Gary Garofalo

Morgan Bacia joined PCG in 2013 and is currently the Vice President of Technology.  Prior to joining PCG, Morgan was employed as a Technical Project Manager at Xerox working on Electronic Payment Card (EPC) and Federal Department of Treasury (FDT) projects for payment card disbursement and benefit enrollments.  In 2013, Morgan joined PCG Corporate Technology as a Service Delivery Manager, supporting Education. In 2015, she was promoted to Operations Manager; taking on the responsibility of helping internal customers select, acquire, configure, and protect their infrastructure and data, both on-premises and in the cloud as well as developing the disaster recovery plan for Corporate Technology infrastructure.  In 2019, she became Director of the Employee Experience Team, where she was responsible for leading cultural change through the implementation of workspace agility, efficiency, and employee engagement initiatives. As the VP of Corporate Technology, Morgan’s responsibility has shifted to internal product management within PCG, where her goal is to ensure there is alignment between the products being delivered and the business need, while also ensuring value is obtained and the business remains productive.

Tony McLean Brown is the Director of Strategic Investments at Public Consulting Group, Inc. (PCG).  Mr. Brown has held several senior leadership positions since joining PCG in 1990 that contribute to corporate functions and business lines.

Mr. Brown brings more than 35 years of project experience in public sector information technology (IT), which includes management consulting, systems integration, and operations related to the healthcare, social care, and education industries.  He oversaw the expansion of PCG’s core capabilities, including federal revenue optimization, K-12 public special education (SPED) services, consumer direction, workforce development, and most recently, space exploration collaborations.

As a facilitator and advocate, Mr. Brown has been a long-time supporter of the North Carolina Institute for Emerging Issues (NC IEI), South by Southwest Education (SXSW EDU), National Human Services Finance Offers (HSFO), National Third-Party Liability (TPL), National Title 1, and special education (SPED) conferences.

Mr. Brown’s passion and technical leadership were instrumental in the establishment of PCG’s Third-Party Liability (TPL) Practice Area (PA), which became the market leader just prior to PCG’s divesture of the TPL business in 2006.  The TPL PA provided a full range of identification and billing services, operational support, and subject matter expertise (SME) to both Medicaid programs and managed care organizations (MCOs).

PCG’s new office expansions were also led by Mr. Brown in the Southeast (NC, TN, WV, GA, and FL), the Southwest, California, the Pacific Northwest, and Australia.  He supported the enhancement of PCG’s back-office systems and collaboration tools to improve compliance with federal data confidentiality and security requirements.

Prior to joining PCG, Mr. Brown worked for Deloitte, General Motors, and the Environmental Protection Agency.  Mr. Brown holds a Master of Business Administration degree from Duke University, and a Bachelor of Science degree in Computer Science from North Carolina State University.  He also graduated from Enka High School in Candler, NC.

Mr. Brown has served as a board member at PCG, Integra Choice and Control (ICC), the Cannon School (Concord, NC), and Francis Asbury United Methodist Church (FAUMC).  In addition, Mr. Brown published, “A Happy Guide to a Short Life,” in 2007, and produced the music video, “Old School,” in 2015.  Mr. Brown has also competed in athletic events such as the Boston Marathon, the Leadville Trail100, the CrossFit Open Qualifier (Global Rank #149), the Panama City Ironman, and the South African Comrades Ultra Marathon.

Alyssa Brown is a public relations and government relations executive with more than 18 years of experience in corporate, public and nonprofit settings including two statewide trade associations and the Florida Legislature. As PCG’s Corporate Director of Communications & Public Relations, Alyssa is building and leading a comprehensive internal and external strategy to tell the story of PCG as an industry-leading consulting, operations and technology firm with unparalleled depth in its areas of core competency. Before coming to PCG, Alyssa served as Vice President of Public Policy at the Greater Gainesville Chamber of Commerce, where she built proactive, collaborative and regional partnerships to create opportunities for business growth and economic opportunity. Prior to that, she served as Communications Manager at CareerSource Florida, which creates and oversees workforce policy for 24 regional boards throughout the state. Alyssa is a founding board member and Diversity Committee Co-Chair of Colorful Talks, a nonprofit that provides families with educational tools and strategies to help them build meaningful understanding and awareness of diversity, equity and inclusion with their school-aged children. Alyssa also previously served as a member of the U.S. Chamber of Commerce’s Transportation Committee as well as on the boards of various organizations throughout her career including the Gainesville Metropolitan Transportation Planning Organization, the Florida Society of Association Executives and others. Alyssa is a graduate of Florida State University and a native of Boston, MA.

