Leadership Team

 
         
   

Christopher Rice
President and CEO


Chris joined BlessingWhite in 1999 determined to respect our core beliefs, build on our legacy of thought leadership and take the company to even greater heights of achievement. He initiated and guided the expansion of our work developing high-performance cultures and exceptional leaders. In 2001, he led our employee buyout and is Chairman of our Board of Directors.

Chris works with senior-level clients, providing executive coaching to several presidents and CEOs and consulting on culture, leadership, strategic planning, employee engagement and customer satisfaction. Recent clients include Johnson & Johnson, Toyota and Euro RSCG Life.

Recognized as a "Top 100" thought leader by Leadership Excellence, Chris's expertise is regularly featured in business and human capital media, including management-issues.com, Newsday, Talent Management, and HR Magazine. His contributions include a chapter on the connection between organizational culture and employee engagement in the upcoming reference Building High-Performance People and Organizations.

Before joining BlessingWhite, Chris held senior executive positions at Drake Beam Morin, The Gallup Organization, and AchieveGlobal. He has undergraduate and graduate degrees from the University of Pennsylvania.

Chris is a member of the Executive Team.

 

 
     
 
   

Tom Barry
Managing Director, UK
Executive Team Member


Tom established BlessingWhite's UK office during his first tenure with us and grew the business from a small arm of a US company to a substantial division in its own right. He returned in 2005 as Managing Director to lead our current staff in developing and implementing solutions in Europe.

Clients at ABN AMRO, Amlin PLC and TNS value Tom's breadth of business and management experience and the early and practical results that this brings. He has worked in a leadership capacity with three coaching, leadership and career change businesses and most recently as Business Development Director with outsourcing specialists Williams Lea. Tom went to Oriel College, Oxford.

Tom is a member of the Executive Team.

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Stephen Parker
Vice President, Consulting
Executive Team Member


Stephen leads BlessingWhite's global Consulting Group. It comprises Practice Leaders, Consultants and Project Managers based in the US and Europe and is focused on making our clients' business strategies humanly possible. He also works with senior teams as a leadership facilitator and coach, and consults with our clients on such issues as culture, leadership development, and employee engagement. He has worked with clients as diverse as Coach and PepsiCo, The Federal Reserve and PwC, and is a frequent and highly regarded speaker at national conferences.

Stephen joined BlessingWhite nearly 15 years ago and previously led our operations in Chicago, London and the Eastern United States. Before that, he worked in a variety of roles for Lloyds Bank in the UK. He holds a B.S. in Physics from Imperial College London.

Stephen is a member of the Executive Team.

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Matthew Varava
Vice President, Finance and Technology
Executive Team Member


Matt is responsible for BlessingWhite's corporate finance function and growing team of technologists. He played a key role in our 2001 employee buyout and sits on our Board of Directors. Matt's commitment to client and shareholder value enables us to respond quickly to client requests with cost-effective, cutting-edge solutions.

Matt also lends his consulting expertise, particularly in the Balanced Scorecard and human capital measurement, to key client engagements. He has worked at PricewaterhouseCoopers and was the Controller/CFO at Hough Petroleum Corporation. He holds undergraduate degrees from University of Pennsylvania and Rowan University, and an MBA Finance from Philadelphia University.

Matt is a member of the Executive Team.

 

 
       
   

Chris Brunone
Vice President, Northeast Region


Chris leads our operations in the Northeast and has a passion for helping sales leaders and service organizations differentiate their brands. His consulting experience includes leadership effectiveness, employee engagement and career development solutions. Clients at Johnson & Johnson, KPMG, Novartis, Foot Locker, TYCO and Weichert Relocation value Chris's commitment to their financial and market success.

Before joining BlessingWhite Chris served as an Executive Director at The Ken Blanchard Companies for nine years and Vice President of Sales with Golle and Holmes Custom Education for twelve years. He holds a BS and MBA in Finance/Economics from Seton Hall University.

 

 
     
 
   

Rosemary Flanagan
Vice President, Southeast Region


Rosemary joined BlessingWhite in 2000 and leads our operations in the Southeast. She has worked with a wide range of clients, including PwC, Royal Caribbean Cruise Lines, Cox Enterprises, and BMW. Her expertise includes employee engagement, talent management, senior executive effectiveness, and high-performance cultures.

Rosemary’s 20 years of experience in human resource consulting and training includes successful stints with IMS America, The Hay Group, Porter Henry and Co. and Drake Beam Morin. She received her B.A. from Rutgers University and an M.Ed. in Adult Education from West Chester (PA) University.

 

 
     
 
   

Angela Hills
Vice President, Central US and Canada


Angela has been with BlessingWhite for nearly 15 years and leads our operations in the middle third of the US and all of Canada . She also consults with clients on issues such as high-performance culture and performance management. Clients at Harley-Davidson, Eaton, BMC Software, Guidant Corporation, Pactiv, Takeda and Kimberly Clark value the expertise she brings to the table.

Angela holds a B.A. in Organizational Psychology from The University of Michigan and an MBA from Northwestern University's Kellogg School of Management.

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  Fraser Marlow, VP Marketing, BlessingWhite  

Fraser Marlow
Vice President, Marketing & Asia-Pacific


Fraser joined BlessingWhite in 2007 to develop the company's worldwide Marketing capabilities. Fraser has held global Marketing & product management roles for the last 9 years, working out of the UK, Sweden, Canada and the USA. Most recently Fraser was head of E-commerce and Director of Web Marketing at GE Healthcare.

Fraser works with clients on employee engagement, effective communication strategies and optimizing managerial buy-in for large-scale implementations.

He holds a Business degree from the University of Bradford in the UK and is a member of the British Chartered Institute of Marketing.

 
       
   

Mira Ringler
Vice President, Western Region


Mira joined BlessingWhite in 1998 and leads our San Francisco Bay Area and Southern California operations. Mira works with leading companies such as Charles Schwab, Hewlett-Packard and Yahoo! and specializes in solutions that affect employee engagement & retention, leadership development, career development and executive coaching.

Prior to joining BlessingWhite, Mira worked at The Advisory Board, a Washington D.C. based research think tank. She received her BA from the University of Michigan in Ann Arbor.