OUR TEAM
Meet the Team
Behind everything we do is a team of people who truly care. We bring our full selves to the table: open-minded, collaborative, and ready to do something great in the pursuit of outcomes.
John Pike
John, Founder and Executive Assessor, Coach, and Advisor, helps organizations and investors make clearer, more confident decisions about leadership. He combines structured evaluation, stakeholder insight, and direct dialogue so every leader walks away with genuine self-insight and developmental outcomes.
John works with C-suite executives and high-potential leaders who are stepping into greater complexity. He has partnered with some of the largest private equity firms to assess portfolio C-suite talent to underwrite leadership risk into their deals. He also works with corporate clients on selection, succession planning, and high-potential development.
Over his career, John has assessed and supported more than 1,000 leaders across 50+ countries. Before founding Perissos, he built and scaled the advisory capability at Modern Executive Solutions, led executive assessment and development across financial services as a Senior Partner at Korn Ferry, and applied strengths-based frameworks at Gallup.
McKenna Montenegro
McKenna, Managing Director, Consulting & Delivery, leads the execution of executive assessment, leadership development, and team effectiveness work across the firm. She ensures engagements stay aligned to client priorities and are delivered with quality, rigor, and accountability.
McKenna brings a strong background in project management, consulting operations, and engagement delivery. She has supported enterprise and private equity-backed organizations through important leadership work, helping turn business priorities into well-run, high-impact engagements.
Before joining Perissos Partners, McKenna held consulting and internal operations roles at Korn Ferry, Modern Executive Solutions, Ampersand Leadership Group, and Linkage, Inc. She brings an operator’s empathy, discipline, and a systems-oriented mindset to her work. She keeps leadership work human while bringing the structure and consistency needed to turn insight into real progress.
Michelle Gobrecht, PMP
Michelle, Strategic Business Operations Consultant, has profound experience helping organizations turn complexity into clear, executable strategy. She has built her career around translating ambitious goals into practical plans, aligning teams around execution, and creating the structure and momentum needed to drive results at scale.
She brings a wealth of knowledge in program and project management across domestic and global environments, working with organizations ranging from start-ups to Fortune 500 companies. Her background spans PMO leadership, change management, training, and cross-functional execution, with a consistent focus on aligning people, process, and business priorities.
Before joining Perissos Partners, Michelle held leadership roles at C.H. Robinson, UnitedHealthcare, and a range of consulting and operating businesses. In those roles, she led complex implementations, built governance and performance systems, and supported leaders navigating growth, change, and operational complexity. She brings a steady, practical approach to her work along with the discipline and perspective needed to help teams make real progress and impact.
Our Alliance Partner Network
Our Perissos Alliance Partners are independent executive consultants, each intentionally selected by us for their expertise, experience, and distinct perspectives and approaches.
Together, we expand our capabilities and capacity to bring clients the right expertise for their unique needs.
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Adam Walz, MEd
EXECUTIVE CONSULTANT
California, U.S.
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Chris Fischer, PhD
EXECUTIVE CONSULTANT
Minnesota, U.S.
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Cathy Winter
EXECUTIVE CONSULTANT
Minnesota, U.S.
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Elizabeth Gaito
EXECUTIVE CONSULTANT
Barcelona, Spain
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Melissa Swift
EXECUTIVE CONSULTANT
New York, U.S.
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Susan Jones, JD
EXECUTIVE CONSULTANT
California, U.S.
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Lisa-Marie Hanson
EXECUTIVE CONSULTANT & CHIEF LEARNING OFFICER AT TALENTTELLIGENT®
Minnesota, U.S.
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Sara Davis, PhD
EXECUTIVE CONSULTANT
Minnesota, U.S.
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Cynthia Wolpert
EXECUTIVE CONSULTANT
Florida, U.S.
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Danny Hurt
EXECUTIVE CONSULTANT
Texas, U.S.
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Douglas "Coop" Cooper
EXECUTIVE CONSULTANT
New York, U.S.
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Ruth Cochran
EXECUTIVE CONSULTANT
Georgia, U.S.