With 25 years of experience at PCG, Ms. Clark has been instrumental in project operations for PCG clients of all sizes and projects of varying scope. Ms. Clark is responsible for compiling data, negotiating leases, touring buildings, working with/and overseeing contractors throughout the build-out process, and completing the entire office structure for more than 50 PCG satellite offices. She works closely with all elements of a project team inclusive of PCG ITS enterprise architects, brokers, owners, landlords, and property managers along with contract leads, account managers.

Louise Eichman has over thirty years of technology, strategy, and leadership experience across diverse industries in Fortune 100/500 organizations, technology, finance, and engineering firms, as well as state government institutions, academia, and mass media.

After working in mass media, radio, and television in Europe, Louise began her career in the U.S. in the newly burgeoning Semiconductor Industry with ADE Corporation, an engineering firm responsible for developing the world’s first non-contact silicon-wafer gaging equipment. There she gained a decade of leadership experience in a fast-growing market space that required products to go from the engineering R&D bench through design, development, product manufacturing, marketing, sales, and delivery to thousands of client organizations across the globe.

She was recruited by a large consulting firm servicing Fortune 100/Fortune 500 organizations—IBM, GE, Dell, HP, Exxon, McKesson, Glencore, Rio Tinto, and Berkshire Hathaway, among others. Her expertise required the establishment of global, large-scale Enterprise PMOs, Global Enterprise Risk Management programs, corporate strategy, global market development, organizational lean realignment, and IT infrastructure redevelopment.

Before joining PCG, Louise was the Executive Director at the University of Massachusetts Medical School/Commonwealth Medicine. Accountable for IT and implementing the Enterprise Project Management Office, Louise developed and grew a Fee-for-Service Project Management line of business and was responsible for Project Portfolio Management. Commonwealth Medicine served as a national healthcare policy think tank and a service provider in 34 states, towns, and municipalities in the space of national healthcare policy and service programs provision.

She joined PCG subsidiary Public Partnership LLC (PPL) in 2019 as Executive Vice President of Strategy, responsible for developing and implementing the organization’s Strategy, Enterprise PMO, Product Management and delivery, Data Management and Analytics, and Business Process Management. Upon the sale of PPL in 2022, she transitioned into PCG Corporate Technology, where she was responsible for Technology Strategy, Administration, and Governance. Throughout her professional career, Louise has taught graduate professional courses at Clark University, Boston College, and Boston University.

Ed Forth joined PCG in 2012 and has played a pivotal role in shaping the firm’s IT landscape as Chief Information Officer. With over three decades of experience in the IT industry, he has established a reputation at the firm for strategic leadership and innovation.

Before joining PCG, Ed enjoyed a successful career, beginning as an applications development engineer. After transitioning into management, he held numerous key leadership positions in the healthcare, banking, and technology industries throughout the 1990s and 2000s. Additionally, through technical consulting work with PwC and other firms, Ed has solidified his expertise in guiding organizations through complex technological challenges.

During his tenure at PCG, Ed has driven digital transformations across the firm’s systems, integrating solutions such as RemedyForce, Microsoft 365 & Dynamics 365, Workday FMS & HCM, and Icertis CLM. He has also played a key role in numerous mergers and acquisitions, including divestitures, and has managed international IT operations in the UK and Poland.

Beyond leading Corporate Technology at PCG, Ed established an IT Steering Committee that has successfully collaborated to manage the corporate IT structure, which includes six divisional CIOs and CTOs. His initial focus was on addressing significant technology debt, modernizing the network infrastructure, and consolidating storage solutions. Under his leadership, the firm achieved a 100% migration to the cloud, utilizing AWS and Azure, and implemented a two-data center model for redundancy and disaster recovery.

Working with numerous teams outside of Corporate Technology, Ed coordinated the development of a newly formed Governance, Risk, and Compliance (GRC) framework and collaborated with the PCG Information Security department to achieve the firm's Service Organization Control Type 2 (SOC 2) compliance certification. Ed’s commitment to technological innovation and excellence continues to accelerate PCG’s success in a rapidly evolving digital landscape.

Ed holds a Bachelor of Science in Computer Science from Tennessee Technological University, with minors in English, Math, and Business Administration, a Master of Business Administration from Central Michigan University, and is supplemented by continuing education at renowned institutions such as Stanford, MIT, and Harvard.

