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Mr. Rao is accomplished executive with significant experience in strategy, operations, and technology in the public, private and social sectors. He brings significant expertise in performance improvement, digital transformation, and organizational development. Over the years, Mr. Rao has advised senior executives on his areas of expertise - he is a trusted advisor to C-level and senior executive leaders in public, private and non-profit sectors. Mr. Rao has published several articles and papers, including his contributions as an author. He is a certified Project Management Professional (PMP).

Marisa Sanchez, PhD brings 25 years of experience in organization development and change management to build and sustain effective organizations. Her consulting approach uniquely focuses on achieving results by integrating deep knowledge and expertise in organization development, project management, and business strategy. Under the organization development umbrella, her practice areas include strategy and execution, change leadership, organization design and culture change, leadership coaching, team effectiveness, and facilitation. With her technology background, she offers expertise in organization adoption of new information systems and technology in addition to increasing organization effectiveness of IT organizations.

Brad Nestico has 20 years of business transformation experience serving clients in the federal and state governments, and private sector. Mr. Nestico specializes in strategic planning and organizational develppment. As a consultant, Mr. Nestico has extensive experience leading projects at the World Bank Group, Office of Management and Budget (OMB), U.S. Treasury, Internal Revenue Service (IRS), General Services Administration (GSA), and the National Oceanic & Atmospheric Administration (NOAA). Mr. Nestico’s unique understanding of strategic planning and culture compliments his analysis, collaboration, and leadership skills.

The Honorable Tim Gallaudet, Ph.D., Rear Admiral, U.S. Navy (ret) is the CEO of Ocean STL Consulting. LLC. He serves on the Board of Directors for several environmental and veterans related nonprofits and is a strategic advisor for a number ocean, weather, environment, strategic planning, and management startups and small businesses. Gallaudet is the former Assistant Secretary of Commerce for Oceans and Atmosphere and the Acting and Deputy Administrator of the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA). Prior to NOAA, Gallaudet served for 32 years in the U.S Navy, completing his career as the Oceanographer of the Navy. Other notable government positions that he has held include the member of the White House Ocean Policy Committee, chair of the U.S. Coral Reef Task Force, chair of the NOAA Science Council, Director of the Navy’s Task Force Ocean, Director of the Navy’s Task Force Climate Change, Navigator and Hydrographer of the Navy, and DOD Executive Agent for Maritime Domain Awareness. Gallaudet has a Bachelor’s degree from the U.S. Naval Academy, and Master’s and Doctoral degrees from Scripps Institution of Oceanography.