Maureen is the Senior Managing Partner of McLean & Company's Executive Services team. Maureen is a progressive executive with nearly three decades of experience as a human resources practitioner, consultant, advisor, and a business leader. As a former Chief HR Officer and strategic partner to dozens of HR executives, Maureen is uniquely positioned to lead McLean & Company’s team of Executive Counselors and Advisors as they deliver the highest level of support and service to our members.

Prior to joining McLean & Company, Maureen served as Chief HR Officer for two notable health care organizations. She has worked as an HR executive in for-profit, non-profit, privately held, publicly traded, and PE-backed organizations. She is highly skilled in building the HR infrastructure and teams needed to enable growth and ensure a positive employee experience. Maureen has extensive experience working with Boards of Directors on all talent-related matters and has counseled through numerous executive-level changes, including multiple CEO transitions.

Janet Clarey is a Principal Director for McLean & Company. She leads a collaborative team that creates and delivers practical HR research and advisory services to help HR leaders drive measurable results in their organizations. She brings a broad background to McLean & Company. Her experience includes over ten years of conducting and writing HR research and providing advisory and consulting services to HR leaders and practitioners.

Janet has knowledge across several HR disciplines, with specific expertise in workforce issues including analytics, culture, talent management, learning & development, career management, employee experience, and diversity, equity & inclusion. She has broad knowledge of the HR technology landscape, having worked as an industry analyst covering solution provider markets. She has been a frequent speaker, panelist, and workshop facilitator at HR industry events around the globe and virtually and has contributed to workforce learning blogs and managed jointly a learning industry awards program.

Lisa Highfield is the Principal Director, Human Resources and Artificial Intelligence for McLean & Company. Lisa creates and delivers practical HR research and advisory services to help leaders drive strategic results. Lisa is a progressive leader with over twenty-five years of strategic, technical, and operational experience in human resources, IT, and finance. As a former Research and Advisory Director of Enterprise Applications for Info-Tech Research Group, Lisa is uniquely positioned to assist organizations around HR technology and operations.

Lisa has knowledge across several HR disciplines, including HR strategy, HR technology, HR operations, culture, and learning and development. Lisa has expertise in helping organizations connect their business, HR, and IT objectives into priorities, action plans, and results. She is passionate about positioning HR leaders and their teams to optimize investments by developing digital HR strategies.

Leveraging her experience in client advisory and research, Lisa is well-versed in guiding members through their application lifecycle, including application portfolio management, strategy, selection, optimization, and operations. Lisa has expertise in many software categories, including human capital management, payroll, learning and development, workforce management, recruiting, and enterprise resource planning (ERP).

A lifelong learner, Lisa has an Executive MBA from the University of Fredericton in Global Business, a degree in HR from Ryerson University, a post-graduate certificate in Information Technology from Lambton Colleges, and a Bachelor of Science from the University of Guelph. Lisa has also embraced the field of Artificial Intelligence which she is studying through courses at the Wharton School, University of Pennsylvania.  

Alexandra is a Senior Analyst on the HR Research & Advisory team at McLean & Company. She is passionate about helping organizations create meaningful work opportunities for their employees through effective talent acquisition strategies and fostering a positive and inclusive culture.

Before joining McLean & Company, Alexandra worked in the financial services industry, where she gained experience identifying clients' needs and creating tailored solutions. She is focused on the human factor in the workplace and implementing effective HR best practices so that employees feel engaged and organizations are able to meet their strategic goals. Alexandra holds an Honors Bachelor of Business Administration with a concentration in Human Resource Management from Wilfrid Laurier University.