The 2019 Rising Stars of the Profession: Jeff Leibach

Age: 34

Jeff Leibach has been promoted four times in his 9 years at Navigant. The most recent time was when he was named Director in 2016. He was also appointed lead of Navigant Healthcare's practice-wide "Heartbeat" initiative to drive cultural impact across the firm.

He's proud of "building and delivering several innovative analytically driven solutions that change the way our healthcare clients think about managing their business and the ways that we support them," he says. "Consulting is truly a team sport, so being able to operate as a part of and lead teams of different shapes, sizes, and skill-sets to adapt for specific needs" is key. Also, being flexible enough to adapt analytically-heavy projects to politically sensitive, qualitative strategy projects is important, he says.

"I learned a few years ago that my true passion within my career is training, coaching, and mentoring my team members," Leibach says. "I very much value the opportunity to share things I've learned with my teams and am hopeful that it helps them grow and develop."

This passion for the team, mentorship, and Navigant's internal culture has allowed him to be in a position to truly impact how Navigant operates and how the culture expands.

"I love that I have been able to create some balance within my career—among internal and client-facing initiatives—and between my career and the other things that are so important to me: time with my wonderful wife and two daughters, my non-profit work with Camp Kesem, and other hobbies and passions that I have, such as golf, Chicago sports and family vacations." When it comes to being named one of the Rising Stars of the Profession, Leibach says he is honored and "views it as a signal to me and my teams that we are investing our efforts in the right things—having tremendous client impact and creating an environment to build great careers."