Terry Rose

Chief Operating Officer

Terry Rose has 15+ years of experience in Strategy, Finance, and Operations consulting across a wide variety of industries, including Financial Services, Mortgage Banking, Retail, and Hospitality, working with Fortune 500 corporations and growth-phase start-ups to solve their most complex business challenges. Terry is a Certified Public Account (CPA), Project Management Professional (PMP), and a Blackbelt in Lean Six-Sigma Management and Strategy. In his spare time, he enjoys spending time with his wife and three kids, listening to music and playing guitar, woodworking, and visiting local craft breweries.

Richie Forte 

Sales Manager

Richie is fueled by his passion for working with people. With his background in real estate, he uses his gregarious personality to connect with new clients of the company. In his free time, you will find him spending time with his family and friends, or on the basketball court working on his jump shot. 

Allyssia Cullen 

Operations | Billing

Allyssia (Lyssi) Cullen joined the Ciprani Consulting team in 2017. She has a background in administration, operations, and being the “go-to” person to keep things running. After five years as a recruiter, Lyssi transitioned to a role focusing on operations and billing. She focuses on crossing all the Ts and dotting all the Is. In her spare time, she enjoys walking in nature, cross stitching, and trying to keep her coffee from getting knocked over by her son or cat. 

Samantha Ferraro 

Hiring Consultant

Samantha (Sam) Ferraro joined the Ciprani Consulting team in 2018. With a background in customer service, Sam has a knack for finding those with a servant's heart to be the right support person for your team. On her days off, you can find Sam writing while drinking a good cup of coffee, creating the ultimate road trip playlist, or foraging the thrift shop with friends for the ultimate treasure.

Bridgett Criswell

Hiring Consultant

Bridgett started with Linzee Ciprani's real estate team as an executive assistant in 2020 before transitioning to Ciprani Consulting in 2021. With a background in marketing and hands-on experience with supporting a successful team, Bridgett knows exactly what a team needs to thrive. When she's not working, Bridgett enjoys baking new recipes, working on her cardio, and watching Rom-Coms. 

Brandon Bullock

Hiring Consultant

Brandon joins the Ciprani team with nearly a decade of experience engaging with high-level clients. Beginning his career in the political advertising arena and later transitioning to Real Estate he has been a relationship builder and a trusted client advisor from day one. As an Investment Acquisition Specialist, Inside Sales Agent and later a licensed Real Estate Agent he understands the complexities that go into building successful Real Estate teams. He is an avid fan of the Orioles and Ravens. While not working he enjoys spending time with his 3 sons, coaching baseball, going to concerts and camping trips. 

Pierce English

Hiring Consultant

Pierce brings with him experience in real estate and in customer service. He uses his background in psychology to provide a unique leverage when working with business owners and employees to find the ideal candidate. Outside of work, you can find Pierce participating in extreme workouts, spending time with his girlfriend Karina, or reading.

Maggie Miller

Hiring Consultant

Maggie was formerly a 6th grade English teacher, and she brings with her a passion to see others grow and succeed. Her experience in the classroom has taught her to be outgoing, organized and strong with communication. In her free time she loves to spend time with her family, sharing laughs with her nieces and nephew, and spending time in the sun when possible.

Ryan Dosen

Director of Consulting

Ryan Dosen is a business coach and consultant, leveraging expertise and a diverse background in law, real estate, recruiting, and more. Since joining in 2017, Ryan has played an integral role in growing Ciprani Consulting into the consulting and recruiting powerhouse that it is today. Ryan's world revolves around his wife and 3 kids, and he also enjoys fishing and cheering on the Miami Hurricanes' sports teams.

Kayla Slice

Head Consultant

Kayla was born and raised in Columbia, SC, although she's always been a Clemson fan. She graduated from Clemson University, and holds a masters degree from Arizona State University. Her real estate career began in 2015 when she became a Buyer’s Agent on the Haro Group. In her first year, Kayla closed 30 transactions and moved into the role of Executive Assistant for the General Manager of the team. She continued to grow on the team, holding most titles and roles before finishing her time with THG as the Director of Operations, leading a team of 6 stateside and 2 virtual assistants in the Philippines. Kayla's keen attention to detail and fierce determination help her to find win-win scenarios and solve problems. Currently, Kayla is a homeschooling and working mom. In her free time, she serves at her church, swing dances with her husband Jim, reads a variety of books, and enjoys the outdoors with her children Lula and James.

