Ardent Bolsters Its Consulting Practice
Expanding the consulting team reflects company's 'elevate and evolve' mantra to meet new client needs.
ROCHESTER, N.Y., February 1, 2018 (Newswire.com) - Continuing its upward growth trend into 2018, Ardent today announces the expansion of its consulting practice with two key leadership appointments.
Liz Hopkins has been promoted to the new position of Chief of Staff for Ardent’s consulting practice. Kevin Donlan has been hired as Director – Consulting. The appointments strengthen the company’s consulting practice while providing clients with more robust training expertise.
“We challenge ourselves to 'elevate and evolve' in everything we do for our company and for our clients,” said Rich Fox, President, and CEO of Ardent. “We have seen a greater need and more frequent requests for consulting. The experience that Liz and Kevin have will allow us to provide unmatched strategic and tactical expertise to our clients.”
In her new position as chief of staff for Ardent’s consulting practice, Hopkins leads the consulting team and advises her fellow senior leaders on business and growth strategy. She will continue to maintain the overall strategic vision of Ardent while ensuring client satisfaction and team collaboration across all initiatives.
As director for Ardent’s consulting practice, Donlan brings more than 10 years of strategic consulting experience to the team. Throughout his career, he has worked with companies in a variety of industries, including Information Technology and Communications, General Aviation, Healthcare and Pharmaceuticals, Hospitality, Manufacturing, and Engineering. He joined Ardent from c3/consulting, a management consulting company in Nashville, Tenn. Donlan’s consulting experience also includes roles at PwC and Navigant.
“Kevin’s experience in multiple industries is a great addition to our team as we expand our consulting practice,” said Fox. “In addition, his knowledge of Nashville will help us continue to build our presence in that growing market.”
Ardent opened its Nashville office in November 2017.
With more than 100 years of shared consulting experience across its team, the Ardent consulting division works to identify the underlying business needs of a client, then develop a holistic solution. Once developed Ardent implements the strategy and tracks and measures the success of the initiative. In the past nine years, the company has experienced an annual average sales growth of 16%.
Media Contact:
Micah Griffo - Ardent - mgriffo@ardentlearning.com - (585) 246-3363
Source: Ardent