Creative and marketing strategist with a passion for words, design, and the power of well-designed communications to change perceptions and create organizational growth. Founder and Chief Brand and Marketing Strategist at Verve Marketing Group, an award-winning creative and marketing firm in Chicago. Lifelong change-maker with progressively upward marketing positions before moving to the agency side and subsequently establishing Verve Marketing Group in 2008. Healthy risk taker, lover of the arts and numbers, creator, and perpetual learner. Expertise: * Marketing and brand strategy * Helping translate business and marketing objectives into effective creative communications * WordPress design/development * Digital marketing strategies * Organic SEO expert