WHO WE ARE & WHAT WE DO

KATE NEWLIN: Author of Shopportunity! How To Be A Retail Revolutionary, and Passion Brands, Why Some Brands are Just Gotta Have, Drive All Night For, and Tell All Your Friends About.  She is a highly-regarded business strategist working with the Fortune 200, fiery small businesses and visionary entrepreneurs, as well as private equity firms seeking to reinvigorate once mighty trademarks. Kate is a noted speaker at industry, trade and company events and is often asked to share her perspectives with major national and international trade and business press. She is known as a genuine 'Brand Whisperer,' releasing the pent-up power of Businesses and Brands through unprecedented understanding of their authentic value to key audiences, and the people who steward them.

SASHA WALLINGER: Innovation & Foresight Strategist | Chief Marketing Officer | Founder| Board Member I Keynote Speaker I Author I Uncovering Hidden Connections across Fashion, Sustainability and Innovation.

ELIZABETH HOULIHAN: Innovation and Commercialization Marketing Leader @ The Pathfinder Group of Princeton. Remarkable CPG new product development and launch track record in conventional channels, as well as working through multi-level marketing organizations to identify strategic growth opportunity areas.

DOUG RAY: Global agency leader and catalyst of industry and organizational change. 30+ years experience in advertising, branding, media and communications planning for established, Fortune 500 companies such as Procter & Gamble, Diageo, Pfizer, General Motors, LVMH, ABInBev, Jaguar Land Rover.

KEVIN REILLY: Luxury marketing expert with profound expert understanding of the unmet needs and desires of Ultra High Net Worth lovers of gorgeous jewelry and watches. The creation of world-class events which captivate key decision makers and influencers is his passion.

JOHN MARGARITIS: Bringing C-Suite savvy and public relations and crisis communications expertise to reframe virtual/IRL strategy pain points wherever they arise: investor relations, corporate social responsibility, and/or key audience credibility.

WENDY DIAMOND: Accomplished fragrance brand strategist with decades of experience in Cosmetics & Beauty, spanning luxury, specialty and mass market channels. Strong business acumen, category expertise and consumer understanding. Turnkey product development in the fine fragrance and personal care sectors.

MATTIE NEWLIN: Social Media Maven. Who better than a 25-year-old to chart the social waters? Check out her YouTube Channel, Instagram feed and TikTok reels. Don't you want that kind of creativity and honesty sharing your story?

2,500 THOUGHT AND OPINION LEADERS spanning a wide-cross section of industries, academic institutions, marketing savvy creatives and those at the crossroads of the culture. We bring the ‘trained brain’ perspectives of these mission critical visionaries to bear on every assignment.