The Brevard Consulting Partners team has helped clients across the United States strengthen their workforce and achieve their goals through effective people strategies for over 30 years.
Our well-respected partners and consultants bring deep expertise in human capital consulting, organizational design, staffing analysis, classification and compensation programs, performance management, and workplace culture initiatives.
We understand that organizations dedicated to serving communities face unique challenges. That’s why we provide practical, data-driven solutions tailored to each client’s mission, workforce, and long-term objectives.
From evaluating compensation structures and workforce needs to improving organizational performance and employee engagement, we help leaders make informed decisions that create lasting impact.
Dan Ripberger is a trusted compensation and human resources advisor with more than 30 years of experience helping organizations align their people strategies with their business objectives. Throughout his career, he has built long-standing client relationships by delivering practical, data-driven solutions and guidance that create lasting organizational value.
Dan’s expertise spans job architecture, job classification, compensation strategy, and total rewards design. He is particularly recognized for his ability to guide organizations through complex change, integrate compensation and rewards programs, and establish effective governance frameworks that support sustainable change and organizational effectiveness.
Having worked with organizations of most sizes and across a wide range of sectors, Dan brings specialized insight to governmental and other mission-driven organizations. His career began in specialist and management roles within industrial and public sector employers before transitioning into consulting. He has served clients through both global consulting firms and boutique advisory organizations, combining sector knowledge, technical competence, and the personalized service clients value most.
Dan holds a bachelor’s degree with concentrations in Economics and Human Resources and has also completed extensive graduate-level coursework in labor economics, econometrics, and statistics. He holds the Certified Compensation Professional (CCP) designation from WorldatWork and the Senior Professional in Human Resources (SPHR) certification from the Society for Human Resource Management.
Mike is a compensation strategist, consultant, and educator with more than 25 years of experience helping organizations align rewards programs with business strategy. He advises organizations across a variety of industries on compensation strategy, job architecture, market pricing, career paths, incentive design, compensation governance, employee engagement, and HR analytics. Drawing on experience in both consulting and corporate leadership roles, he brings a practical, business-focused perspective to solving complex talent and rewards challenges.
In addition to consulting, Dr. Wagner serves as Associate Professor of Management and MBA Program Academic Director at the University of Cincinnati. He develops and teaches graduate-level courses in employee compensation, benefits, leadership, and human resource management and has received multiple awards for teaching excellence. He has also led academic program growth, curriculum development, and advisory board initiatives, helping prepare the next generation of HR and business leaders.
Prior to academia, Dr. Wagner held senior compensation and human resources leadership roles within large financial services organizations. He advised executives on incentive plan design, pay-for-performance programs, market pricing, job evaluation, compensation governance, analytics, and regulatory considerations. Throughout his corporate career, he managed compensation programs supporting thousands of employees and oversaw multimillion-dollar compensation and incentive budgets.
Dr. Wagner is also a faculty member with WorldatWork, where he teaches courses in pay structures, compensation analytics, and performance-based rewards. He holds a PhD in Organizational Psychology from Columbia University and is an active researcher whose work on compensation, motivation, and organizational effectiveness has been published in peer-reviewed journals and presented at professional conferences around the world.
Reem Zaghal has more than 25 years of experience in classification, compensation, benefits, HR technology, and organizational design initiatives across healthcare, higher education, nonprofit, and government organizations.
Recognized for her ability to align compensation strategy with organizational goals and with the California labor market, Reem develops compensation frameworks, job architecture models, and organizational design solutions that strengthen consistency, scalability, transparency, and market alignment.
In addition to her role at Brevard, Reem provides compensation consulting services to UCLA Health and the David Geffen School of Medicine at UCLA. Her previous roles include Director of Compensation, Benefits, and HRMS at Salk Institute for Biological Studies, Principal Analyst of Total Rewards and Operations at The State Bar of California, and a Principal Management Analyst at the City of Carlsbad CA. Across these roles, she has led and participated in compensation transformation efforts, HR technology modernization projects, and global vendor partnerships spanning the United States and Europe.
Reem holds a Bachelor of Arts from George Mason University and is a Certified Compensation Professional (CCP) through WorldatWork.