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Geri Simmons
Director
Geri Simmons has extensive experience in various industries as a human resources leader. She is bilingual (English and Spanish), a certified paralegal, a lead mediator in employment law cases, and a seasoned professional in compliance concerns, including employment law class actions. She has merger/acquisition experience with startups and turnarounds, leading change management, talent development, and executive coaching initiatives. Additionally, Geri has union and nonunion experience as a chief spokesperson. Geri also has… -
Ellie St. John
Director
Ellie brings over 15 years of strategic leadership experience to Fahrenheit Advisors. She has led initiatives across private equity, non-profit, retail, and creative industries to design and implement HR systems, processes, and procedures that streamline operations, drive profitability, and elevate employee engagement and client satisfaction. Ellie’s expertise spans HRIS management, compensation, employee benefits, process improvement, and compliance with employment regulations, including ADA, FMLA, FLSA, Equal Pay, EEOC, Title VII, OSHA,… -
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,… -
Misty Peloquin
Director
Misty is a dynamic Human Resources professional driven to handle organizational challenges head-on with a creative and innovative approach. Misty specializes in addressing rapidly evolving employment market demands and excels in benefits administration, HRIS design and implementation, compensation structuring, employee relations, and establishing effective, modern policies for the workforce. Misty has worked in a variety of industries, including sales, manufacturing, and healthcare. Most recently Misty served as the Human Resources… -
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… -
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… -
Jennifer Bartlett
Director
As a Strategic HR Business Partner and Senior HR Consultant, 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… -
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… -
Aubrey El
Senior Director
Aubrey specializes in driving complex strategic initiatives, operations, and transformation for companies. He brings over 15 years of experience developing and implementing operational and financial transformation as a consultant and operator. Working across a diverse set of industries and functions, he has led restructuring, M&A, integrations, operations and process enhancements ranging from startups to multinational public companies. Specializing in partnering with clients across all functions (offices of the CEO, CFO,… -
Mike Moore
Managing Director
Mike is experienced in creating new processes and controls to ensure audit readiness and has led systems conversions for several clients. Relying on his strong management and analytical skills, Mike has served as fractional CFO and interim controller for several foundations. He has also guided several corporate clients through implementation of GAAP standards including the new revenue recognition and lease guidance. Mike is skilled at tailoring his broad expertise to… -
Mike Escobar
Managing Director
Mike offers clients more than 20 years of experience, unique perspectives to approaching challenges, and expertise across a wide range of industries including insurance, transportation, real estate, healthcare, and distribution. Mike has supported multiple PE-backed portfolio companies as an interim CFO, where he provided strategic leadership, established controlled processes and procedures, managed banking relationship, and developed new financial reporting packages. He also helps high growth clients navigate change and integrate…