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Rachel Lutowsky
Managing Director
Rachel is responsible for leading the firm’s leadership coaching practice. The practice’s talented team of certified coaches support businesses of all sizes across every industry. Based in Phoenix, Rachel also oversees growth of the firm’s other service lines there, including Business Advisory, Finance & Accounting, Human Capital, Sales Transformation, and Executive Search & Recruiting. As a certified leadership coach, with nearly 30 years of experience, Rachel works with individuals and… -
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… -
Mike Duncan
Practice Director of Finance and Accounting
With a broad range of expertise in accounting, financial reporting, auditing, budgeting, process improvements, and controls for private and public companies, Mike helps clients assess and improve their finance and accounting functions. With nearly 20 years of experience as a CFO, controller, and senior consultant, Mike currently serves as the CFO for several high growth companies and provides litigation support and accounting-related consulting services. Mike began his career with a large… -
Merryman Putnam
Senior Director
Merryman partners with clients to provide compensation expertise in crafting total compensation packages designed to ensure companies are able to hire the right talent. For 20+ years she has worked with public, private, private equity, government, tribal, and nonprofit entities in a variety of industries including aerospace/engineering, banking/finance, healthcare (including FQHCs), insurance/workers’ compensation, manufacturing, technology/software asset management, transportation and utilities. Throughout Merryman’s career, she has managed compensation plans for executives… -
Megan Woodward
Practice Director, Executive Search & Recruiting
Megan leads the strategic recruitment of executive and professional level roles in accounting and finance, human resources, operations, and sales and business development. She is adept in managing the entire talent acquisition process from initial discussions identifying the role to marketing, sourcing, and screening candidates, scheduling interviews, and negotiating and closing the position. Fahrenheit’s unique recruiting approach allows her to customize each search based on an understanding of a client’s… -
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… -
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,… -
Jeff Ertel
Managing Director
Jeff partners with executives and their teams to provide insight and resources for improving their leadership skills and the performance of their organizations. He utilizes a collaborative, flexible, and pragmatic approach to determine the key drivers of success. Jeff also brings an understanding of organizational dynamics and the challenges today’s leaders face to help senior leaders and high-potential talent strengthen their leadership skills. With 25 years of international business experience,… -
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.…