Our Team

We believe that organizations today need leaders that challenge the status quo. At Sutherland Partnership, we are not afraid to think differently. Our team of talented consultants from across the country has a common goal: to help our clients succeed by creating ethical leaders and engaging cultures.

Our experts bring diverse experience from their military and civilian careers to offer clients leadership design and values-based culture measurement.

Contact us to speak with a member of our team.

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Colonel David W. Sutherland

Founder and President

Colonel David W. Sutherland is the founder of Sutherland Partnership. The principles and operational structure of his “Lead from the Front” Leadership are based on his exceptional military experiences. From his 29 years of service, including as a Brigade Commander in Iraq, he modernized critical core leader competencies such as ethical leadership development, winning as a team during uncertainty and visualizing solutions to achieve results. Understanding the complexities of diverse… Read more


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Daniel Patrick Forrester

Strategic Business Partner

Daniel Patrick Forrester is the Founder and Managing Partner of THRUUE . Forrester is an author, strategist and navigator of organizational and cultural change impacting commercial, not for profit and government entities. He has worked with the top leaders of organizations from every facet of American life and commerce. He frames and facilitates moments of profound reflection where disruptive initiatives are imagined and then launched; or, he helps organizations question their relevancy, plan… Read more


Colonel John Woodward

Consultant

John Woodward serves as a Leadership and Organizational Culture Expert for Sutherland Partnership, having served over 26 years as a U.S. Army Armor officer. Through a mix of education, training, and experience during his military career, John focused on the assessment and development of individual subordinates and teams allowing them to take the initiative and be successful…. Read more


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Tim Karcher

Consultant

Tim Karcher serves as a Leadership and Organizational Culture Expert for Sutherland Partnership, after having served over 25 years as a U.S. Army Infantry officer. During his military career, Karcher led, trained, and commanded multiple organizations, up to battalion-level. Throughout his career, he focused on assessing individual and unit culture and values, and developing sound plans to enhance unit effectiveness… Read more


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Marie Manning

Public Relations Consultant

Marie is an award-winning communications and content strategist with 20 years of experience developing and implementing public affairs and marketing communications programs for government, non-profit and private sector organizations. She has extensive expertise managing organizational branding, community/public outreach, social and multimedia communications, content creation/distribution, media relations, large-scale events and crisis communications. Marie is an accomplished writer, presenter… Read more


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Paul McKellips

Consultant

Paul McKellips is a content developer with leading edge skillsets in all aspects of STRATCOM, business communications, MARCOM, training systems and instructional design. Every project McKellips delivers is mission driven, metrics based, audience-centric, and designed for maximum for engagement. McKellips has a 30-year track record of innovative success and accomplishments as an author, writer, editor, motion picture director and television producer working in Hollywood, Washington, DC, Iraq and… Read more


Tommy Haire

Veteran Owned Small Business Consultant

Tommy and his team help companies move to the "next level of success" by focusing on strategies that companies can execute well and aligning all activities within the company to those key… Read more