Oneida has an extensive background in consulting and project management.  Before starting Birchwood Consulting Group with her partner, she worked as a Senior Consultant for a "Big Five" accounting and consulting firm, leading business systems consulting projects in manufacturing, healthcare, and service organizations. She has experience as an internal consultant for two of Central PA ’s largest employers providing operational analysis expertise, guiding reengineering and improvement projects, and leading cost-reduction activities. In addition, Oneida was a production planner for a Fortune 500 manufacturing corporation and periodically teaches undergraduate healthcare administration courses for Penn State-York and Lancaster campuses.

Oneida has a B.A. degree in Physics from Franklin & Marshall College , a B.S. degree in Industrial Engineering from Columbia University , and an M.S. degree in Health Administration from St. Joseph 's University. Also, she has completed graduate work in Industrial Engineering and Management while working as a teaching and research assistant at North Carolina State University .

Oneida is a graduate of Leadership Lancaster, a 2005 recipient of the "Best 50 Women in Business" award presented by the PA Dept. of Community & Economic Development, and a 2002 recipient of the Forty Under 40 business leadership award presented by the Central Penn Business Journal. In addition, she is the past Chair of the Lancaster County Workforce Investment Board, a past member of the board of the Lancaster Heart Foundation, a member of the Lancaster Rotary, a judge for the Lancaster Science & Engineering Fair, a Diplomate in the American College of Healthcare Executives, and a member of the Institute of Industrial Engineers . Oneida is also a volunteer and active participant in her two sons’ school and sports activities.

Oneida became a Group Chair with Vistage in 2006.  Vistage is an international organization focused on the personal and professional development of business owners, presidents and CEOs as well as their direct reports.  Vistage has over 14,000 members world-wide and over 160 members in Central PA.  As a chair with Vistage, Oneida works with executives both individually and as a group, to help them explore problems, issues and opportunities, both personally and within their businesses.  The goal of Oneida’s endeavors with Vistage, as well as with Birchwood, is to help executives grow their companies successfully.  On average, Vistage-member companies achieve high growth at a rate five times that of all US companies and outperform their industry growth nearly twice as frequently as all other US companies.

Robert E. Pozesky
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Bob has extensive experience in applying business improvement strategies both as a consultant and as an operations leader.  Prior to co-founding Birchwood Consulting Group, he was the Vice President of Operations for a management services organization.  In this role, he guided the restructuring of daily operations, improvement of key business processes, and development of a management reporting system while returning the organization to profitability.  Bob has also worked in various roles providing a breadth of implementation-based consulting services centered on process redesign and management to the manufacturing, service, and health care industries.

Bob has a B.S. degree in Industrial Engineering and a dual Masters of Engineering in Operations Research and Industrial Engineering from the Pennsylvania State University.  He is a Certified Manager of Quality/Organizational Excellence with the American Society for Quality.  Bob has also completed his initial Fundamentals of Engineering certification in progress towards licensure as a Professional Engineer and has completed post graduate course work in Healthcare Management.

Bob recently completed a nine year term as a member of Board of Directors for Big Brothers Big Sisters of Lancaster County, is a 2004 Forty Under 40 award winner presented by the Central Penn Business Journal, a 2002 Graduate of Leadership Lancaster, a Senior Member of the Institute of Industrial Engineers, a Senior Member in the American Society for Quality, a judge for the Lancaster Science & Engineering Fair, and a baseball coach with the Hempfield Youth Association.