BRG Team Testimonials
Bart Russell
"Barton Russell is a nationally recognized expert on small town issues and we were extremely fortunate to have his firm serve our communities... Mr. Russell's firm also developed our Business Associates Program, which gives local government leaders a unique opportunity to interact with representative of companies doing business in the small town and municipal marketplace."
Laura Francis, Chief Elected Official, Town of Durham, CT; Board Member, Council of Small Towns
"Barton Russell brings passion, insights and organizational smarts to even the most complex projects. His sense of politics is keen. No matter what the issue, all parties come away valuing Bart's role as an honest broker, a straight-talking facilitator and trust worthy deal maker."
Bill Sklar, Senior Strategist, Russell Public Communications; former Senior Vice President, Burson-Marsteller/DC
"Barton Russell is a great leader of diverse groups of people. His greatest asset is his ability to see unity when all others see disorder."
Carl Stephani, author The New City Manager and Planning Cities 101; co-author, Cities Going Green
Ken Sternad
“Ken Sternad is – without question – one of the most brilliant and strategic minds in corporate and organizational communication today. He has that uncanny ability to boil down complex issues and challenges into simple clear messages and actions that resonate, engage and influence. And his reach goes well beyond the high-profile organizations he’s served, but also to the hundreds of professionals he’s mentored, developed and inspired over the years.”
Steve Soltis, Group Director Executive and Employee Communication, The Coca-Cola Company
"Ken is a gifted practitioner, who is able to counsel C-suite executives and to work easily in today's dispersed media environment."
Richard Edelman, President & Chief Executive Officer, Edelman Public Relations
Stuart Meyer
"Stuart is hands-down the most creative person I know! He was successful in building relationships between the national organization and state components - leading to better performance all around. Stuart thinks and acts at the strategic level, and can clearly articulate a future vision…for others to strive for."
David Westman, Chief Executive Officer, Westman & Associates Consulting
"Stuart is an exceptional strategist and social marketer. While he understands the 1000 foot view, he also understands the nuances of marketing that take his programs from good to exceptional, piecing together what some may say to be extraneous data and creating a strong and well thought out plan. In addition, he is…capable of taking esoteric and non-linear concepts and boiling them down to their poignant bits."
Erik Schonher, Founder at The Schonher Group
"I had the pleasure of hearing Stuart speak at a Search Marketing Council webinar, where he was a keynote speaker and Subject Matter Expert. His grasp of social media strategies prompted me to reach out and meet with him, to better gauge his ability to transfer his "general" knowledge to specific tactics/recommendations within my industry. Stuart utterly blew me away with his knowledge of social media, his ability to think strategically while also considering day-to-day execution/implementation challenges, and his gregarious nature in interacting with me and my marketing team."
Kevin Thompson, Senior Vice President of Marketing at Bell Partners, Inc.
Dave Fearon
"I've known and worked with Dr. David Fearon for almost 25 years. He's an extraordinary professional and scholar whose experiences have been woven into highly acclaimed business management courses that have helped train students to expect and manage for business excellence. His book, Inside Knowledge: rediscovering the source of performance improvement (5 star review on Amazon), reflects Dave's ability to help clients incorporate powerful business improvement theories into practical problem-solving and opportunity development strategies. Our organization is proud of its legacy association with Dr. Fearon through the Fearon-Juran Managing for Business Excellence Scholarship which provides grants to students with 'notable promise to become indispensable to organizations focused on excellence sustained by quality management."
Dr. Joseph A. DeFeo, Chairman Juran Global
"Dr. Fearon is a passionate man who both cares deeply and gives accordingly of his time and talents. As one of our earliest board members for reSET, an organization designed to promote social enterprise in Connecticut, Dave was not only a cheerleader but a doer and mentor. He has a professor’s sense of storytelling and helped me to make sure that we were able to articulate the value of social enterprise to our many constituents and also helped to spread the word about this new way of doing business to people who might otherwise not have known about it."
Kate Emery, CEO of The Walker Group and Chairperson of reSET Connecticut Social Enterprise Trust
"David “Doc” Fearon has devoted his distinguished academic and public service career to caring for students and preparing them for success in a multitude of industries. Doc’s students effectively transition from the classroom to the workforce because they acquire, through a variety of interactive teaching methodologies, the skills, knowledge, and abilities to be business “athletes”. That is, they are prepared to overcome challenges and succeed in a variety of settings. Complementing Doc’s teaching is his own willingness to learn through interaction with the business community. His continued fascination with understanding the business environment enhances his ability to educate thoughtful and responsible future business leaders."
Christopher Gilligan, Vice President for Institutional Advancement, Central Connecticut State University