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Jeff is a 20 year veteran in brand and marketing management, drawn from deep experience and professional tenures with ‘blue-chip’ brand management firms such as Arnold Worldwide, Mullen, and Bozell, as well as directing marketing initiatives for clients from his own firm, ReevesDrake. Jeff delivers a strong and unique synergy of knowledge of contemporary principles and practices of brand management and marketing.
Jeff has impacted brand and marketing advancements for a diverse clients such as TD Banknorth, Fleet Bank, ENERGY STAR, Gold’s Gym, Hilton, Tyco International. In addition, Jeff brings significant experience and successes in financial services marketing through senior-level contributions for such institutions as Fleet Bank, BayBank, and Banknorth. |
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David presents a unique marketing and communications skill set that are not part of a typical agency/design firm complement. An eclectic mix of business experiences drawn from a variety of industry exposures over thirty years, adds a functional business perspective to his process of development, strategic planning, and tactical implementation of the brand experience.
As the former Executive Vice President and COO of Nantucket Gold Sun Care Products, David brings executive strategy and marketing experience. With responsibility for the oversight and implementation of the operational aspects of the business, David directed product development, packaging design and production, corporate marketing and communications, and the sales and distribution of products.
While at Nantucket Gold David was instrumental in establishing the first ever Leukemia Cup Challenge on Narragansett Bay, and was a founding member of the Rhode Island Foundation for Children, supporting many worthwhile projects at organizations such as Hasbro Children’s Hospital and Rhode Island Special Olympics. He currently serves as President Elect of the Southeastern New England Chapter of the American Marketing Association.
David is a trained musician, with a background in theatrical set and lighting design. He has experience in restaurant management and operations, the wholesale and retail marketing and distribution of consumer products, and has an extensive background in media with a focus on broadcast.
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Covering the city beat for The Providence Journal didn't give Steve the creative outlet he longed for in his writing, but luckily he found something that did—advertising. So he took his acumen for fact-finding across town and applied it as a copywriter at HBM on the Etonic shoe business. Within two years he was named New England rookie of the year and a member of the creative all-star team by ADWEEK. With a passion for advertising firmly in place, Steve ventured to Mullen where he rose to vice president and helped that agency gain national prominence.
Spurred by a call from Leonard, Monahan, Lubars & Partners, Steve returned to Providence and applied his talents as lead writer on Lotus. After carving out a reputation as one of the region's most notable writers, Pagano, Schenck and Kay recruited Steve as creative director, a position he held for seven years. His campaigns for Cannondale, Dexter and Blue Cross/Blue Shield received national and international acclaim.
In a move that would bring him back to Boston, Steve was appointed creative director at Ingalls to run the Citizens Bank, Radisson, Boston Globe and Raytheon accounts as well as manage that agency’s 26 person creative department.
As executive vice president, group creative director at Arnold Worldwide, Steve also served on the executive committee that helped steer the course of that agency. Creatively, in addition to managing Ocean Spray, he oversaw FootJoy and executed the creative positioning that convinced Fidelity Investments to join Arnold.
In the course of his career, Steve’s work has been honored by every award show that matters: Clio, Andy, Effie, One Show, Communication Arts, The Kelly’s, Obie, Cannes and New England’s Hatch. |
David Gallone
David holds two very distinct degrees: a bachelor in architecture and a bachelor in fine arts, both from Rhode Island School of Design. They are reflective of his unique capacity to successfully combine detailed strategic planning with the development of creative advertising and environmental design.
David’s has held senior level creative positions in some of the largest advertising and marketing agencies in New England and has helped shape numerous brands throughout his career including: The Massachusetts Convention Center Authority, Starwood Hotels, The Islands Of The Bahamas, Greater Detroit Convention & Visitors Bureau, BankRI, Fleet Capital Leasing, Cape Cod Hospital, Glaxo Smith Kline, Pfizer, Biogen Pharmaceuticals, Raytheon Aircraft and Cornell University.
Over the past 13 years, David has been recognized for his creative expertise in new media, packaging and design, earning the agency numerous awards. He also develops corporate branding and identity packages as well as business-to-business and consumer communications.
David is a member of the AIGA, Type Director’s Club and the New England Ad Club. |
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Jason credits his success as an art director to producing creative that works. He has a natural capacity to produce eye-catching design that is on message. He divides his work between print, illustration, packaging and corporate identity.
Jason graduated Rhode Island College earning a B.F A. in Graphic Design with a minor in Printmaking. Jason has developed the successful advertising campaign for the launch of Numark's line of premium TTX turntables and professional dj equipment. He has also conceived and completed creative design for Lightolier, a leading manufacturer of architectural specification grade lighting products, Bostonian Shoes and Hasbro, Inc.
After completing the brand and interior makeover for restaurant:Prov, one of Providence, Rhode Island hottest night spots, he developed a successful branding campaign for Tallulah's Kitschen at Olives, which included illustration and design. Jason continues to use his wide creative range on a variety of local hospitality clients, including Dunkin' Donuts, Artini's cafe + lounge and regional favorite Del's Lemonade.
