OUR LEADERS

Ron Bower, Founder & President

Ron Bower is the founder and President of the Brickpath Group, Inc., a human resources advisory and consulting firm that he started in 2010. With over 40 years of professional experience, he brings practical knowledge, intuition, passion, and a desire to make things better to every consulting engagement.

  • He is an advisor and confidant to company owners, presidents, C-suite executives and other senior leaders at a variety of companies across multiple industries. He is recognized by business leaders and colleagues as a strategic human resources professional with a passion for delivering results using a practical, no-nonsense approach to solving business problems.

    Prior to starting the Brickpath Group, he committed over 27 years to “corporate life,” the last 17 years of which were in human resources leadership roles. His early professional background in operations and technology management provides a strong foundation in people, project, process improvement, and vendor management skills.

    Ron’s corporate experience spanned both publicly traded and privately held companies ranging in size from 750 to more than 20,000 employees. He developed strategies for organic corporate growth as well as growth through acquisitions and mergers. During this time he also effectively led clients and staff through multiple economic downturns, reductions in force, and complicated regulatory issues.

    Ron is an advisory board member for Rustbelt Recruiting and an active volunteer and past board member of the Conservancy for Cuyahoga Valley National Park. He has provided significant HR advisory support to The Entrepreneurs EDGE, a non-profit organization helping mid-market companies grow in value and created and facilitated their Emerging Leader Series for early-career leaders. Ron is also a member of the HR Leadership Group of Northeast Ohio and the Society of Human Resource Management.

    Ron is a Qualified Myers-Briggs Type Indicator® (MBTI) facilitator, certified in several 360° feedback and organizational development instruments, as well as the Prosci Change Management process. He is an honors graduate of the School for Bank Administration at the University of Wisconsin and a proud graduate of Ohio University, where he earned a B.S. Communication.

    Ron is happily married to Wendy and the proud father of two adult sons. When not busy working, you can find him traveling, listening to a wide variety of music, attending concerts and music festivals, hiking, reading, watching Cleveland sports, chilling out with the family dog, and enjoying time with his amazingly cute granddaughters.

Wendy Bower, Owner

Wendy Bower joined the firm in October 2016 as an Owner and commits her time to developing and delivering MBTI and presentation skills training. She is widely recognized for her high energy, educational and entertaining training style.

  • She delivers: Introduction to MBTI, Advanced MBTI programs for Leaders, Team Development programs for intact work groups; and specialized workshops focused on stress, parenting, couples, and children. Wendy also provides one-on-one coaching to help her clients gain an even deeper understanding of Type and its impact on their leadership and communication style. Additionally, she leads workshops on Taking the Fear out of Public Speaking, Positive Communication, Assertiveness, and other facilitation and speaking related topics. 

    Prior to joining the Brickpath Group, Wendy was the founder and President of Bower Communication Consulting LLC, a successful practice that she built over 15 years. In her consulting, she provided a variety of communication workshops and skills training for businesses and non-profit organizations. Wendy used her MBTI and communication expertise to assist business professionals, students, teachers, clergy and non-profit leaders improve their communication and interpersonal interaction.

    Additionally, Wendy has been a college professor for over 27 years, teaching Organizational Communication, Interpersonal Communication, and Public Speaking. The majority of her teaching was with Baldwin-Wallace University and Kent State University. She has also taught at Lakeland Community College and Cuyahoga Community College. During her time at Baldwin-Wallace she also created and delivered a semester-long Special Topics MBTI Course and coached theater students on MBTI to assist in character development for school productions.

    Prior to her teaching and consulting career, she spent five years in outside sales.

    Wendy is a Qualified Myers-Briggs Type Indicator® facilitator, received her M.A. in Communication from Kent State University and a B.S. in Communication from Ohio University.

    Wendy is happily married to Ron and the proud mom of two adult sons. When not in front of a crowd of learners, Wendy is busy as an active volunteer and advocate for animal rights, an amazing cook and baker, avid reader, enjoys travel and the outdoors, spending high energy time with her adorable granddaughters, and she can be found daily on an hour-long walk with her now third rescued dog.

THE GROUP

Beyond our leaders, Brickpath Group is supported by a select network of expert consultants, coaches, and recruiters—each chosen for their deep experience, specialized knowledge, and commitment to our clients’ success. Our extended team brings together the best in the business from a range of backgrounds and industries, ensuring that every client engagement benefits from top-tier insight, practical solutions, and a collaborative spirit. When you work with Brickpath, you gain access to a trusted group of professionals dedicated to helping you achieve your goals.