Brian Lowenthal

Brian Lowenthal is a co-founder of The Lion Valley Partners. In his thirty years as a business professional, he has been a corporate executive, organizational consultant, and business owner.

As a Vice President of Human Resources, (first with Dots, Inc., a retail apparel company, and later with Bonne Bell, a consumer products company), he designed, developed, and implemented HR Strategic Plans aligned to the organization’s business strategy. He has expertise in the deployment of HR technology, has implemented HR practices that have significantly increased the level of employee engagement, and built HR scorecards. Brian was the first Director, Organizational Development, at Express, Inc., the largest division of The Limited, where he facilitated the creation of their Balanced Scorecard.

As a consultant, he has worked with Fortune 100 companies, as well as start-up organizations. He was Regional Vice President for Development Dimensions International, and led the global HR and Shared Services Benchmarking practices for The Hackett Group. His expertise includes organizational and HR strategy development, executive coaching, benchmarking and measurement, culture shaping, change leadership, individual and organizational assessment, and leadership development.

Brian's clients have included: University Hospitals, Marrietta Memorial Hospital, Trinity Health System, Starbucks Coffee Company, Coldwater Creeek, Carlson Companies, Mattel, Kohler Company, Textron, Lockheed-Martin, Ameren, Bose Corporation, KeyBank, Chico’s FAS, Inc., Medical Mutual of Ohio, Chase Credit Card Services, The Ohio State University Medical Center, Eli Lilly and Company, and MEDecision

An internationally recognized speaker and author on Benchmarking, HR Strategy, Measurement, and Organization and Leadership Development, Brian is an active member of SHRM and the HR Planning Society. He earned Bachelor of Science degrees in Business Education and Business Administration from Illinois State University, an MBA from Roosevelt University, and taught Human Resources at Cleveland State University.