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

Gary Parilis, PH.D.
Senior Advisor

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

Lorraine Sexton, Ph.D.
Senior Advisor

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

Timothy L Fortin, PH.D.
Senior Advisor - Information Management

Tom Nelson, ED.D.
Founder, President & Chief Executive Officer

Yousef I. Zawahreh, PH.D.
Technology & intellectual property assessment