Leadership Team

Rodney is a hands-on, passionate leader who establishes and drives T&H’s vision, mission, and direction; leads the firm’s strategy; and ensures the financial strength of the firm by increasing earnings and cash flow. Rodney establishes and maintains client relationships, strategic alliances, joint ventures and M&A activity. Rodney is a proud Army Veteran and he earned an MBA from Howard University and a BA from the University of the District of Columbia.

Deana P. Herbert is Co-Founder, President & Chief Operating Officer of Thomas & Herbert Consulting (T&H) with over 36 years of experience in strategic planning, organizational development, servant leadership, business transformation, change management, performance management and corporate innovative solutions to identify inefficiencies and opportunities for growth and positive change. She serves as the Executive Account Lead and provides strategic advisory support services to clients such as the National Geospatial Intelligence Human Resources Management, Department of Housing and Urban Development, Veterans Health Affairs, and Department of Health and Human Services. She oversees the daily operations of T&H and serves as an Executive and Leadership Coach for executives in Government, faith-based organizations and other client organizations. Ms. Herbert provides strategic support, thought leadership, and technical guidance to the clients and T&H Leadership Team on enterprise strategic initiatives, issues and possible solutions. She holds a B.A. in Business Administration from University of the District of Columbia, as well as an M.S. in Computer Systems Management from University of Maryland, Global Campus. She is a certified Executive Coach with Dream Releaser Coaching Organization.

Elizabeth Ushamirsky is a certified HR Professional (PHR) who serves as HR Consultant for Thomas & Herbert Consulting LLC. She brings over 20 years’ experience in developing, managing, leading all areas of human resources, working across multiple industries. Elizabeth provides support with short and long-term HR Consulting in areas including employee relations, full employee life-cycle support, performance management employee handbook development, policy and procedure development, onboarding and termination, benefit program administration, and employee training and development.

Marina is a passionate thought-provoking leader with a strong and enthusiastic commitment to helping small businesses grow. As T&Hs Manager for the DoD Mentor-Protégé Program (MPP), Marina is dedicated to growing our internal program and helping our small business partners achieve and exceed their goals. Marina has an A.A.S. in Accounting and has supported the DoD MPP for over 17 years in various capacities.

Cheryl is a hands-on, results-driven leader who drives T&H’s federal business development strategy, expands the firm’s presence in defense and civilian agencies, and secures high-value contracts. She specializes in identifying opportunities, developing capture strategies, and building strategic partnerships.

With over 20 years of experience in federal contracting, Cheryl has led initiatives in AI-driven IT modernization, cloud solutions, cybersecurity, and software.

Cheryl holds an MBA from San Diego State University and a Bachelor of Science from UCLA. She is known for her strategic vision, ability to navigate complex federal acquisitions, and commitment to delivering innovative solutions to government clients.

Mr. Malyszek works within the U.S. Government procurement industry in support of prime and subcontractors. His experience has been applied as a contract analyst, contracts manager, procurement specialist, lead negotiator, subcontract expert, import/export specialist, project manager, termination expert, data rights expert, ethics officer, claims resolution specialist, expert witness, and compliance expert. His knowledge and skills are utilized by large and small contractors throughout the world in order to provide guidance and support to both commercial and federal contractors.

With over 22 years of finance and accounting experience, Amy has broad expertise in all aspects of corporate accounting and financial management. Her direct experience is with government contractor accounting with specialties in designing and maintaining compliant financial and cost accounting systems, assuring the proper segregation of activities and cost allocations, ensuring compliance with FAR & DCAA requirements, and managing cash and annual budgets. At T&H, Amy manages accounting & finance activities, including financials reporting, cash projection, financial analysis, and annual budgets.

Dawn is an expert in delivering Facility Security solutions in the areas of Personnel Support, Classified Contract Support and she assists with all forms and documents necessary to maintain corporate facility clearances, and personal clearances. At T&H, Dawn manages the company’s security program which includes processing and managing security clearances, and ensuring compliance with all government regulations and requirements under the National Industrial Security Program Operating Manual (NISPOM).

Mr. Randolph Blazer has over 30 years of experience leading word-class management consulting enterprises. Mr. Blazer was Chairman and Chief Executive Officer of BearingPoint, one of the world’s largest consulting and systems integration firms. Under his leadership, the firm, then known as KPMG Consulting, launched the second-largest IPO of NASDAQ’s history, becoming the first of the Big Five consulting firms to separate from its audit and tax parent and become an independent, publicly-traded company. Mr. Blazer led BearingPoint to market-leading double-digit growth for business consulting and systems integration services from 1997-2004. Mr. Blazer served as President and General Manager of SAP’s Public Sector business unit. His responsibility included sales and service to federal, state and local governments, higher education institutions, the federal intelligence community and the top fourteen aerospace and defense corporations headquartered in the United States.

After serving in various leadership capacities with KPMG since 1977, Mr. Blazer was appointed Vice Chairman of Consulting Services in 1997 where he led the consolidation of KPMG LLP’s global consulting practices under a single business unit. Mr. Blazer served on the Board of Advisors for Apex Systems, Inc. until February 2007 when the company asked him to join the company as its COO. There his responsibilities are to “run” the company and its operations reporting to the three Founders/CEOs. After the first year, Mr. Blazer strengthened the company’s focus on bottom line results and operational productivity. He instituted new account strategies and is updating the company’s performance management process. For 2007, Apex posted 33% revenue growth with a 100 basis point increase in earnings margins. Apex is one of the fastest growing and most profitable IT Staffing businesses in the US. It is now the 10th largest such business and is privately held. Prior to joining KPMG LLP in 1977, Mr. Blazer served as a Captain in the United States Army. He has an MBA from the University of Kentucky and a BA in Economics from McDaniel College.