Leadership Team

Michael Herrera is the Chief Executive Officer (CEO) of MHA. In his role, Michael provides global leadership to the entire set of industry practices and horizontal capabilities within MHA. Under his leadership, MHA has become a leading provider of Business Continuity and Disaster Recovery services to organizations on a global level. He is also the founder of BCMMETRICS, a leading cloud based tool designed to assess business continuity compliance and residual risk. Michael is a well-known and sought after speaker on Business Continuity issues at local and national contingency planner chapter meetings and conferences. Prior to founding MHA, he was a Regional VP for Bank of America, where he was responsible for Business Continuity across the southwest region.

Cassandra Blanchard is the Vice President of Operations at MHA Consulting, where she leads enterprise-wide operational strategy and execution. With a proven record of optimizing performance and driving organizational growth, Cassandra oversees all facets of the company’s operations—ranging from strategic partnerships and business development to organizational alignment and cross-functional leadership. She plays a pivotal role in shaping long-term strategy, enhancing operational efficiency, and ensuring seamless execution in support of exceptional client delivery and experience.

Richard Long is one of MHA’s practice team leaders for Technology and Disaster Recovery related engagements. He has been responsible for the successful execution of MHA business continuity and disaster recovery engagements in industries such as Energy & Utilities, Government Services, Healthcare, Insurance, Risk Management, Travel & Entertainment, Consumer Products, and Education. Prior to joining MHA, Richard held Senior IT Director positions at PetSmart (NASDAQ: PETM) and Avnet, Inc. (NYSE: AVT) and has been a senior leader across all disciplines of IT. He has successfully led international and domestic disaster recovery, technology assessment, crisis management and risk mitigation engagements.

Gloria Sargent is MHA’s practice team leader for Business Continuity Management related engagements. She has ensured the successful implementation of business continuity planning engagements in industries such as Financial, Risk Management, Government, Insurance, Utilities, Pharmaceutical and Healthcare. Prior to joining MHA, Gloria was a Director at American Express (NYSE: AXP) where she was responsible for managing the Business Continuity Management programs across North America, the United Kingdom and India. Gloria has successfully led domestic and international program management, crisis management, business recovery planning, and other risk mitigation engagements.

David King is one of MHA’s practice team leaders for Technology and Disaster Recovery related engagements. Prior to joining MHA, David was Senior Vice President and Chief Information Officer at Regal Entertainment Group (NYSE: RGC). He has also served as Senior Vice President and Chief Information Officer at PetSmart (NASDAQ: PETM) and Grupo Elektra/Salinas y Rocha (BMV: ELEKTRA; LATIBEX: XEKT; MEX: SYR), and has held a variety of other international and domestic senior executive level technology positions. As a technology and professional services executive, David has successfully led international business continuity, disaster recovery, technology, and data center-related initiatives.

Theron Long is responsible for supporting BCMMETRICS development and operations. Prior to taking on this role, Theron worked as a Consultant under one of MHA’s Senior Advisory Consultants where he had hands on experience in business continuity. He now uses that experience to further innovate BCMMETRICS for our internal functions and subscribers alike. Theron has a bachelor’s degree in Technical Communication with a concentration in User Experience from Arizona State University.