Barbara Krasne
Managing Director

Barbara Krasne has expertise helping companies develop strong leaders. Her experience spans a variety of client-types and industries including marketing, manufacturing, nonprofit economic development, childcare, arts and education foundations.

In 2003, Ms. Krasne co-founded KrasnePlows to help companies build effective organizations and successful businesses. A former Chief Executive Officer, Ms. Krasne has held various corporate and nonprofit leadership positions over the last two decades in the advertising, media, education, and art worlds, at USA Today International, Publicitas and Artnet.com among other companies. She has built businesses from the ground up and also engineered successful turnarounds. She is experienced in all phases of an enterprise, from marketing and sales to finance and operations, she has provided strategic and operational expertise, often using technology to establish successful organizations.

Ms. Krasne earned her B.A. in Art History and Psychology and her M.B.A. in Finance and Accounting from the University of Kansas. She serves on various corporate and nonprofit boards, in addition to other professional affiliations and, in 2002, she co-founded the Downtown Business Network, a business development membership organization.

Managing Directors

G. Michael Ashmore
James Baum
Robert Curran
Catherine Elkies
James Fine
Louis Le Gendre
Robert Gorin
Jean-René Gougelet
James Hartman
Robert Jaegly
Patricia Koziol
Barbara Krasne
Boris Kupermann
Kira Mendez
Susan Miller
Albert P'an
Dan Pomerleau
James Prendergast
Mary Kay Rafferty
Rona Rosenblatt
David Rupert
Clark Santos
Geri Stengel
Frank Vitale
John Wisniewski
Ivan Wolff
Courtney Wood