In a constant search for a challenge, Joanna went from a rigorous scientific training at MIT and Johns Hopkins University right into one of the most prestigious consulting companies in the world, McKinsey & Co. At McKinsey, Joanna served clients across a variety of industries: chemicals, consumer packaged goods, airline, insurance and public sector; and functions: strategy, marketing, sales, pricing, sourcing, and operations. She then joined the staff of the Obama For America headquarters, where she gained hands-on, practical operational experience and enabled the campaign to have an unprecedented ability to forecast, manage and optimize its spending by developing processes and tools to rapidly track the multi-million dollar budget for the Presidential and Vice-Presidential candidates’ appearances.

Following the election, Joanna returned to consulting, with deeper insight into how the right outlook, capabilities, and passion can turn ideas into actions. Joanna has since teamed up with Jackie Perri, a former client, to create Glean Consulting and she has enhanced her consulting portfolio with operations projects in the mining and educational services industries.

Joanna’s approach combines the rigor and methodology used by strategy consulting firms with a greater focus on operational requirements. She finds and delivers value in areas that large consulting firms too often neglect: tool development, knowledge transfer, capability building, change management, and “long-and-lean” project management support. These aspects play off of Joanna’s unique ability to interact with client team members in a driven and collaborative manner that focuses on achieving results.

For Joanna – and for Glean Consulting - consulting work does not end with the recommendation. Impact is delivered when ideas are coupled with actions.