MRG Team
Executive Team
Mary Egan
CEO / Managing Partner
Mary is highly skilled at Executive Coaching, Workplace Investigation, and Conflict Resolution and often uses those skills, along with her considerable experience, when advising her clients regarding employment related risk mitigation, strategic planning and interest-based problem resolution.
Mike Oliver
President, Organizational Intervention, Realignment & Development
Mike Oliver leads MRG’s Resource Development and Utilization practice area and serves as President. Mike often serves clients by leading specialist teams in financial interventions, forensic accounting and budget analysis projects.
Staff
Andrea Stanley
Administration
Andrea Stanley is responsible for managing the administrative activities for the MRG organization. She has broad-based experience in several industries that contribute to the success of coordinating the many service areas of MRG.
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916-501-3748
Meagan Bringino
Administrative Assistant
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916-687-7601
Christi Mansel
Administrative Assistant
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916-687-7601
Chele Matsumoto
Accounting Assistant
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916-687-7601
Barbara Bullock
Accounting Assistant
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916-687-7601
Affiliated Consultants
To address our client challenges, we are able to build a team of 60+ known subject matter expert consultants, subject to individual availability, who work together to solve the most challenging problems.
Mike Bakaldin
Public Works, Utilities and Management Services
Mike has over thirty years in private and public sectors in the environmental, public works and water utility sectors. He has lead and managed public works and water utility organizations for both a municipality and a sanitation district. Mike has a proven track record of leading organizational change while developing strong management teams.
Barry Bar-El
Organization Development
Barry Bar-El is an Organizational Development Consultant with expertise in coaching and mediation. He is an engaging and trusted facilitator and educator who brings enthusiasm for empowering others to achieve excellence. As a practitioner for over 24 years, he has effectively transformed concepts and ideas about organizational improvement into key strategic projects that impact business outcomes, . .
Dawn Bullwinkel
Policy, Process Designs & City Clerk Services
Dawn Bullwinkel makes use of her private sector experiences to improve municipal processes including agenda management, legislative document oversight, overall records management, contract management, recruitment, and more. . .
Lynette L. Busby
Transportation Demand Management
Lynette Busby is the Executive Director of the Contra Costa Centre Transit Village. She has been involved in Transportation Demand Management for over 25 years…
Cathy Capriola
Organizational Development and Management Services
Kim Catacutan
Human Resource Services
Shirley Concolino
City Clerk Services and Coaching
Shirley Concolino provides broad experience in leading teams to success by understanding what motivates people and what is critical in personal relationships to achieve a common goal. It is with a combined approach of understanding the process of reengineering, utilizing technology to achieve those goals…
Fred Deltorchio
Investigations, Law Enforcement
Fred Deltorchio has extensive experience in workplace investigations for public and private clients. He regularly conducts complex investigations concerning misconduct, harassment or substandard management practices. Fred speaks to HR and Management groups on proper handling of workplace investigations.
Getachew Demeku-Ousman
Finance and Management Services
Getachew Demeku provides advice and counseling to local government agencies in the areas of Finance and Management services. Getachew has over 20 years of experience in accounting, budgeting and financial management.
Dan Drummond
Law Enforcement
Dan Drummond has over 30 years of law enforcement experience in a variety of assignments including leadership roles with Sacramento County and the Cities of Citrus Heights and West Sacramento. Dan began his 27 year career with the Sacramento County Sheriff’s Department.
Rudy Escalante
Investigations, Public Safety, Organizational Transitions
Rudolph Escalante is a highly experienced private consultant who provides executive leadership and professional management services. Mr. Escalante has over thirty years of experience serving California communities as a Public Safety officer.
Patty Francisco
Human Resources Services
Patty Francisco focuses on strategic human resources advice and counsel to help organizations achieve successful results. Through collaboration and partnership with clients, Patty works well in identifying issues and offering meaningful recommendations to ensure sustainable outcomes.
James T. Gandley
Health and Human Services
James T. Gandley, D.D.S., M.P.H., is a recognized expert in executive organizational management and health policy. He brings 35 years of executive management and health care delivery experience, along with a shared passion for organizational systems and healthy populations.
Lynette Gutnik
Organizational Development, Coaching & Conflict Resolution
Lynette Gutnik is an accomplished executive coach and conflict resolution consultant who partners with clients to implement individual and organizational change. Lynette has a proven track record of helping, educating, and supporting organizations through challenging situations.
Charlene Harris
Human Resources Services and Organizational Development
Charlene Harris has over 35 years of broad-based, public and private-sector experience, including 19 years of providing personnel services primarily in recruitment, selection and classification; 10 years of management experience in the public and private human and social services fields; and 10 years in the public utility industry.
Amy Howorth
Governance and Leadership
Former Mayor Amy Howorth has over 16 years’ experience as an elected official and uses that experience to help Councils and Board with governance and leadership training. Amy knows firsthand the challenges that face elected officials; the (necessary) constraints of the Brown Act; the pitfalls of social media; the constant public attention and pressure; and the political infighting that can lead to dysfunction.
