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Sheila Hill-Christian
Managing Director
Sheila’s extensive state and local government and nonprofit expertise allows her to manage complex projects while maintaining efficient control of financial and human resources. With over 25 years of leadership experience, she is skilled in program development and management, executive searches, change management, strategic planning, organizational review, project implementation, regulatory compliance, leadership coaching, communications, and organizational transition. Throughout her career, Sheila has managed various local government departments including finance, budget,… -
Sam Rasoul
Managing Director
With experience in the healthcare, manufacturing, and real estate industries, Sam has managed accounting, marketing, sales, human resources, and operations functions to increase sales, reduce employee turnover, improve communications, restructure debt, optimize cash flow, negotiate vendor and partner contracts, expand operations, and coordinate strategy sessions. His nearly two decades of experience as an entrepreneur, business professor, CFO, and COO in the for-profit and nonprofit sectors enable him to understand a… -
Russ Gambrel
Managing Director
Russ is a CPA with over 22 distinguished years of accounting, auditing and information systems experience. He has spent the last ten years working with a who’s-who list of Virginia-based start-ups and large companies consulting extensively as both a fractional CFO and Controller. Prior to moving to Virginia, Russ tracked countless miles from his start in Silicon Valley to Washington, D.C. leading both small and large companies in their Sarbanes-Oxley… -
Rob Imhof
Managing Director, Transactions & Private Equity Practice Leader
As the head of Fahrenheit's practice for private equity and transaction services, Rob endeavors to offer clients customized solutions to confront their challenges effectively. He is a demonstrated leader with a strong track record in assembling and guiding finance teams, securing debt and equity capital, and facilitating the integration of new companies into the portfolio. Rob also possesses expertise in handling distressed debt, restructurings, and turnarounds for small to middle-market… -
Lud Kimbrough
Managing Director
Lud has provided financial, strategic, and executive management expertise to publicly held, private equity backed, and startup companies. He is adept at balancing human capital, strategy and analytics, and shareholder and lender interests by serving as a leader and advisor to dozens of middle market companies during periods of turbulence, turnaround, and dramatic growth. With more than 35 years of entrepreneurial and consulting experience, Lud has built strong teams by… -
Laura Bacon
Managing Director
Laura is skilled in leading corporate finance, strategic planning, business operations, legal, human resources, fundraising, and corporate development functions for public and private companies. Working with both global conglomerates and emerging companies, she has experience with strategic planning, process development and improvement, budgeting, financial reporting, and compliance activities. With 30 years of senior level and executive experience, Laura partners with clients to understand business dynamics and key drivers, resolve complex… -
Jim Woodward
Managing Director
Jim has a strong background and track record of leading companies and teams through complex, transformative change, with a focus on strategic outcomes from both an operational and financial viewpoint. His 30 years in senior level and executive positions includes leadership roles in corporate development, strategic planning, and digital operations across multiple business functions. He is known for collaboration, team building and decision-making with a focus on problem solving, innovation,… -
Doug Jones
Managing Director
Doug provides fractional CFO and senior financial management services to small and midsize organizations. In addition to improving his clients’ accounting and finance operations, Doug frequently serves as the link between company owners and outside advisors including attorneys, CPAs, investment bankers, appraisers, and personal financial advisors. He is skilled in identifying and integrating the full range of financial and non-financial business issues in contract negotiations and resolution of business decisions.… -
Chip Bowman
Managing Director, Business Development and Growth
Chip helps develop Fahrenheit’s business in Virginia by building and maintaining strong relationships with corporate level executives and referral sources and providing clients with customized strategies for solving their challenges and growing their business. He is skilled in leading operations and finance functions across numerous public and private industries including banking, healthcare, family business, education, manufacturing, and real estate development. He has a demonstrated ability to drive growth based on… -
Carrie Geldreich
Director
Carrie counsels clients on strategic planning, financial planning and analysis, exit strategy development, and acquisition planning and execution. She works with clients from start up businesses to large corporations utilizing her strong analytical skills. Carrie began her career in public accounting and then spent several years working for a Fortune 500 information technology company where she led an analysis of the company’s pension funding and balance sheet strategy. She also… -
Bill Kaluza
Managing Director
With a unique mix of financial, operational, and legal expertise, Bill assists clients in planning and satisfying the financial needs of private and public companies. From early stage angel investing, conventional bank financing, and venture capital investments to mezzanine financing and initial public offerings, Bill’s career experience also includes co-founding a high technology company, coordinating management buy-outs, and evaluating and implementing mergers, acquisitions, and divestitures within the U.S. and internationally.… -
Bill Carpenter
Managing Director
Bill provides financial planning and analysis, hospital and physician managed care contract negotiation, revenue cycle development and management, internal control design and oversight, and performance improvement and cost management counsel to investor owned and nonprofit healthcare systems and companies. With over 30 years of healthcare financial management experience, Bill is skilled in providing strategic insight and direction for continued development and expansion of freestanding behavioral health facilities and behavioral health…