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Ellie St. John
Director
Ellie brings over 15 years of experience as a strategic decision-maker to Fahrenheit Advisors. She has helped organizations develop and implement new HR systems, processes, and procedures to streamline operations, increase profitability, and improve employee engagement and client satisfaction. Ellie has worked in industries including fintech, non-profit, retail, and insurance. Ellie has continued to grow as an HR leader across numerous functions including HRIS management, compensation, employee benefits, process improvement,… -
Kathy Czerwonka
Managing Director
Kathy is a highly experienced finance and accounting professional with extensive expertise across various industries and roles. Her broad perspective, leadership skills, collaborative nature, and positive outlook make her an invaluable asset to any project team. Kathy has served as CFO for companies in manufacturing, healthcare, nonprofits, services, and state and local governments, where she has demonstrated expertise in financial, business, and system analyses, audit prep, training, negotiation, project management,… -
Jim Messer
Director
Jim is an accomplished professional with over 30 years of experience in accounting and financial analysis across various industries. He has excelled in inventory accounting, month-end closing processes, financial statement preparation and review, variance analysis, and budgeting. He has a well-established reputation for dependability and close attention to detail with a focus on process improvements. Jim began his career in public accounting before transitioning to roles in other industries including… -
Sue Kay Lam-Kent
Senior Director
Sue Kay brings a wealth of over 30 years of corporate leadership experience to Fahrenheit Advisors. She has “hands-on” experience with a proven ability to form strong relationships, gaining trust of colleagues and clients at all levels. With a broad range of expertise in learning and development, instructional design and facilitation, organizational development, coaching, and Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion (DEI), Sue Kay helps clients achieve their business goals and objectives.… -
Kim Moore
Managing Director
Kim is highly experienced in assessing business problems and providing clients with process and technology solutions that address strategic, financial, and tactical goals. As a consultant, she leads technical and business teams within the public sector, financial services, transportation, healthcare, and nonprofits. She has worked with C-suite executives and other senior department to vet, procure, and implement complex software applications ranging from electronic health record (EHR), to CRMs, to fintech… -
Mark Vita
Managing Director, Business Advisory and Finance & Accounting Practice Leader
Mark has significant Fortune 1000 and state government expertise solving intricate problems by integrating strategy, process, technology, and people. He has worked extensively with Finance organizations across a variety of industries, focusing on long-term value creation, operational efficiency, and technology enablement. Mark has a wide breadth of industry experience including Financial Services, Retail, State and Local Government, Manufacturing, Defense and Non-Profit. Mark’s career has spanned several leading management consulting firms always focused on delivering lasting unique client… -
Chuck DeLanoy
Managing Director
An entrepreneurial and hands-on financial executive, Chuck drives financial/ operational results in a regional and global cross-functional environment. Chuck provides expertise in all M&A activities (having worked with and for 4 private-equity firms); preparing a Company for Sarbanes Oxley readiness; leading financial planning/reporting; budgeting, operational cost management, capital sourcing, banking relations, insurance/risk management; tax and legal compliance. His collaborative spirit and communications skills enhance his work. Chuck began his career… -
Melody Donovan-Hopkins
Practice Director of Human Capital
Melody is an operationally focused strategic Human Capital professional with over 20 years of experience in leading teams, driving company culture, developing key metrics, and creating an employee experience centered in company brand, mission, and values. She has demonstrated success with scaling in startups, and a deep expertise in a variety of industries including information technology, healthcare data analytics, life sciences, and financial industries. As Fahrenheit’s Human Capital Practice Director,… -
Megan Price
Director
Megan provides a broad range of experience in strategy development, operations project management, organizational behavior, corporate culture, stakeholder relations, process improvement, and change management. She encourages a collaborative process and tailors work to her individual client. Megan serves her clients by drawing on her multi-dimensional industry experience, which includes B2B, agriculture, legal services, state and federal government, infrastructure development, and electric utilities. She was a co-founder of an education support… -
Linda Butler
Practice Director of Finance and Accounting
With over 25 years of experience, Linda helps clients access and improve their financial and accounting functions, internal processes and systems to create efficiencies, reduce costs, and achieve desired results. She is an experienced Accounting Consultant with a demonstrated history of working in the management consulting industry and possesses skills in Operations Management, Payroll, Business Process Improvement, and Human Resources. Over her career, Linda has worked in many industries including… -
Corine McGlown
Director
Corine provides accounting, analyses, consulting, budgeting, process improvement, and financial reporting expertise to privately-owned and public companies within various industries. With over 20 years of experience in accounting and finance, she helps clients manage accounting functions and provides insight into their financial operations. She began her career with a Big 4 accounting firm, providing audit and tax services to clients ranging from Fortune 100 corporations to small businesses and non-profits.… -
Ted A. Smith III
Director
Ted Smith is a senior HR executive with more than 25 years of experience in human resources management. Throughout his career, he has demonstrated the ability to work effectively in all human resources functions and business challenges at all levels with focus on optimizing employee engagement, organizational culture, team effectiveness, and both individual and organizational performance. He possesses unique skills in developing partnerships with leaders and implementing leading edge people…