Mr. Garofalo brings a strong record of leadership in the application of analytics, metrics, and business intelligence. He has more than 35 years of experience managing consulting services operations and facilitating growth in large organizations. As Executive Vice President of MAXIMUS Inc., Garofalo served as leader in strategic direction and executive oversight, and in delivering business solutions for health and human services operations programs. Mr. Garofalo earned his bachelor’s degree in Computer Science from the University of Maryland and his master’s degree in Computer Science from George Washington University.

Jon Kanter joined PCG as CFO in January 2022, with responsibility for ensuring the effective running of the company’s Corporate Finance team and providing strategic thought leadership and counsel to the company’s executive leadership and shareholders. Prior to joining PCG Jon spent the prior five years as CFO of a rapidly growing global law firm, where he had previously spent four years as the Firm’s Managing Director of Financial Planning & Analysis. 

Mark Kmetz has more than 30 years of experience as an attorney in the private and public sectors. As the PCG General Counsel, Mr. Kmetz reports to the CEO and leads PCG’s Legal Department. He previously headed a Massachusetts state agency, served as an Assistant Attorney General for the Commonwealth of Massachusetts and an Assistant United States Attorney in the Eastern District of Pennsylvania, and was an attorney in private practice and a law clerk to a federal judge. Mr. Kmetz holds a Bachelor of Arts degree from the University of Chicago, and a JD from the University of Virginia School of Law. 

Mr. Maguire's role includes strategic planning, client development, partnership creation, product development, and organizational development for PCG's global consulting services businesses that include PCG Polska, Sp.Zo.o with offices in Warsaw and Lodz, Poland and PCG Advisory Services LTD in London. He came to PCG from the University of Massachusetts Medical School , where he was Executive Director of Human Resources and Global Projects for the Commonwealth Medicine strategic business unit ,which provided clinical and consulting services to 33 states and 30 countries. He is a senior faculty member in the Master of Public Administration and Master of Science in Professional Communication Degree Programs at Clark University in Worcester, Massachusetts. Mr. Maguire formerly held a position of Dean of Continuing Education at Anna Maria College. He has 25 years of global organizational consulting experience with clients including EMC2, EMC2 Limited Bangalore India, Pfizer PGRD, Texas Instruments, The International Chiefs of Police Association, The Institute for Transitional Economies, The US Army, The US Navy, Electricite' de France, and Gaz de France. Mr. Maguire has participated in USAID-funded projects with delegations from Tanzania, Cote d'Ivoire, Russia, Uzbekistan, and China. He holds a Bachelor of Science Degree from Syracuse University, a Master of Arts Degree from Emerson College and has completed his doctoral course work in Adult and Human Resources Education and Training at The University of Connecticut.

Michael Marotta is PCG’s Governance, Risk and Compliance (GRC) Officer. He joined the firm in 2016 and has extensive experience in risk management, corporate governance, compliance, insurance, audit, and information security, both in the U.S. and abroad. Prior to joining PCG, Mike held similar senior-level risk management and compliance positions at Crane, MassMutual, Goldman Sachs, and The Bank of New York. As the firm’s GRC Officer, Mike reports to the CEO and is responsible for overseeing these functions at PCG. Mike received a Bachelor’s Degree in Economics and Government from The University of Notre Dame and a Master’s Degree in International Political Economy from New York University.

William S. “Bill” Mosakowski is Founder, President, and Chief Executive Officer of Public Consulting Group (PCG), a management consulting, operations and technology firm serving government clients across the US and abroad in health care, human services, and education sectors.  During the past 30 years, he has developed, acquired and/or sold more than two dozen businesses including school safety, behavioral health care, technology and staffing firms as well as commercial properties in the US and overseas.

Bill founded PCG in 1986 to improve the quality of services provided by state & local governments while streamlining processes to achieve the best results for citizens served and the taxpayers. PCG has grown from start-up to a firm doing business with thousands of state and local agencies across the nation, demonstrating one of Bill’s core beliefs: that building a business and contributing to the greater good are compatible.

Today, PCG operates in the US, Canada, and Central Europe with contracts in all 50 states offered by nearly 2,500 employees who share a passion for public service.  The company generates annual sales approaching $700 million and has annual growth rates in double digits for 35 of its 38 years.  PCG not only improves government operations in jurisdictions such as Pennsylvania but, also in Panama, Pakistan, Papua New Guinea, Poland and many other parts of the world.  

