Company Overview
For over 20 years, we’ve helped leaders and teams identify and address the obstacles to their success so they can cut through the noise, improve culture, and create lasting results—built on trust, clarity, and real connection.
We know what the best leaders look like, the behaviors and outcomes they need to deliver, and how they can best manage their teams to be aligned and create the greatest employee satisfaction.
Our Team
Tammy Jersey, Chief Executive Officer
Tammy helps leaders become their best selves—people others genuinely want to work with. For more than 20 years, she has coached CEOs and executive teams to increase their impact by leading with clarity, curiosity, and trust. Her work blends sharp business insight with practical behavior strategies that drive meaningful, lasting change. Coaching clients gain self-awareness and the “how-to’s” needed to put that awareness into action.
She is also widely known for delivering game-changing leaders for companies in record time. Executive search clients rely on Tammy and her team to quickly understand their leadership needs and cultural nuances so they can recruit outstanding leaders who stay for the long term. She doesn’t conduct “plain vanilla” searches—she’s hired to find the placements her clients don’t know where to look for.
When teams feel misaligned or stuck, Tammy’s Organizational Reset Sessions help clear the air, rebuild trust, and restore clarity. She co-leads this work with her twin sister, Tracy, combining leadership coaching and strategic facilitation to create real alignment, stronger communication, and more engaged, higher-performing teams.
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Her clients have included GE, McKinsey & Company, Boston Consulting Group, Cleary Gottlieb, L Catterton, American Securities, and New York Life, among many others.
Across all her services, Tammy’s goal is the same: to solve her clients’ toughest talent challenges so they can focus on hitting their growth goals.
Her actionable strategies address some of the most difficult leadership challenges, including delivering tough messages effectively, inspiring others to support a vision, becoming recognized as a strategic thought partner, and reducing tension in difficult relationships. Her direct, no-nonsense style removes any guesswork about how others perceive a leader—while her empathetic approach makes behavior change easier and more sustainable. Over time, those new behaviors become part of a leader’s natural DNA.
Tammy founded TKJ Leadership as a certified woman-owned business and has served on the boards and executive committee of Temple Israel in Westport, CT, as well as the HBS Network of Women Alumnae. As one client put it, “Tammy is known for taking a block of cement and turning it into moldable clay.”
Michael Bruno, Partner
Michael has spent his career helping companies find and develop leaders who truly move the needle, and he brings that same focus to every search. As a former CHRO turned executive search partner with TKJ Leadership, he understands great leadership from the inside out.
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Over the past three decades, he has worked closely with CEOs and senior teams at IAC (as SVP–HR), GE, PepsiCo, IBM, Rodale, and Buddy Media (acquired by Salesforce), as well as with private equity firms including Sterling and Center Bridge Partners. As CEO of his own business, he speaks his clients’ language—resulting in searches that are focused, precise, quickly completed, and aligned with shifting marketplace needs.
Michael delivers high-impact hires and strengthens leadership benches. His approach blends rigorous assessment of caliber and culture fit with the judgment of someone who has “lived at the top of the house.” Alongside Tammy, he helps organizations build world-class, agile management teams, navigate change, and align talent with business strategy and performance.
Clients trust him because his results last. He has helped organizations hit their targets, strengthen leadership teams, and earn recognition on Fortune’s Best 100 Companies to Work For and Most Admired Company lists.
Michael lives in Sea Girt, NJ, with his wife. They have three grown children, and when he’s not building teams, he’s likely on a pickleball court.
Tracy Rosen, Partner
Tracy loves helping companies uncover the insights that lead to real business breakthroughs. For more than 25 years, she has guided strategy and innovation efforts across industries—from financial services and retail to healthcare, food, and technology. She also developed Quix℠, a process that shortens innovation cycles from months to weeks, helping teams move from idea to impact much faster. Her work blends curiosity and creativity with analytical rigor to turn complex challenges into clear, actionable strategies.
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Her approach is both disciplined and inventive. Early in her career at GE Corporate Business Development under Jack Welch, she learned the power of process, leadership rigor, and innovation principles. Later, as Vice President of Marketing at GE Capital, she led cross-category strategy and innovation work spanning both B2B and B2C markets. That blend of structure and curiosity still shapes how she partners with clients today—helping them bring high-potential ideas to market with greater speed and confidence.
Tracy holds an MBA from The Wharton School and a BS in Mechanical Engineering from Tufts University. She has shared her perspectives at conferences and institutions including Quirks East, Dartmouth’s Tuck School of Business, the Wharton Alumni Organization, and QRCA. Her thought leadership has also been published in the Harvard Business Review and in industry white papers.
Outside of work, she serves on the board of Winston Preparatory School, supporting students with learning differences. She is always up for a great conversation about what’s next in innovation.
Chloe Hughes, Principal
Chloe is a natural operator and organizer—someone who loves digging into details and ensuring things run seamlessly. At TKJ, she brings her strengths in efficiency, curiosity, and project coordination to every engagement, helping clients and internal teams stay one step ahead. Clients often describe her as an extension of their own team, which is exactly how she likes to work.
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Throughout her career, Chloe has supported leaders and small-business CEOs across industries, applying her skills in organization, client service, data analysis, and writing to ensure no task falls through the cracks. She is known for being approachable, easy to work with, and consistently reliable. She has worked with companies including Design Bridge Inc., Siempre Holdings, and Engel Devlin Sgambati in roles spanning administration, operations, and project coordination. Colleagues value her intuition about people, strong business judgment, and healthy sense of urgency.
Chloe lives in Fairfield, Connecticut, with her husband, two sons, and their energetic dog, Mabel. Originally from the UK, she returns home to visit family as often as possible. Outside of work, she can be found gardening, hiking, or planning her next adventure.
She holds a university degree from West Kent College in the UK.
Debbie Roberts, Controller
Debbie loves the variety of people and businesses served by TKJ—no two days are ever the same. Every project brings a new challenge and a new opportunity to help clients grow. After more than a decade with the firm, she has had a hand in nearly every part of the operation, from financial and vendor management to research and client support.
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As part of both the research and finance teams, Debbie draws on her experience across industries including insurance, financial services, manufacturing, construction, and public relations. She enjoys uncovering insights and connections that help searches run smoothly and ensure clients feel fully supported.
Debbie earned her B.A. in Psychology and Sociology from New England College and her M.B.A. from the University of Connecticut. Outside of work, she serves on the board of The JLS Foundation, a nonprofit dedicated to promoting higher education and community service among high school students.
She lives with her husband, their two sons, and their rescue dog, Lenny—who happily joins her on long hikes and in the garden whenever possible.
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