OUR FOUNDERS
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Piers Bocock
Piers Bocock is a proven and sought-after thought leader in the fields of Adaptive Management/Collaborating, Learning and Adapting (CLA), Knowledge Management, and leadership development. Working with some of the world’s largest donors, foundations, and consulting firms, he has helped create dynamic teams and creative solutions in a variety of sectors, including economic development, global health, agriculture, and natural resource management. He has professional experience in more than 30 countries across 5 continents, and holds an associate faculty position at the Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health, within the Department of Health, Behavior and Society, for which he has been acknowledged multiple times for “Excellence in Teaching.”
Piers is the father of four sons and an avid runner. He holds a B.A. in Film and Communications from McGill University and an M.B.A in Global Strategy and Marketing from Georgetown University.
Tony Brown
Tony Brown with 26 years of public and private sector experience is both a trusted advisor to executive management teams and a successful entrepreneur. He has spent the last 18 years advising and coaching senior leaders from government and industry to grow their organizations and achieve breakthrough results. Tony has worked with national security organizations across DoD, FBI, and DHS with an emphasis on identity management, biometrics, and military R&D. Concurrently, Tony has built 4 independent, community-focused small businesses. He understands intimately the challenges facing growing organizations and their leadership teams. He has extensive experience in facilitating leadership workshops, building stakeholder strategies and developing targeted campaigns to achieve specific, measurable outcomes.
Tony is a father of four daughters, a trained chef, an avid outdoorsman, and a recovering marathon runner. He holds a B.S. in Chemistry from Cornell University and an M.B.A in Global Strategy and Marketing from Georgetown University.
OUR TEAM
Eric Friesth
Meredith Brown
Meredith Brown
Eric Friesth has fifteen years of experience in program management, including extensive experience managing large-scale projects. He is skilled in using adaptive management approaches and managing contracts in a variety of technical areas.
Meredith Brown
Meredith Brown
Meredith Brown
Meredith Brown is an experienced event manager and coordinator with experience working as a government contractor in the information technology and services industry. She is skilled in event planning, facilitation, management, knowledge management, marketing, and data analysis.
Amy Leo
Meredith Brown
Martina Mascarenhas
Amy Leo has over ten years of experience developing and implementing communications and change management strategies that result in individual and organizational behavior change.
Martina Mascarenhas
Martina Mascarenhas
Martina Mascarenhas
Martina Mascarenhas is a communications specialist working in the field of sustainable development with a focus on raising the profile of gender research and social inclusion.
Nicole Helme
Martina Mascarenhas
Rose Bandelaria
Nicole Helme has 13 years of monitoring, evaluation, and learning (MEL), collaborating, learning and adapting (CLA) and business development experience.
She is a trained facilitator with experience leading large-scale pause and reflect workshops, after action reviews and theory of change design workshops.
Rose Bandelaria
Martina Mascarenhas
Rose Bandelaria
Rose Bandelaria is supporting our communications and operations teams as we continue to grow our footprint in the market.
She is also leading our SalesForce implementation as we create more intentional and systematic processes.
PARTNERS AND RESOURCES
Chris Collison
Chris Collison is a world-renowned expert in KM and organizational learning. He is the founder of Knowledgeable Ltd, and author of "Learning to Fly" and “The KM Cookbook”.
He is a frequent collaborator on Acute Incite efforts involving KM Strategy, Communities of Practice and Facilitation.
Mike Heffner
Mike Heffner is a graphic designer who provides on-demand graphics and communication support for many of our clients and partners.