Born in Worcester, MA, Bill remains committed to the well-being and economic development of Central Massachusetts.  Upon graduating with a degree in Political Science from Clark University, he moved to Boston to work for the Commonwealth of Massachusetts, Department of Mental & Developmental Disabilities.  Leaving the public service five years later, he became Director of Reimbursement for Harvard Community Health Plan's Parker Hill facility, a small acute care hospital located in Boston's Mission Hill neighborhood.  Prior to establishing PCG, Bill was a senior consultant with Touche Ross & Company (now Deloitte), where he provided financial advisory and strategic planning services for health care providers and government agencies across the country.

Bill is honored to have served on boards of nonprofit organizations who provide for those with the greatest needs including CARE USA, which works globally to provide emergency relief, fight poverty and achieve social justice by empowering women and girls.  He was President and currently serves on the Board of Directors of the Catholic Schools Foundation (Boston, MA) which provides need-based scholarships to families in Boston, many Gateway cities, and other communities in Archdiocese of Boston; the Advisory Board of the Massachusetts Association for Mental Health (MAMH); and as Chair of the Board of Trustees for St. Mary’s School, a co-educational Catholic college-preparatory school (Lynn, MA). He previously served as Chair of the Clark University Board of Trustees (Worcester, MA), and as a member of the Board of Directors of Hebrew Senior Life (HSL), an organization that assists senior citizens to age well. 

Bill is also an Advisory Board member of Taurus Investment Holdings, a real estate investment firm in Boston, which improves the efficiency, logistics, aesthetics, operational performance and ecological footprints for commercial and multi-tenant residential infrastructure in the US and internationally.   He is also an Advisory Board member of Equitin, a private equity firm supporting entrepreneurial and economic development in Poland.  

Bill and his wife, Jane, founded the Mosakowski Institute for Public Enterprise at Clark University which focuses on improving access and outcomes for children, adolescents and young adults with behavioral health needs.  

In 2005, Bill and Jane established the Mosakowski Family Charitable Foundation from the proceeds of a sale of one of PCG’s lines of business.  Distributions to date from the Foundation surpass $50 million.   

Ryan Paiva is PCG's Creative Director. Since joining the company he's worked to develop an in-house agency capable of producing large-scale design projects for PCG, it's companies, and clients. He manages a team of highly creative and motivated graphic designers, and production staff that work together to produce the company's materials.  

Rick Purcell came to PCG after the acquisition of eWorker Technologies in November, 2001. In his 32 years of experience in the Information Technology industry, he has developed cost-saving technologies and innovative services for schools, districts, educational cooperatives, and state departments of education. He is currently engaged in marketing, product development, implementation, and customer satisfaction efforts. Products and services in his portfolio include Response to Intervention (RtI) systems for academics and behavior, data visualization and analytics, and Medicaid billing. Mr. Purcell's efforts in understanding the needs of educators have helped PCG grow its customer base by ensuring that products and services meet and ultimately serve the needs of students throughout their educational careers. He is active in a variety of civic and community groups, including the formation of The Asheville Technology Club, led by his teenage son with Asperger Syndrome. The club creates innovation opportunities for students in the community and has won statewide awards for robotic innovation. In addition, Mr. Purcell is a member of the Autism Society, Kentucky's Council for Exceptional Children (KY CEC), and the Kentucky Council for Administrators in Special Education (CASE).

As the Vice President of Cloud Infrastructure and Operations at PCG, Stephen Rafoul brings over 20 years of experience in IT infrastructure and management.

Before his time at PCG, Stephen served as the Director of Data Center Infrastructure for Q2, a leading provider of banking software. In that position, he was responsible for designing and implementing the hosting infrastructure and collaborating with product development teams to ensure that new applications met security, data privacy, and resiliency requirements.

Joining PCG in 2017 as the first manager of the Corporate Technology Productivity Applications team, Stephen successfully led several digital transformation projects that improved the firm’s collaboration, mobility, and connectivity capabilities.

In 2021, Stephen took on the responsibility of managing the Infrastructure and Operations team at PCG. In this role, he oversaw the migration of PCG technology infrastructure to the cloud. Currently, Stephen provides both strategic and tactical guidance for cloud platform engineering, identity governance, data protection, and endpoint management.

