Catherine Alman MacDonagh, JD, teaches and provides training and consulting services in process improvement and project management, strategic planning, marketing and business development. A Legal Lean Sigma Black Belt and a certified Six Sigma Green Belt, MacDonagh is the Chief Executive Officer and a Founder of the Legal Lean Sigma Institute (LLSI). A former corporate counsel and law firm executive, she is now an adjunct professor at Suffolk Law School and George Washington University's Master of Law Firm Management Program, as well as the author of Lean Six Sigma for Law Firms.
Frederick J. Esposito, Jr., MBA, CLM, is a senior member of the faculty and a consultant for the Legal Lean Sigma Institute LLC. In May 2018, Fred earned a Yellow Belt Certification in Legal Lean Sigma® and Project Management and is working toward his Green Belt Certification. Fred specializes in financial and organizational management and has managed and worked in a consulting capacity with several law firms, both international and domestic. Fred brings considerable "real world" experience to his role with the LLSI. He currently serves as Chief Operating Officer of the regional law firm Rivkin Radler LLP and has been a Certified Legal Manager (CLM)SM since 2006. He is a frequently sought out speaker and author of articles on a wide-range of topics, including alternative fee arrangements and law firm profitability models. In December 2016, he became a Faculty Advisor for the Nassau County Bar Academy of Law, in June 2013, he was inducted into the National Speakers Association, and in 2012 was named Long Island Business News' CFO of the Year.