Carol Thompson

Carol brings a 30-year signature for energetically leading teams through business transformation as a senior and c-suite executive for large and small global enterprises. Whether pre-revenue, Fortune 500, private, or non-profit organizations, Carol is known for consistently improving performance in a variety of sectors including technology, capital goods, energy, and automotive. She enjoys leading companies to drive unparalleled results, operational prowess, and interdisciplinary capabilities.  Beyond a love of business, Carol’s interests include global travel, animal welfare, environment, education, and social causes. These are secondary to time spent with her son and his young family.


Melanie Buck

Melanie has led some of the biggest digital efforts in politics and non-profit advocacy. From 2010 to 2020 she represented national high-profile campaigns and organizations, from Senator Kirsten Gillibrand (D-NY) and the Democratic Governors Association to the Sierra Club and Amnesty International.

She’s an expert in lead generation, testing and optimization and fundraising, and is well-versed in creating and exceeding key performance indicators, having led her clients in acquiring over 15 million qualified digital supporters and raising over $75 million in low-dollar individual contributions.

She has unique experience scaling high-growth companies, serving as an Executive Vice President, Managing Director and President of digital marketing agencies. Her early and sustained success has been driven by a deep dedication to building effective teams through empathetic leadership and emotional intelligence.

She’s equal parts homebody and adventurer and has spent time on six continents. She enjoys spending time with her fellow explorers in the Bay Area while trying to maintain household equilibrium despite the best efforts of two crafty and acrobatic cats.


Jillian Adams

Jillian Adams leads Cro Metrics' People team while taking a "customer approach" to the People function.  Just like our customers, each employee is on a journey from the moment they find out about Cro Metrics through their ongoing Croreer development. Understanding and acting on the value of each team member is as paramount as our commitment to our customers

In her 20+ year career, Jillian has worked with companies from start-ups to Fortune 25 brands helping them build cultures and an employee experience which challenges the status quo, brings the human back into HR, and problem solves for both the business and the people who run it.

When not nerding out on human behavior, Jillian fills her cup by spending time with her fave human, her husband, Mike, family and friends.  You can find her traveling, doing anything outdoors, holed up with a book, acting, singing, dancing and trying about anything twice.


Gavin Fry

Based in Mount Joy, Pennsylvania, Gavin grew up in the Susquehanna Valley where he took to problem solving and technology at an early age. He began his career working as a cook through high school and college, eventually graduated with a Bachelor’s in Computer Science from Millersville University. Throughout his early years and secondary education, he often coded as a hobby, finding enjoyment in the problem-solving nature of the task, as well as the debugging that came along with it.

When not working, Gavin enjoys watching films, playing video games, reading books, and getting outside however he can.