Ms. Russell has more than 30 years of Human Resources (HR) experience working in various industries, including financial services, retail, consulting, high tech, and insurance. Throughout her career, she has provided leadership for all of the functions within HR from talent management, acquisition, training and development, compensation, HR Information Systems (HRIS), and business partnerships. A passionate advocate for diversity, equity, and inclusion (DE&I), Ms. Russell served as the lead sponsor for PCG’s inaugural D&I Advisory Council and established a new leadership position at the firm, that being the Corporate Director of D&I. Ms. Russell is an adjunct professor of HR at Framingham State University’s Graduate School of Business. She earned her Bachelor’s degree in Human Development from Boston College and her Master’s degree in Instructional Design from the University of Massachusetts, Boston.

Stephen Skinner, a Principal with Public Consulting Group, Inc. (PCG), a management consulting firm, headquartered in Boston which provides operations, financial management, and technology solutions to state and local government clients throughout the US, Canada and the European Union.  He is currently PCG’s Director of Marketing and Communications and also Chairs PCG’s Human Resources Committee.  Mr. Skinner has 35 years of experience in consulting to, and working for, state and federal government entities and non-profit organizations.  Over this time, Mr. Skinner has directed different PCG industry groups including Information Technology Innovations and Consulting in 2000 – 2003.  He helped to found PCG’s education practice in 1990 and has also directed PCG’s Health and Human Services practice.  Mr. Skinner has also directed numerous engagements involving health care provider rate setting and revenue enhancements.

Rich Talaber joined PCG in 2012 with responsibility for all PCG Infrastructure including Data Centers, Office Connectivity, PCG Cloud Infrastructure, Telecom, Email, and Personnel Productivity Tools.  In 2018, Rich changed his focus from Infrastructure and is now overseeing the Employee Experience Team as Chief Technology Officer focusing on increasing productivity, building efficiencies, and improving how the business operates on a daily basis.  Rich has 30 years of IT Experience that has included all IT disciplines and services. In addition to holding roles as CIO and CTO, Mr. Talaber has also been an entrepreneur, General Manager, Vice President of Professional Services and CEO. Throughout his career, he has been involved in M&A, Corporate Governance, Competitive Strategy, and Corporate Strategy in general. Mr. Talaber has served in the Nuclear program in the United States Navy as well as a Data Procession Officer in the United States Marine Corps. Prior to Joining PCG, Mr. Talaber was a Cloud Strategy and Transformation Consultant working with many large Cloud Providers and Cloud Consumers on product strategy and IT Transformational strategies. Prior to that, Mr. Talaber was the first CTO for VCE after serving in the CTO Office at VMware for four years.

Mr. Taylor has more than 25 years of information technology (IT) experience spanning most IT disciplines and services. This has included being the lead project manager on many large scale and complex systems integration and implementation projects within the public and private sector. Most recently, Mr. Taylor managed the Project Management Office (PMO) for a $2 billion child support automation project and a $450 million offender management project. All of these automation efforts have included change management and process redesign components in addition to the technical aspects of the project.

Sophia Thwaites leads PCG’s work in diversity, equity, and inclusion (DEI). As the first Corporate Director of Diversity and Inclusion at PCG, Ms. Thwaites is dedicated to creating an inclusive workplace culture, promoting equitable systems, and fostering an environment that inspires connection and belonging. Ms. Thwaites delivers solutions and strategic initiatives focused on diverse recruitment, leadership diversity, career development of underrepresented groups, inclusive culture, community engagement, and philanthropic giving to diverse communities.

During her career, Ms. Thwaites has successfully implemented and led equity programs for large organizations and has a demonstrated history of building diverse coalitions that foster innovation and growth to improve business performance. She holds a bachelor’s degree in history from the University of Florida and a master’s degree in education from Teachers College, Columbia University.

Sabrina is responsible for managing PCG’s Total Rewards Program. She creates competitive compensation and benefits packages, including 401K plans, for staff. The program focuses on offering total rewards that align with PCG’s values, as our organization strives to find the best talent to join our team.

In her role, Sabrina also optimizes technology through PCG’s HCM HRIS systems and provides general HR operations support to staff.

With over 25 years of Human Resources experience, Sabrina offers direct-line support to new staff during onboarding and continuous support to existing staff throughout their time of employment at PCG.

Prior to joining our organization, Sabrina worked in the fields of healthcare, financial services, and senior living. Her background across various industries and communities is beneficial to our organization, as Sabrina provides expertise, service, and support to staff across our specialty areas.

Sabrina also completed a Bachelor of Science degree from the University of Connecticut.