Teri has been dedicated to public sector executive search since 2000. Serving communities with populations over 1 million to towns as small as 2,000, she has built a substantial base of clients across the Western United States that continually rely upon her personalized service and recruitment expertise. Her clients also include special districts, utility agencies and non-profit organizations.

Before entering the executive search field, Teri enjoyed a successful career in local and federal government, serving in management positions where she oversaw public safety, finance, human resources, communications, public/legislative affairs, information technology and strategic planning. In the 42nd Presidential Administration, Teri served as Chief of Staff in the U.S. Department of Justice COPS Office helping to oversee a $2 billion annual budget and a staff of 300.

Teri earned her Master's in Public Administration from the University of Southern California and holds a Bachelor's degree in Criminal Justice from California State University, Fullerton. She is a founding committee member of Cal-ICMA's Preparing the Next Generation initiative and holds active memberships in numerous professional associations serving the public sector.

Joe Brann is the founder and CEO of Joseph Brann & Associates (JBA), a subsidiary consulting firm of TB&Co. exclusively dedicated to improving accountability and performance in police departments. For more than twenty years his firm has assisted police and sheriff’s departments with improving their policing strategies, modernizing service delivery, and engaging the community with police as co-producers of public safety. In addition to being the company’s CEO, Joe serves an advisor on all of TB&Co.’s law enforcement related searches.

Joe began his law enforcement career with the Santa Ana, CA Police Department – one of the earliest pioneers in the community policing movement. In 1989 he was appointed to serve as Chief of Police in Hayward, CA, where his vision and leadership in successfully integrating community policing principles and problem-solving strategies were recognized at the state and national level and served as a model for other communities. Following passage of the 1994 Crime Act he was appointed by President Bill Clinton to serve as the founding Director for the Office of Community Oriented Policing Services (COPS Office) in the U. S. Department of Justice. Under Joe’s leadership, the COPS Office invested billions of dollars in the advancement of community policing through a variety of nationwide training initiatives, the addition of 100,000 community police officers, and numerous crime reduction and community building programs. During his tenure, he also established 3-1-1 as the national non-emergency number.

Mr. Brann holds a Bachelor of Arts in Criminal Justice from California State University, Fullerton, and a Master of Public Administration degree from the University of Southern California. He is also a graduate of the FBI National Academy. 

Tracey is responsible for managing the numerous administrative activities associated with TBC recruitments and special projects. From overseeing our massive database, ensuring contractual requirements are met and interacting with candidates to coordinating background checks, she is involved with all aspects of the search process.

Tracey brings over a decade of project management experience to TB&Co. Prior to joining the firm, she held a variety of finance, IT and project management related positions with Northrop Grumman and Toyota Motor Sales, USA. Tracey serves as Teri’s invaluable “right hand” in ensuring that all client and candidate needs are met.

Suzanne has over 33 years of professional experience working with cities and counties in California as a local government administrator and human resources professional focusing on business process improvement, change management and improved human resource practices. Suzanne has worked to modernize and improve public sector recruitment and hiring practices throughout her career and recently was part of a multi-jurisdictional team that worked with the State of California to rewrite the State’s county personnel merit rules which were adopted in 2016. During her career she has worked with the City of Long Beach, Napa County, the City of Palo Alto and the City and County of San Francisco. With these jurisdictions she has served as Deputy City Manager, Assistant City Manager, Director of Human Resources and Director of Employee Relations, in addition to various departmental assignments. Suzanne has extensive experience with organizational change management, community and employee engagement, budgeting, as well as all areas of human resources management.

Suzanne earned a Master’s Degree in Public Administration from the University of Southern California, with an emphasis in Intergovernmental Management, and her Bachelor’s Degree in History from the University of California at Santa Barbara. Suzanne also holds a certificate from the Senior Executives in State and Local Government Program at the Kennedy School of Government at Harvard University.

Suzanne has served as a member of Cal-ICMA’s Preparing the Next Generation Committee since its inception and was part of the team that transitioned to the effort to the Cal-ICMA Talent Initiative. Suzanne also serves as a Civil Service Commissioner for the City of Napa.

Tina White retired as City Manager of Poway, California in May, 2019. The City of Poway consistently ranked as one of California’s safest cities and among the best California cities in which to raise a family. As City Manager, Ms. White oversaw an operating budget of $90 million, a workforce of more than 200 full-time employees, and capital improvement projects totaling $34 million in fiscal year 2017-18. Prior to being appointed City Manager, Ms. White served as Poway’s Assistant City Manager for more than six years. As Assistant City Manager, she continued to lead labor negotiations with employee unions (a role she served for more than 10 years).

Ms. White worked in local government for more than 30 years, working for the cities of El Cajon and Poway and for Helix Water District. She began with Poway in 2001, starting as a management analyst and working her way up to Administrative Services Director in 2006, where she was responsible for human resources, finance, information technology, customer services and the water conservation team. She also worked for five years as a municipal law paralegal and legal administrator for a law firm that represented a number of cities and special districts in the San Diego area.

