About Us
Our consultants thrive on challenges. When you need help solving problems that are unique to your complex organization – whether strategic, political, operational, or financial issues.
We are flexible and innovative:
Being part of a small business that is led by partners who believe in innovation and empowerment, our employees do not face the same bureaucratic hurdles as they would at a large consulting firm. The company hierarchy is relatively flat, allowing employees direct access to partners and company management. We encourage creative thinking and embrace employee initiatives.
We attract exceptional talent: We attract and recruit the best and brightest throughout the country in order to build a staff skilled in strategic,
performance, human capital, technology, and solutions planning.
Meet the GetYouThinking, LLC Team
Staff Bios
Robert S. McLafferty - Founding Partner
Richard W. Lippert - Founding Partner
Daniel Fagbuyi, MD - Special Medical Advisor / Major US Army
Robert S. McLafferty
Founding Partner
Mr. McLafferty is a nationally registered paramedic with more than 20 years of experience in fire, rescue and emergency medical services.
Mr. McLafferty has worked for Children’s Hospital of Pittsburgh and Butler Memorial Hospital as both a response team paramedic and an outreach coordinator.
Additionally, he served several years as a flight paramedic with STAT MedEvac. Mr. McLafferty continues to stay active in Emergency Medical Services as a casual paramedic for the Slippery Rock, Pa., Fire Department.
He also serves as a line officer/rescue officer at his local fire department. He is an instructor/course coordinator for various programs, including Pediatric Advanced Life Support (PALS), International Trauma Life Support (ITLS), Pediatric International Trauma Life Support (PITLS), Pediatric Emergencies for the Pre-Hospital Professional (PEPP),
Advanced Cardiac Life Support (ACLS), and Child Passenger Safety (CPS). Mr. McLafferty is happy to offer educational programs throughout the country.
Richard W. Lippert
Founding Partner
Mr. Lippert is a nationally registered paramedic with more than 13 years of experience in fire, rescue and emergency medical services.
Mr. Lippert has worked for Children’s Hospital of Pittsburgh outreach coordinator. He was responsible for electronic data collection and database management for departmental and hospital strategic planning for regional hospitals and EMS service relations. Mr. Lippert serves as a regional faculty resource for PALS, ACLS and BCLS; maintains instructor status in the areas of EMT, paramedic and ITLS; and is a PEPP course coordinator and car seat technician instructor. He also is an active member of Pittsburgh’s Critical Incident Stress Management Team, with more than 10 years of experience, and is a certified Fire Fighter I.
Additionally, Mr. Lippert has served as board member for a not-for-profit ambulance service in Pennsylvania and, as a member of the Lower Burrell City Council, oversaw Public Safety both for Fire and EMS. Mr. Lippert is active in business consulting. His teaching interests include business development, motivation, leadership and public safety.
Brian Shaw
Founding Partner
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Daniel Fagbuyi, MD
Special Medical Advisor / Major US Army
Dr. Fagbuyi is the Special Medical Advisor of Disaster Preparedness and Emergency Management, as well as an Emergency Department attending physician, at Children’s National Medical Center in Washington, DC.
Academically, he is Assistant Professor of Pediatrics and Emergency Medicine at the George Washington University School of Medicine with board certification in both Pediatrics and Pediatric Emergency Medicine. Dr. Fagbuyi has been instrumental in numerous initiatives and committees both locally and nationally, some of which include, stake-holder member of the National Commission on Children and Disasters, appointed member of American Academy of Pediatrics Disaster Preparedness Advisory Council, and Representative/Subject matter expert to many national organizations, committees and federal government organizations.
Dr. Fagbuyi is a Major in US Army and served on the “frontlines” as the Battalion Surgeon of 1-502 infantry out of Ft. Campbell, KY with 101st Airborne/Air Assault Division in support of “Operation Iraqi Freedom” and “Operation Enduring Freedom. He was Liaison to Ministry Health and other medical treatment facilities and non-governmental organizations (NGOs), facilitating medical infrastructure repair and obtaining grants from US Army to rehabilitate damaged infrastructure and replace medical equipment. Dr. Fagbuyi instructed the tactical combat casualty course (TCCC), combat lifesaver course for front-line medics, and WMD/Bioterrorism/CBRNE course.
He is liaison to the District of Columbia Hospital Association, member of the District of Columbia Emergency Healthcare Coalition, and member of the National Capital Region’s National Medical Response Team (NMRT). In addition to authoring and co-authoring various medical literatures, Dr. Fagbuyi has also made various media appearances in lay and professional media, and instructs PDLS, PALS, and Decontamination Team Train-the-trainer course. His interest is in Bioterrorism, Disaster preparedness/response, Pre-hospital and Community outreach.
Rachael Zolinas
Consultant
Ms. Zolinas brings 9 years of Military Service to the consulting field. At this time, she is still proudly serving in the US Army Reserve as a First Lieutenant in the Medical Service Corps.
In addition to serving 7 years as a combat medic, she holds civilian status as a National Registered Emergency Medical Technician.
Ms. Zolinas specializes in:
- Mass Evacuation
- Healthcare Program Design
- Systems Analyst
- Logistics Training
- Facility Resource
- Disaster Management
