Our Story
For more than 30 years, our team of experienced analysts and consultants have partnered with employers of all sizes and across all industries to design, develop, and implement effective compliance, diversity, and risk-management solutions.
From our founding as the consulting company affiliate of a Washington, DC law firm, and the consulting partner to the nation’s leading nonprofit workplace compliance association, we’ve grown to become one of the largest consulting firms providing affirmative action program and related services, including:
- Full-service affirmative action plan (AAP) development
- OFCCP audit and compliance management support
- Diversity representation analyses and benchmark development
- U.S. and global pay equity and systemic discrimination risk analyses
- Federal, state, and local workplace compliance reporting services
- HR risk-management analyses
How did we get here? By consistently delivering the expertise, perspective, flexibility, and service our clients expect.
Why choose us
Expertise
Our consultants have decades of experience advising employers in the fields of affirmative action, workplace compliance, diversity, pay equity, and HR risk management.
Perspective
Through our law firm and nonprofit affiliations, we’re able to see things from different perspectives, and we guide our clients on both policy and practice.
Flexibility
We don’t produce “canned” reports; we design compliance, diversity, and risk-management solutions around each client’s data, policies, and objectives.
Service
We’ve been serving clients of all sizes and across all industries for more than 30 years, and we’re committed to their complete satisfaction and success.
Client Services Team
Michael Bracken
Vice President and Deputy General Counsel
Jahnavi Chindepalli
Data Analyst
Rachel DesPlaines
Director, Programs and Products
Michael Eastman
Vice President, Policy
Christina English
Director, Analytics Group
Michael Goodman
Senior Consultant
Chris Handel
Consulting Analyst
William Holmes
President Emeritus and Founding Consultant
Tariqul Islam
Senior Analyst
Timothy Kutta
Consultant
Joseph Lakis
President
Gabrielle Lattery
Consultant
Isabel Lebron
Consultant
Ting Liu
Associate Analyst
Nancy Nelkin
Senior Consultant
Danny Petrella
Vice President, Client Services
Frank Picha
Senior Consultant
Steven Quaranto
Associate Analyst
Greg Rainwater
Senior Analyst
Cynthia Valadez
Senior Consultant
Client Support Team
Patrick Collins
Director, Finance and Accounting
Jonathan Dickerman
Business Operations Specialist
Jessica Harryman
Operations Support Specialist
Judy Jackson
Project Manager, Finance and Accounting
Bianca Kriznik
Financial Operations Support Specialist
Gloria Liu
Instructional Design Specialist
Jake Mason
Operations Specialist
Kamisha Polk
Accounting Specialist
Kimberly Quaranto
Technical Support Specialist
Ann Reesman
Senior Consultant
Constance Richardson
Team Lead, Operations
Tricia Severin
Chief Business Officer
Edward Sommers
Vice President, Operations
Tonya Spears
Director, Human Resources and Administration
John Steiger
Senior Legal Assistant