Learn more about the HRDQ Consulting team

Chris Wong

Chris is a certified executive coach who brings a wealth of experience and expertise to the world of leadership and learning and development in the nonprofit space. As a licensed therapist, he is skilled in working through mindset and behavior changes. As a leadership development professional, Chris has created multiple leadership and career development initiatives, fostering a strong leadership pipeline in nonprofit organizations. He has trained hundreds of leaders and led numerous successful organizational projects. Chris is also a skilled facilitator and public speaker in a variety of settings.

Certified as an executive coach, he has worked with leaders at all levels to strategically prioritize their work and navigate difficult conversations/relationships with confidence. Chris brings years of experience navigating nonprofit, health insurance, and government systems.

Currently, Chris works with human service nonprofit executives to effectively execute their strategic plans. This includes helping leaders navigate difficult conversations, resolve conflicts, create high-performing cultures, enhance productivity, and cultivate an inclusive and equitable work environment. His expertise spans diverse areas, including leadership development, strategic planning, leading change, and diversity, equity, and inclusion.

Patti Massullo

Patti has over 30 years experience in sales and management and spent over a decade in Corporate America, training and motivating a team of over 300 salespeople and winning several company performance awards before becoming an Entrepreneur.

Patti then went on to start her own marketing company which she owned and operated for 15 years. After realizing how much training and speaking was part of her DNA she then went back to her first love.

Patti is certified as both a John Maxwell Speaker, Trainer and Coach as well as a Mental Health Coach and now runs her own training and coaching company in Greenville, SC, working with organizations and schools in all areas of Professional Development.

Always curious about how people are “wired”, one of Patti’s specialties is working with groups and organizations on really connecting with their teams through Effective Communication, DISC and Value Based Leadership. Being a High “I” on the DISC scale, Patti loves to involve her participants whether Illustrating through story telling and games at her in person trainings or polls and games virtually, she will have you up out of your seat.

Dr. Michael Brenner

As founder and CEO of Right Chord Leadership, Dr. Michael Brenner collaborates with leaders and teams at all levels to strengthen the essential skills needed for peak performance. He achieves this by drawing on more than two decades of experience as an international leadership consultant, executive coach, keynote speaker, and educator, and more than 35 years as a professional musician.

Michael is the creator of the CHORDS Model™ which consists of six key "notes" all successful leaders and teams play: C (Communication), H (Harmony), O (Ownership), R (Respect), D (Direction) and S (Support). He has partnered with leading organizations in a variety of industries, including law firm Ballard Spahr, Godiva, Burlington Stores, QVC, SAP, Penn Medicine, and Children's Hospital of Philadelphia.

Michael has been a featured speaker at many industry events and conferences around the world, including Southeast Asia, Canada and Australia. He holds a doctorate in Adult Learning and Leadership from Columbia University and a master’s degree in Adult and Organizational Development from Temple University. He has taught courses in organizational behavior, systems dynamics, negotiations, and interpersonal relations (among others) at Immaculata University, Temple University, and La Salle University. Currently, Michael is on the faculty of Penn State University and American University.

Additionally, Michael recently completed a certificate program on the neuroscience of leadership from MIT and is currently writing a book based on the CHORDS Model™ aimed at developing young leaders.

Devin C. Hughes

Devin is an unbridled optimist, captivating international speaker, author, thought-leader, and culture expert. He helps leaders drive growth and engagement by aligning workplace culture with success. His experience working on employee engagement strategy, evolving corporate cultures, talent management, and diversity & Inclusion brings a unique perspective in helping his clients plan for positive growth and evolution. His approach which draws from the science of positive psychology, positive organizational research, appreciative inquiry, neuroscience, mindset, and mindfulness.

Devin's unconventional and innovative views on business and leadership have attracted international attention. From State Farm to Disney, from Lockheed Martin to Eli Lilly, from big business to entrepreneurs to government agencies, Devin has been invited to meet with an array of leaders and organizations in nearly every industry.

Devin was named to Peoplehum's power list of the top 200 thought leaders to follow in 2023. He received his BA Colgate University and his M.S. from Southern New Hampshire University. He is the author of twenty-one books and lives in San Diego, CA with his wife, four daughters and his beloved rescue dog.