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Jeff Barlow

Senior Director
Jeff brings deep experience aligning talent strategy with business goals to drive performance and growth. He is known for building effective teams and delivering work that is practical, relevant, and impactful. With over 20 years of experience, Jeff has worked across global nonprofits, mid-sized businesses, and international government contracting environments. He has supported C-suite and government leaders through major organizational and strategic changes, earning a reputation for understanding the business…
Elizabeth Mitchell

Director
Elizabeth has 20 years of solid accounting experience. She has extensive accounting skills including accounts payable, accounts receivable, payroll and journal entries, financial statement reporting, cashflow and audit. In addition, she has over 11 years of government contracting experience that includes: budgeting, cost pool and indirect rate calculations, dcaa audit and Incurred Cost Submission. Throughout her career, Elizabeth has risen into accounting roles, with her last position as Controller. She…
Kristen Metcalf

Director
Kristen is a seasoned finance and accounting professional with a background in federal government, manufacturing, non-profit, and service industries. Specializing in financial reporting, budgeting, forecasting, cost accounting, and process improvement, Kristen has a proven track record of driving financial excellence and delivering meaningful results. Kristen began her career in government contracting, followed by accounting and financial services at small to mid-sized companies. She has experience in creating accounting controls, improving…
Chris Thurston

Managing Director
Chris brings over 25 years of experience as a brand, marketing, and business strategist for national and international consumer and business-to-business companies. Chris currently serves clients as a fractional CMO, a brand and marketing strategist, and as a project lead on marketing initiatives. He focuses on uncovering the best and most appropriate marketing strategies to drive sales, marketing effectiveness, and ROI while optimizing resources, technologies, and teams to drive client…
Peter Grimm

Managing Director, Growth and Strategy
Peter leverages his background in national security and experience as a strategy consultant and PE-backed CEO to help clients navigate rapidly changing environments. He is skilled in corporate strategy, market analysis, competitive intelligence, disruption planning, disruption preparedness, and organizational leadership. Following service in the US Navy and as a counterterrorism analyst at a US government agency, Peter spent 8 years in the Strategy Practice of Deloitte Consulting. Peter then served…
Donna Labrador

Senior Director
As an innovative accounting and finance professional, Donna leverages over 20 years of experience across various companies and industries with diverse ownership structures. Her expertise in accounting, financial reporting, budgeting, and process improvement enables her to swiftly identify areas needing enhancement and implement effective solutions, particularly in accounting system implementations. Through her succinct aptitude for assuming responsibility and understanding business processes, she instills trust and confidence in the business owners…
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…
Amy Richardson

Director
With over 20 years of experience as a Controller, Amy brings a broad and deep range of financial expertise to her clients. In addition to her strong foundation in accounts payable, accounts receivable, payroll, and general ledger management, she has led initiatives in budgeting, forecasting, cash flow analysis, and internal controls. Amy has overseen full-cycle accounting operations, produced accurate and timely financial reports, supported external audits, and implemented process improvements…
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…
Jennifer Bartlett

Senior Director
As a Strategic HR Business Partner and Senior Director, Jennifer brings 20+ years’ professional experience in Human Resources, Leadership, Administration, Marketing, Education and Law to Fahrenheit. She is dedicated to providing excellent service, counsel and leadership to clients, executives, managers, employees, candidates and customers. Her experience ranges from for-profit, individually owned, private equity backed, publicly traded, start-up, public and non-profit multi-state companies (including California). She is a subject matter expert…