, strategy development, implementation and measurement, human capital development, coaching, business resource group development, and facilitation.

Patricia Melford

HBDI® Certified

Lawson Mohl’s passion for communications and people exemplifies her 5+ years of work with key partners. She values finding strategic connections in everyday life, translating to her abilities as a creative problem-solver and fueling her constant love of learning (you’ll always find her exploring some odd topic). Lawson’s focus is centered around integrated digital communications, drawing her experience from People and Culture consulting, education and training development, quantitative and qualitative analysis, strategic development and deployment, video production, publication work, and more.

Lawson Mohl,

HBDI® Certified

As a senior corporate executive for more than 30 years, Alan Nevel’s impressive leadership and recognized expertise has proven successful in guiding global Fortune 500 companies to design inclusive organizational cultures, systems and programs that harness the power of all talent, thoughts, backgrounds, and experiences to drive innovation, speed, productivity and growth. Alan is dedicated to equipping businesses with the necessary tools to effectively navigate significant shifts in culture, leadership, talent, and digital platforms.

Alan Nevel,

HBDI® Certified

Kim Post is an expert in talent optimization and leadership development. She creates solutions that address the talent life cycle, including inclusive recruiting, onboarding, talent development, leadership development, advancement, retention, and culture. Kim is focused on empowering executives, managers, and employees to build effective working relationships based on trust and clear, culturally appropriate communication that results in delivering outstanding business results.

Kim Post,

HBDI® Certified

Pam Ramsey is a seasoned administrative consultant with over 37 years of experience supporting C-Suite leaders in global consulting and manufacturing firms. Her keen ability to establish and maintain relationships, along with her passion for creating engaging visual presentations and managing design approach and execution, has had a direct impact on the success of client partnerships.

Pamela Ramsey

HBDI® Certified

Tim Ziman has spent more than 30 years in a variety of functions, roles and companies across manufacturing industries in Europe and USA. He currently works with clients combining expertise to improve operations, business, and strategy together with coaching individuals and teams. Having acquired deep experience in varied leadership situations and with a keen interest in empowering individuals and teams, Tim is adept at putting the principles of inclusion and belonging into relevant contexts.

Tim Ziman,

HBDI® Certified