Over the course of her diverse and accomplished career, she successfully recruited and hired high-quality executive leaders, technical and professional staff, middle managers, and line staff. This included filling positions in highly regulated fields such as water treatment and distribution and wastewater, and specialized fields such as engineering and municipal/land use law. She attributes her success in recruitments to ensuring that she understood the needs of the position and the organization, looking beyond the job description. She also ensured the selected candidates not only had the necessary skills and abilities, but that they were the right “match” for the organization. This aptitude will help her bring forward the best available candidates and properly gauge their skills and fit with client organizations.

Since retiring, Ms. White also works as a senior advisor serving the consulting, administrative and project management needs of local government.

Ms. White is a member of the International City/County Management Association, and holds a Bachelor’s degree in Public Administration from San Diego State University.

Lucia interfaces extensively with our candidates and works alongside Tracey to help ensure our clients and candidates receive the proper care and support.  A great deal of her time is spent handling incoming calls, monitoring our online application system, responding to e-mails, and assisting candidates with their submissions.   
 
Lucia has worked in various administrative capacities in the private sector throughout Europe and the United States. She graduated from Technic University Kosice in Slovakia majoring in Business Administration.   
 

Adam is known for being a community-oriented leader in local government. Before joining TBC in 2023, Adam invested 32 years of his career in the public sector serving communities of all sizes. Most recently, he spent seven years of his career with the City of Novato in Marin County, the last three years serving as City Manager.
 
As a former police chief, Adam’s crisis management and leadership skills were paramount in helping Novato navigate the COVID-10 pandemic. While City Manager there, Adam also successfully negotiated labor contracts and reduced staffing turnover too less than 4%. He also executed two bold strategic plans in concert with the City Council and completed numerous transformational projects such as the 2035 update to the city’s General Plan and the redistricting of Novato’s city council districts.
 
Prior to becoming a City Manager, Adam enjoyed a long and distinguished career in policing including serving as Police Chief in Novato. He previously served as Police Chief in the cities of Truckee and Newman after coming up through the ranks in the Modesto Police Department.
Adam holds a Master of Science in Emergency Services Administration from Cal State Long Beach and a Bachelor’s degree in Criminal Justice Administration from the University of Phoenix. He is also a graduate of the FBI National Academy.
 
 

Serving as Special Projects Manager & Assistant to the CEO, Cindi is charged with overseeing special projects for the firm such as implementing new software, designing our approach to social media, keeping our operations as green as possible - all things related to keeping us on our toes when it comes to efficiency and accountability.

Cindi holds a Bachelor's degree in English from Loyola Marymount University.

Monica Irons has over 36 years of professional Human Resources experience with the first half of her career spent in two hi-tech private sector companies and the second half of her career as the Human Resources Director for the City of San Luis Obispo.  During her career she met recruitment-related challenges with creative and efficient approaches to hiring and retaining talent.
Prior to joining TBC, Monica served as Human Resources Director for the City of San Luis Obispo, leading the city's human resources, risk management, wellness, and organizational development functions for almost 18 years. Her local government legacy includes serving as a trusted advisor to three city managers, several department heads, and employees, implementing a training and development program aimed at preparing the workforce of roughly 400 employees for future needs, and developing the City’s first employee diversity, equity, and inclusion effort. During her tenure, she focused on improving the efficiency of recruitment processes, improving the applicant experience, improving recruitment outcomes, defining a brand for the organization, and enhancing diversity. 
Earlier in her career while in hi-tech, Monica met labor shortages with a tailored new hire training program to develop technical and team skills, engaged in extensive college recruiting, and facilitated the preparation of specialty visas.  She also has extensive experience in foreign and domestic executive recruiting and selection for small satellite teams. 
Monica earned a BS in Business Administration from Cal Poly, is a graduate of Leadership SLO (Class XV) and a graduate of the Senior Executive Institute (University of Virginia).
 

Bill is an experienced Fire Chief and serves as TBC’s technical guru and chief networker on fire service-related recruitments. He advanced through the ranks in the Milpitas Fire Department and served as Fire Chief during his 30-year career with the agency helping to manage the city’s transformation from a bedroom community to a legitimate part of the Silicon Valley tech industry. This scale of growth created a platform during his senior command staff and fire chief tenure to develop Milpitas into an integral part of the Sana Clara County All-Risk Automatic-Aid system serving an aggregate population of nearly 1.7M people.

Prior to appointment as Fire Chief, he promoted  up the ranks from firefighter to Battalion Chief before serving as Operations Chief, Fire Marshal, and Assistant Chief. Well-versed in managing those divisions, he oversaw development of engine-based paramedics; hazardous materials response; FEMA USAR membership, and EOC response planning. As Fire Marshal, he co-wrote language adopted into the California Fire Code (nee Uniform Fire Code) as part the California Fire Prevention Officer’s Code Development Committee.

Following his service in Milpitas, Bill has served in interim executive positions in Stockton, Davis, Oakland and West Sacramento, among others. Having served on both sides of the labor-management table, his 360-degree perspective paid dividends in his ability to cultivate a collaborative spirit of problem-solving in managing labor relations; and has been instrumental in resolving  difficult labor issues.