Rebecca Vanderkolk

Consultant

Rebecca is the Director of Operations for The Ramsey Group in Charlotte, NC. She began her real estate career in 2006 as a part-time event planner and grew with the team as she assumed roles in client services, transaction coordinator, executive assistant, recruiting, inside sales, coaching, training, mentoring, and now overall team management. Together, with Mark & Lisa Ramsey, she has helped grow The Ramsey Group to become a top producing, medium-sized team in the Carolinas Region with over 1M in GCI year over year.

Rebecca is a Michigan native that has been in Charlotte since 2006. Her husband of 20 years is a Captain with the Charlotte Fire Department, and they have two children. In her spare time, Rebecca is an avid DIYer, and her favorite stress relief is being in the garage cutting wood for her next project. She is also an avid reader, averaging over 100 books per year.

Mike McNelis

Consultant

Mike McNelis found his passion for real estate after spending nine years in the family entertainment industry. Following various roles in management, Mike has proven himself to be a dedicated professional and an invaluable member of the PhillyLiving family. Since 2014, Mike has been a key player in major LeaseUps across the City of Philadelphia for the Philly Apartment Company. After the Philly Apartment Company was sold to PhillyLiving in 2017, Mike became PhillyLiving’s Head of Growth in September 2019. Most recently, Mike moved over to PhillyLiving’s property management division, PhillyLiving Management Group, serving in business development.

Mike was born and raised in Southern New Jersey and spent his formative years enjoying the many amenities Philadelphia has to offer. Today he loves spending time with his wife and two daughters at their home in Fishtown. He is an avid Philadelphia sports fan and also enjoys experiencing musical events while traveling the world.

Mike Swenson

Consultant

Mike got his start full-time in real estate in 2014, serving as COO growing a team of a handful of agents to the 31st largest real estate team in the United States in just 5 years. From there he launched his own team, the Elite Advantage Team, an investor-focused team serving Minnesota and Southwest Florida. He has a strong passion for helping others achieve their goals, whether it be through being on his team, building their real estate portfolio, or simply helping people breakthrough to their next success in their career. Prior to real estate, Mike served in finance and operations for a non-profit youth ministry. In his free time, you can find Mike watching/attending sporting events of all kinds, listening to podcasts, or just being outside. If you see his beautiful wife and 3 sons, just look a few feet behind, where you'll find him attempting to carry all of their bags/luggage/snacks/supplies wherever they go. 

Jeff Rega

Consultant

Jeff began his real estate career as the Operations Manager for Linzee Ciprani's team. When that team split Jeff was promoted to the Director of Operations for The How Group- Compass. Jeff was then recruited to run 3 market centers as the Director of Operations for Keller Williams West Chester, Exton and Devon-Wayne. It was there that he grew into a LABS Advisor, Market Center Tech Trainer, and became the Membership Chair for KW Young Professionals. Jeff created his own consulting company helping teams with their technology and now brings all of his experience to Ciprani Consulting. When not killing it in the business world he loves spending time with his daughter Jordan and serves as the Director for SALT Performing Arts.

Rian Cronauer

Consultant

Rian has a background in real estate inside sales for over 10 years. He's created several ISA divisions and coached many ISAs along the way. In his free time, he enjoys spending time with his family and camping in his RV. 

Lyndsay Ting

Sales Assistant

Lyndsay (Si) provides support for our sales team. She is the queen of contracts, helps keep the sales team on track, and supports our clients as they partner with our business. In her free time, Lyndsay loves to watch Crime Documentaries, has an affinity for personality development, and discovers new restaurants in her area.

Linda Roque

Hiring Consultant Assistant

Linda supports our recruiters in finding amazing talent. She assists with screening, interviewing, and general administrative support. In her free time, Linda loves to let her creative spirit run free through writing and drawing.

Aemos Ramos

Hiring Consultant Assistant

Aemos works with our recruiters to help find amazing talent. He assists with screening, interviewing, and general administrative support. When he's not sorting resumes or helping out the team he loves to watch movies, series and anime. He also love reading while listening to jazz and the song of the yesteryear. 

Hyacinth Alvarado

Hiring Consultant Assistant

Hyacinth (Hya) works with our recruiters to help find amazing talent. She assists with screening, interviewing, and general administrative support. When not working, she enjoys watching TV series and movies, as well as singing karaoke on occasion with her family.

Clellie Merchant

Hiring Consultant Assistant

Clellie works with our recruiters to help find amazing talent. Her background is in administration and nonprofit work. She strives to keep things organized and to support her teammates’ success. In her free time, you can find Clellie engaging with the deaf community, petting her two dogs, or watching old movies.