Nancy Kaiser
Recreation, Parks and Community Services
Nancy Kaiser has over 30 years of experience providing parks and recreation services to communities in Northern California. For nearly ten years, Nancy has provided consulting advice to local recreation agencies and nonprofit organizations.
Brian M. Kelly
Fire Service and Public Safety Communications
Brian has over 35 years of experience in the Fire Service, including over 20 years as Fire Chief of three California Fire Departments. He was the Fire Chief and Emergency Services Director in the City of Millbrae for 12 years, the City of Union City for three years, and the City of San Mateo for five years.
Richard S. Knecht
Human Resources and Organizational Development
Richard Knecht has delivered program operations, leadership, strategic planning and training services to public and private healthcare and human service systems for more than 26 years. He is highly regarded in California for his work in designing, adapting and implementing integrated Systems of Care for public human service agencies.
Claire Laughlin
Organizational Training
Claire Laughlin, MA, is a dynamic and engaging trainer and consultant who uses experiential and innovative methods to help teams and organizations achieve results. A highly regarded training expert, Claire has dedicated her career to studying and improving patterns of communication in organizations.
Nadine Levin
Local Government Services
Nadine Levin is a consultant in MRG’s local government management practice area. Nadine provides clients with strategic advice and analysis on organizational issues and she is able to provide practical recommendations and solutions to challenges…
Lynn Marks
Human Resource Services and Organizational Development
Lynn Marks is a highly skilled HR professional with an accomplished record of developing and aligning HR strategies with business goals. She provides guidance, counseling, and support in all areas of Human Resources with emphasis on leadership development and coaching, executive evaluation…
Tina Mckenney
Finance & Management Services
Theresa A. Phillips
Human Resources Services
Theresa Phillips has over 20 years’ experience in several areas of human resources including performance management, coaching, training, and has served as the Lead Investigator in over 700 investigations. Theresa has worked in both the high-tech industry and healthcare.
Paul Richardson
Community Development and Planning
As the former Planning, Housing and Redevelopment Director for the City of Roseville; Planning Manager for the City of Walnut Creek; and as a MRG affiliate since 2013, Paul Richardson provides a wide range of Community Development skills and organizational leadership. Paul has over 35 years . . .
Michele Rodriguez
Community Development and Planning
Michele provides professional consultation services in the areas of organizational analysis, community development, municipal policy, and project implementation. With a 30-year career in both the public and private sectors focused on aligning Board of Supervisor/City Council goals with employee expectorations, and program design and implementation.
Chris Romero
Transportation Demand Management
Chris Romero is the Program Manager for the Contra Costa Centre Transit Village. She manages the day to day financial and support operations of the Transportation Demand Management and Child Care programs.
Eric Rozenoff
Investigator, Public Safety and Administration
Eric Rozenoff is an experienced law enforcement professional with over 25 years of experience in investigations, public safety, audit, and compliance issues.
Rebecca Schmidt
Community Development and Planning
Rebecca Schmidt is a land use planner with over 30 years of professional planning experience. She specializes in navigating the environmental and entitlement process for master-planned communities, open space, and habitat restoration projects. Her strength is finding innovative solutions…
Marcie G. Scott
Human Resources and Organizational Development
Marcie Scott has provided personnel management services and guidance to all levels of staff in full-service California cities and special districts for 20 years. Key appointments include serving as Director of Human Resources at the City of Manhattan Beach for six years…
Dana Shigley
Organizational Development and Finance
Dana Shigley is an experienced local government manager with proven expertise in the areas of public finance and budgeting, intergovernmental relations, organizational development, and community engagement.
Heather Shupe
Human Resources and Organizational Development
Heather Shupe provides advice, professional training and support in the areas of talent acquisition and workforce development. Heather is an experienced professional instructor.
Pamela Sloan
Recreation, Parks and Community Services
Pamela Sloan offers advice and counseling in the areas of Parks, Recreation and Library Services. She is an expert in operations and management and applies those skills, along with 30 years’ experience, when advising her clients in organizational management…
Lisa Sullivan
Human Resources and Organizational Development
Lisa Sullivan brings executive perspective combined with operational expertise to every project in which she is involved. Her diverse experiences during her exceptional 33-year public sector career honed her ability to see across traditional roles and responsibilities…
Cathy Thompson
Human Resources Services
Cathy R. Thompson is a Human Resources Executive with over 26 years of experience in the public sector. Key appointments include serving as Director of Human Resources and Risk Manager for the City of Norwalk and the Interim Director of Human Resources/Risk Management for the City of Westminster.
Don Turko
Human Resources Services and Organizational Development
Don Turko is a human resources consultant with over 44 years of combined public sector labor relations and human resources experience. He works with public sector clients on a variety of human resources issues.
Carmen Valdez
Human Resources Services and Organizational Development
Carmen Valdez provides support and human resource services to local government agencies in the areas of general human resources, classification and compensation, recruitment and testing, policy development, executive search, negotiations preparations …
Victoria Walker
Community Development and Planning
Victoria provides services and consultation in the areas of community development, planning policy and project implementation. With a 30-year career in the public sector focused on municipal planning and management, Victoria’s services to clients include…
Charlie Wilson
Human Resources and Organizational Development
Charlie Wilson provides broad support to public agencies in the human resources and risk management disciplines. As a seasoned practitioner and leader, he can assess the operational, programmatic and strategic effectiveness of HR and Risk Management activities and support agencies.
