About TAB / Our facilitators
Experienced people who help business owners move forward.
TAB is built on the belief that owners make better decisions when they have trusted perspective, experienced guidance, and a disciplined way to turn decisions into action. AI reduces routine preparation, organizes information, strengthens working materials, and makes follow-through more reliable — creating more time for judgment and leadership.
Ed Riefenstahl
Co-Founder · TAB Fort Worth & West
For more than two decades, Ed has worked alongside business owners and leadership teams to improve performance, clarity, and quality of life. His four-decade career spans executive leadership, operations management, and advisory roles across for-profit and mission-driven organizations. Ed has held senior leadership positions with Ernst & Young, KPMG Consulting, BearingPoint, the American National Red Cross, TCU's Neeley School of Business, and boutique consulting firms. He has helped develop organizational visions, implement operational strategy, strengthen teams, and improve financial performance. With TAB Fort Worth & West, Ed helps founders, owners, and CEOs step out of the day-to-day and into more intentional, strategic leadership.
Areas of expertise
- Leadership development and executive decision-making
- Strategic planning and execution
- Operational efficiency and process improvement
- Organizational alignment and accountability
- Succession and transition planning
FW Inc. Entrepreneur of Excellence Supporter of Entrepreneurs Award recipient (2021); inaugural Fort Worth Business Press Titan Award honoree (2026).
(682) 252-1519 · eriefenstahl@tabfortworth.com · LinkedIn
Valerie Riefenstahl
Partner · TAB Fort Worth & West
Valerie is a business advisor, facilitator, and advocate for success who helps business owners turn strategy into measurable results. As co-founder of the North Texas franchise of The Alternative Board, she works with leadership teams to solve the barriers that slow growth: lack of alignment, unclear priorities, and inconsistent execution. Certified in StratPro and a leader of TAB's High Impact Manager Accelerator Program (HI-MAP), she helps owners align around a shared vision, define measurable priorities, and build accountability into the operating rhythm. With experience across private industry and government roles in the U.S. and internationally, Valerie brings a practical understanding of how businesses operate — and where they get stuck.
Areas of expertise
- Strategic planning and leadership alignment
- Growth, profitability, and execution
- HI-MAP management development
- Accountability and operating rhythms
- Turning strategy into measurable results
Certified in StratPro and TAB's High Impact Manager Accelerator Program (HI-MAP).
(817) 223-0272 · valerie@tabfortworth.com · LinkedIn
What a TAB facilitator brings
- Owner-led business experience — practical understanding of the decisions, pressures, and leadership demands owners face.
- Focused questions and challenge — the ability to test assumptions and keep important conversations productive.
- A disciplined advancement process — a repeatable way to turn issues into priorities, decisions, action, and improvement.
- Confidentiality and trust — commitment to your information, judgment, relationships, and long-term success.
- Practical AI-enabled methods — use of AI when it helps you gain clarity, execute more effectively, or sustain progress.
Technology does not create trust, understand a leadership-team dynamic, or make a difficult business judgment. Facilitators do.
Local to Fort Worth — and beyond
TAB Fort Worth & West serves owners across Fort Worth, Tarrant County, Weatherford, Parker County, West Texas, the Texas Panhandle, El Paso, and Albuquerque, New Mexico.
This is not a call center or a webinar. It is a local, experienced team helping owners build stronger businesses and better lives.
