Wendy Woods-Williams
Managing Partner
Close to the work, credible in the boardroom.
Our team brings decades of senior in-house and consultancy-side experience across business strategy, change management, digital and AI-enabled transformation, strategic communications, and social investment. We’re a hands on team with a deep lived experienced, having led our former company through a multi-year, global integration and private equity-driven transformation.
Maureen Byrne
Partner, Client Experience & Growth
Michael Grela
Partner, Operations & Impact
David Kyne
Partner, Executive Chair
Julie O'Donnell
Partner, Strategy & Innovation
The gravity that pulled us back together.
Common Thread Advisors is led by five co-founders and partners with a decades-long history of guiding organizations through change together. This includes 10 years building KYNE, an award-winning agency founded by David. They say the offsites and karaoke nights are the stuff of legends!
What felt like gravity pulled us back together in 2026 (we really like each other!), with a collective desire to create a new kind of firm — one that draws on our common experience and meets a growing need across industries and geographies.
We believe when this work is done well, we can create incredible value for organizations, helping them better deliver on their mission on behalf of all stakeholders.
Change that sticks.
As your partner, we operate inside live programs, close to the real decisions, tensions and trade-offs that determine whether change lands.