The Lodestar team is composed of seasoned industry professionals with deep expertise in market research and analytics, strategy, data, technology, and innovation. Most come from large MR and consulting organizations and have opted to join our collegial, creative, and interdisciplinary culture where they can focus on what they do best – performing leading edge work in their respective disciplines and helping clients improve performance and achieve growth through The Power of Research Insight.
Al Cini
Senior Advisor - Strategy Acceleration & Organizational Performance
Andres Fortino, Ph.D.
Senior Advisor
Bernadete Piassa
International Projects Leader
Bob Michaels, Ph.D.
Senior Advisor
Brooke Dobni, Ph.D.
Senior Advisor - Innovation Performance Management
Carl Finkbeiner, Ph.D.
Partner Emeritus Marketing Sciences
Dean Spitzer, Ph.D.
Senior Advisor
Donatella Monaco
Desktop Research Coordinator
Eric Wendler, PH.D.
Brand, Marketing Performance, Customer Experience
Gary Fletcher, PH.D.
Senior Advisor - Innovation & Life Sciences
E. Grace Lie, PH.D.
Senior Advisor - Marketing Sciences
Jeff Clark, PH.D.
Senior Advisor - Marketing Sciences
Jim Lenskold
Senior Advisor - Marketing Measurements and ROI; Alliance Partner
Katie O'Neal
Project Administrator
Lynn Doerr
Senior Advisor Healthcare
Mark Klassen, PH.D.
Senior Advisor - Innovation Management
Phillip Olla, PH.D.
Senior Advisor
Q. Malandrino
Senior Advisor - Brand Strategy
Sheryl Hawkes, PH.D.
Senior Advisor
Tom Nelson, ED.D.
Founder, President & Chief Executive Officer
Timothy L Fortin, PH.D.
Senior Advisor - Information Management
Yousef I. Zawahreh, PH.D.
Technology & intellectual property assessment