MRG Team

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.

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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, . . 

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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. . .

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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…

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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.

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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.

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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.

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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.  

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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.

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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.

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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.

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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.

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Claire Laughlin, MA, is a dynamic and engaging trainer and consultant who uses experiential and innovative methods to help teams and organizations achieve results. With every client, she seeks to build individual leadership potential, teach positive communication habits, and enhance trust among and between team members.

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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…

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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…

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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.

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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 . . .

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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.

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Eric Rozenoff is an experienced law enforcement professional with over 25 years of experience in investigations, public safety, audit, and compliance issues. 

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Rebecca Schmidt is a land use planner with over 29 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…

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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…

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Heather Shupe provides advice, professional training and support in the areas of talent acquisition and workforce development.  Heather is an experienced professional instructor. 

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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…

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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…

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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.

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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 …

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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…

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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.

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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…

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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.

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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.

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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…

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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… 

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