Rashaud Joseph – Civil Rights Office Manager
Sunny Haight – Deputy Director, Administrative Services Division
David Lee – Central Region Office Engineer
Jeff Jenkins – Chief of Contracts, Southcoast Region
Sharon Smith – Chief of Contracts, Central Region
Ronald Hollar – Civil Rights Office, Research Analyst
Barbara Tanner – Chief of Contracts, Northern Region
Mark O’Brien – Consultant
MGT Consulting Group (previously MGT of America) completed our first post-Croson disparity study, we have successfully conducted over 220 disparity and disparity-related studies for public sector clients across the country. MGT has a proven track record of conducting legally defensible disparity studies that have played a vital role in assessing and evaluating the extent of marketplace discrimination, if any, on a national scale. Our mission is to provide high quality, value-added consulting solutions that exceed the expectations of our clients and provide a meaningful return on investment to our clients and all other stakeholders. Visit our website at www.mgtconsulting.com to learn more about our services and projects.
We have over 30 years of firsthand experience with the complexities involved in conducting disparity studies aligned with current methodologies and legal standards. A snapshot of our credentials includes:
Executive Vice President, MGT Consulting Group, 1983–Present
Dr. Seamon has over 30 years of consulting, research, and graduate teaching experience and has played a major role in over 100 of MGT’s disparity studies. His disparity study areas of expertise include qualitative research methods, community engagement, and outreach and policy analysis.
Project Responsibilities: Executive in Charge, Policy Research
REGGIE SMITH
Vice President, Disparity Research, MGT Consulting Group, 1999–Present
Mr. Smith is nationally recognized for managing and directing disparity studies and is the leader of MGT’s disparity team and MGT’s disparity study business unit. He has directed over three dozen studies since joining MGT and has managed some of the largest disparity studies in the country. Mr. Smith’s key roles are developing and refining MGT’s methodology and quality standards for conducting disparity studies.
Project Responsibilities: Project Director, Qualitative Research
Senior Consultant, MGT Consulting Group, 2008–Present
Mr. Bernal has research experience in economic theories, including Microeconomics Theory, Macroeconomic Theory, Econometrics, Regression Analysis, Human and Labor Resource Economics. He conducts extensive research using statistics and mathematical computation to analyze data using his extensive experience working with SAS, SPSS, database design, Excel, Access, and other Microsoft Office Suites. In addition, Mr. Bernal is a juris doctor and is fluent in English and Spanish.
Project Responsibilities: Legal Researcher, Lead Quantitative Researcher
Senior Consultant, MGT Consulting Group, 2019–Present
Ms. Stewart has more than a decade of experience managing large, complex research projects and disparity and availability studies. She has been a lead researcher or project manager on over 40 such studies and has been a repeat presenter at ACCA for project goal setting and contract data collection for disparity studies.
Project Responsibilities: Data Assessment & Collection, Quantitative Research
Consultant, MGT Consulting Group, 2018–Present
Ms. Opheim has over 11 years of experience working with data systems and analytical methods and techniques and is key member of the disparity data collection and analysis team. Her experience translating data analysis results to inform decision making about disparity findings and conclusions is critical throughout this project. Ms. Opheim will provide data representation modeling, illustrating the various sets of data to provide a visual analysis of the representative depictions and models.
Project Responsibilities: Data Collection, Quantitative Research
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