About us

In collaboration with SmithOBrien , we offer a broad range of consulting expertise to help companies maximize, and measure, the social and business value of their operating practices.

Farron Levy, Founder & CEO
Developer of the Full ROI Model, Farron was formerly a partner and director of cost-benefit-analysis services at SmithOBrien, a social auditing firm established in 1992. Previously he was an analyst at economics consultancy Industrial Economics, Inc., and co-founder of a yield management service provider for restaurants. Farron has also managed urban economic development projects for the Commonwealth of Massachusetts, Social Venture Network, and CitySkills, Inc. (as executive director); and served as an advisor to City Year, New Profit, Inc., and CitySoft.  Farron earned an MPP from Harvard University, and a BS (university honors) from Carnegie Mellon University.
 

Consultants (Practice Area Specialists)

Paul Scarbrough, Ph.D. (Financial Analysis): Professor of Accounting and Finance, Brock University (Ontario), formerly taught at Boston University, Bentley College, and Virginia Polytechnic; ethics specialist.

Marcus Lieberman, Ph.D. (Methodology): Research associate at the Harvard-Smithsonian Center for Astrophysics and former professor at Harvard University Graduate School of Education.

Art Schneiderman (Quality Management): Former VP of quality and productivity at Analog Devices, consultant at Bain & Company, and senior examiner for the Malcolm Baldrige National Quality Award.

Robert Pojasek, Ph.D. (Environmental Practices): Adjunct Professor at Harvard University's School of Public Health.

Linda B. Gornitsky, Ph.D. (Community Relations): President of LBG Associates; managed contributions programs at Citibank and Pfizer; frequent presenter at The Conference Board and BC�s Center for Corporate Citizenship.

Harry Keshet, Ph.D.
(Human Resources): Organizational psychologist with broad training experience in executive decision making, total quality management, employee mediation, and team building.

Laura Moorehead (Diversity): Former director of diversity strategy at Lotus Development Corp., and chair of the Diversity Consortium at Harvard University.
 

 

Careers:

·No current openings

 

Articles:

·"Show Me the Numbers: Measuring Corporate Giving" OnPhilanthropy (11/29/06)

·"Moving From Gut to Metrics" Leading Perspectives (Business for Social Responsibility: Spring, 2006)

·"Mapping and Measuring CR for Managers" Corporate Responsibility Management (Dec/Jan 06)