About futurethink | Leadership Team

Meet the innovators behind futurethink

Leadership Team

We've come from diverse backgrounds, bringing to the table expertise in innovation, foresight, adult education, and much, much more. 

 

Lisa Bodell

CEO

Lisa Bodell is the founder and CEO of futurethink, an internationally recognized innovation research and training firm that helps businesses embrace change and become world-class innovators.

 Lisa Bodell

 

Rob Cordova

DIRECTOR OF TRAINING

As the Director of Training at futurethink, Rob Cordova is responsible for developing training curricula and leading our team of expert facilitators.

 Rob Cordova

 

Meredith Christie

DIRECTOR OF PRODUCT DEVELOPMENT AND STRATEGY

Meredith Christie is the Director of Product Development and Strategy at futurethink, tasked with developing up-to-date research, tools, and courseware that enable individuals and companies to understand, embrace, and activate innovation.

 Meredith Christie

 

Ruthie Garelik

DIRECTOR OF CLIENT SERVICES

Ruthie Garelik is the Director of Client Services at futurethink, responsible for building mutually beneficial relationships with clients and partners who seek to build innovation capabilities throughout their business.

 

 

Jennifer Wang

DIRECTOR OF MARKETING AND BRAND STRATEGY

Jennifer Wang is the Director of Marketing and Brand Strategy, responsible for helping innovation leaders and practitioners understand the tangible value that futurethink can deliver to their groups and organizations.

 Jennifer Wang

 

Garry Golden

FUTURIST AND FACILITATOR

Garry Golden is a Futurist for futurethink and is charged with keeping an eye on future-focused trends and facilitating foresight workshops.

 Garry Golden

 

Russ Schoen

SENIOR FACILITATOR AND TRAINER

Russ Schoen is a Senior Facilitator and Trainer for futurethink, responsible for developing and facilitating training curricula and workshops.

 Russ Schoen

 

Sondra Stephens

SENIOR FACILITATOR

Sondra Stephens is a member of futurethink's corps of world-class facilitators, responsible for facilitating training curricula and workshops. 

 Sondra Stephens

 

Aileen Alonso

SENIOR FACILITATOR

Aileen Alonso is a member of futurethink's corps of world-class facilitators, responsible for facilitating training curricula and workshops.  

 Aileen Alonso

 

Alexis Bohan Peschiera

LEAD WRITER

Alexis Bohan Peschiera is the Lead Writer for futurethink, distilling the complex world of innovation into clear concepts that inspire action.

Alexis Bohan Peschiera

 

Ethan Finkelstein

CREATIVE DIRECTOR

As futurethink's Creative Director, Ethan Finkelstein focuses on transforming innovation into visually-stimulating tangible products. 

 Ethan Finkelstein

 

Ruthie Garelik is the Director of Client Services at futurethink, responsible for building mutually-beneficial relationships with clients and partners who seek to build innovation capabilities throughout their business.

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Client Quotes

  • “Any innovative company must develop processes for understanding and responding to consumer needs in a very focused way. Otherwise, they're just inventors, they're not necessarily innovators.”
    Tony Tomazic, Director of Consumer Innovations, Humana Humana
  • “Working with futurethink was a very rewarding experience for our team. They brought a great combination of provocative outside ideas, market perspective and a program design that challenged us to think of our own business in more innovative ways.”
    Jim Daly, Vice President of Human Resources, Standard & Poor's Standard & Poor's
  • “If you don't innovate, be creative and look to the future and the possibilities of what will evolve over time, you will cease to be relevant.”
    Randy Voss, Senior Manager, Global Strategy & Business Development, Whirlpool Whirlpool
  • “futurethink is enabling us to build critical innovation skills and share best practices across our global organization.”
    Jeff Honious, Vice President of Innovation, Reed Elsevier Reed Elsevier
  • “futurethink made my leadership team think in new ways and helped us develop winning business ideas right in the room. My team now embraces innovation rather than fearing it.”
    Mary Fennoglio, Managing Director, Citigroup Corporate Investment Bank Citigroup
  • “futurethink's sessions included excellent examples and energizing exercises that brought innovation to life. They got us to look at our business with new eyes.”
    Joan P. Lawrence-Ross, Chief Learning Officer, AXA
  • “futurethink is always thinking ahead about learning and 'innovate' it before we ask! Their programs have been a huge success with our teams.”
    Director of Learning & Development, Sunovion Pharmaceuticals Sonovian Pharmaceuticals
  • “futurethink's proven methodology, research, and tools help ensure we're always ready to meet the evolving public service challenges of tomorrow.”
    Sandy Stosz, Rear Admiral, United States Coast Guard United States Coast Guard
  • “futurethink's research and 'how-to' tools have been essential to building our innovation program.”
    Cindy Morgan, Innovation Manager, New England Federal Credit Union New England Federal Credit Union
  • “The futurethink workshop not only provided an incredible jolt of energy to our collective innovation efforts and established the common understanding of innovation concepts, but it was also a wonderful team-building event. I don’t think it could have been organized and conducted any better.”
    Michael Ripa, Manager, FRI Infomatics
  • “The futurethink team did an outstanding job in designing and facilitating an innovation event for our senior leaders, many of who regarded this as the best innovation workshop that they had ever been a part of. I would recommend futurethink to any organization that is looking for clear and actionable pathways to Innovation.”
    Wayne Pethrick, Director, Marketing and Consumer Insights, Pitney Bowes Pitney Bowes
  • “Innovation is deliberate, if done well. There is a science and process to it. futurethink has done their homework to provide a wealth of practical knowledge to their customers.”
    Senior Vice President of Innovation, Wells Fargo Wells Fargo
  • “We need to look beyond our organization's walls to innovate.”
    Mehmoon Khan, Global Leader, Innovation Process Development, Unilever Unilever
  • “If you don't make innovation a strategic part of your business plan and you don't drive that into the culture, I don't think you'll have a strong innovation pipeline.”
    Mark Hausfeld, Innovation Manager, Global Business Services, Procter & Gamble Procter & Gamble
  • “futurethink made the topic of innovation, which means different things to different people, real, meaningful, and actionable.”
    Steven Rubinow, Chief Information Officer, NYSE Euronext NYSE Euronext Logo
  • “futurethink is the innovation expert. They fine-tune their training to our clients' needs. I'm constantly looking for new opportunities to engage them in our work.”
    Brian Weberg, Director, National Conference of State Legislatures