Craig Whittom
Management Services and Fiscal Sustainability
Craig Whittom provides advice and support in the areas of project management, fiscal sustainability, coaching and community development. He is a solution-oriented management professional, with significant experience in staff development, performance-based management and problem solving with limited resources.
Martha K. Wilson
Human Resources and Organizational Development
Martha Wilson provides a wide variety of services and guidance to all levels of staff in the California public sector, specializing in County Government. After a successful career in mortgage banking, Martha started working in California’s public sector as a Deputy County Counsel for the County of Yuba in March 1998…
Alan A. Wolken
Community Development and Planning, Finance and Management Services
Alan has 30 years of municipal planning, redevelopment and engineering experience in local governments in both Northern and Southern California. During his career, Alan has worked on a variety of projects ranging from small commercial efforts to 500,000 square-foot adaptive re-use projects.
William J. Zenoni
Finance and Management Services
William Zenoni provides advice and counseling to local government agencies in the areas of finance and management . Bill has 35 years of governmental finance and management experience, working in the public sector primarily in the areas of finance, budgeting…
Lisa Alessi
Executive Coach and Trainer
Lisa Alessi is fiercely dedicated to supporting leaders and their teams navigate complexity and change. As a trusted advisor and sounding board, her one-on-one coaching helps leaders manage difficult situations with greater resiliency and ease.
Robert Bendorf
Strategic Planning, Organizational Development
Robert Brown
Investigative Services
Robert Brown is an investigative professional who brings a unique skill set and over 27 years of experience to clients in both the public and private sectors. His training and law enforcement experience in conducting investigations that have administrative, criminal, and civil components enable him to serve clients in a diverse capacity.
Michelle Fitzer
Human Resource Services
Michelle Fitzer is a dynamic professional with expertise in the fields of Human Resources, Finance and Public Administration. During her 30 year career in the public sector, Michelle has undertaken complex projects ranging from JPA negotiations to comprehensive classification and compensation analysis to leading service department consolidations.
Marie Knight
Strategic Planning and Management Services
Marie Knight is an experienced local government consultant with 35 years of experience in the areas of Community Services, Parks and Recreation, strategic planning, employee development, customer service, organaization and leadership development, executive and job coaching, change management, culture change, non-profit Board development, time management, team building, and creating high performing teams.
Patty Kong
Finance and Management Services
Patty Kong is a local governmental finance professional with 28 years of experience. She is skilled in Strategic Financial Planning, Policy Development, Bond Issuance, Lease Negotiations, System Acquisition and Implementations, Revenue Measures, Contract Reviews, Request for Proposals, Budgeting and Forecasting, Treasury, Revenue, Billing and Collections, Accounting and Payroll.
Sandra Meyer
Community Development and Planning
Specializing in Community Development and Organizational Leadership, Sandra Meyer consults with clients using the experience she gained as the former Community and Economic Development Director for the City of Walnut Creek.
Mary Neilan
Organizational Development, Finance and Human Resources
Mary has served local governments for more than 25 years, including executive leadership positions in the cities of Novato, St. Helena, Vallejo and Belvedere. She has experience overseeing nearly every facet of local government operations with a particular emphasis on budget and financial management, organizational development, project management, and human resources.
Steven V. Pham
Human Resources, Strategic Planning, and Labor Relations
Steven is an accomplished Human Resources Executive with demonstrated management expertise in public policy and personnel administration. He has directed and managed a full-service HR department for the City of Santa Ana.
Darlene Rhodes
Human Resources Services
Darlene Rhodes brings executive-level human resources business perspective to every project in which she is involved. Her diverse private and public sector experiences during her thirty year career honed her ability to see across traditional roles and responsibilities and develop innovative, yet practical solutions for the most complicated workplace challenges…
Michael F. Stallings
Recreation, Parks and Community Services
Michael Stallings offers advice and counseling in the areas of Parks, Community and Recreation Services. Mike brings over 30 years of experience in providing parks and recreation services to public, private and non-profit agencies in various sized organizations…
David Sears
Investigative Services
David Sears has a unique investigator skill set as a retired police professional as well as an attorney. His diverse background as a police executive spans over a 25-year career. His experience included assignments in operation and administration divisions, which ranged from patrol, investigations, special crimes, task force, communications, records, budget, training, and risk management.
Sofia Style
Strategic Human Resources Consultant
Sofia has leveraged her 20+ years of executive-level experience in private industry and consulting to help business leaders and human resource functions conceptualize, design, and execute major change that can lead to a more strategic, business-driven organization…
Rhiannon Surrenda
Training, Development and Organizational Transformation
Wayne Tanda
Public Works, Development Services
Wayne Tanda provides consulting services to local jurisdictions in the areas of public works, engineering, and transportation. He is skilled in organizational analysis and development, strategic planning, leadership and management. Wayne is experienced in…