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As Director of Creative Services, David is responsible for all vendor related outsourcing and agency studio management. He manages all production processes from pre-press through finished product, included packaging, collateral and direct mail. David also is responsible for estimating and monitoring all agency projects
to ensure they are delivered on time and on budget.
Previously, David has served in lead marketing positions with companies such as New England Coffee Company where he oversaw the repositioning of the company from a food service entity to a consumer brand. He has also managed multiple national and regional programs for Sodexho Campus Services, the country’s largest food provider in the United States.
David holds a Management degree from Fisher College in Boston. He is married with a daughter and lives in northern Rhode Island. |
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Sue is an experienced media professional with demonstrated ability to build profitable businesses, attract investors, develop new customer bases, and commercialize new products. She is a collaborative, hands-on, bottom-line driven leader with a proven history of turn-arounds, strategic marketing, public relations and operations, cost management, and successful creation and implementation of innovative initiatives. She has a wealth of experience emphasizing interactive, technology, and print in a global marketplace.
Sue has provided marketing, public relations and strategic planning and execution to a variety of clients including Sodexho, Smokey Bones, Atwells Restaurant Group, Fresh City, Neighborhood Health Care of Rhode Island, Vermedx Diabetes Management Technology, Babson College, Beacon Mutual, Coleman Realtors, New England Management Company, J.R.G. Controller, Inc., Big Fish/Tall Tales, and A.J. Martin Wholesale Meats and Seafood.
She returned to RI from Freedom Communications, which is based in Irving, California. She most recently served as director of sales training and market development for the company's 33 newspapers. Her previous position with Freedom was president of LatinTrade.com in Miami. LatinTrade.com was named Forbes "Best of the Web 2001, Latin America" and was featured in over 180 articles.
Before joining Freedom, Sue was the online business and advertising manager for Knight Ridder's The Miami Herald and El Nuevo Herald. During her tenure at Knight Ridder, the internet business grew significantly and became South Florida’s dominant web development shop. Sue also served as the business manager for The Sun magazine, an award-winning literary magazine in Chapel Hill, NC, now in its thirty-third year of publication. Sue is credited with rapid growth in circulation, revenue and profitability due to innovative marketing strategies and strong business management skills.
Sue’s greatest achievement by far has been the continued health and well-being of her two young sons and her successful marriage of thirteen years and counting, which has prospered through nine apartments in four cities and most recently, the renovation of a one hundred and sixteen-year-old house.
Sue holds an MBA in marketing and entrepreneurship from the Kenan-Flagler School of Business at UNC Chapel Hill and a BA in English from Tufts University.
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Kathleen M. Van Gorden, APR - Director of Public and Community Relations
Kathleen Van Gorden is an accredited public relations counselor (APR) and a seasoned communications strategist who has developed and implemented integrated marketing communications campaigns for a variety of consumer, healthcare, business-to-business and high technology clients.
Throughout her career, Kathleen has represented top rated organizations where she has developed and implemented communications strategies for new product launches, FDA approvals, corporate identity and image building, trade shows, speaking bureaus, special events and familiarization (FAM) tours for the travel and tourism industry.
Kathleen has managed the public relations portfolios of clients such as Blue Lizard Australian Sunscreen, CVS/PharmaCare, Polaroid, Sea-Band International and Zeneca Pharmaceuticals.
Kathleen served as assistant director of public relations for The Amos Tuck School of Business at Dartmouth College. She is a former member of the Board of Directors at Dorcas Place, one of the nation’s model non-profit adult literacy centers.
She was awarded the Publicity Club of New England’s highest public relations honor, the Bell Ringer Award, for a campaign surrounding the FDA approval for a medical device and received honors for Best Public Relations Campaign of the year from the Medical Marketing Association.
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Bob Clinton has worked in the advertising & internet development fields for two decades. Starting with rubber cement, ruling pens and Exacto, Bob left his life as a full time musician and began a career building mechanicals for major Providence RI ad agencies.
Finally landing at Leonard Monahan & Saabye, Bob remained there for eleven years working his way to Studio Manager. It was there that Bob worked with of many of the creative and art directors found in top national agencies today. In 1990, he entered the ground floor of the field of desktop publishing. He is considered expert in today's essential graphics software programs coupling traditional sensibilities with cutting edge technologies.
Bob was also in at the beginning of the internet industry and honed his web development skill with a three year position with Newfangled Web Factory. There he worked with and helped develop their WebTop content management system and RaPid prototyping system.
Bob is in his twenty-fifth year as the bass player in the Stovall Brown Band.
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Eric Dubois uses his technical and creative expertise to build successful user experiences on the web. He creates websites that are aesthetically pleasing, technically sound and, more importantly, communicate the client’s information clearly.
Eric studied graphic design and animation at the Rhode Island School of Design at a time when the industry was transitioning from traditional to digital tools. This gave Eric the valuable experience of “doing things the old way” while being in the first wave of designers to embrace the new technology.
After graduating, Eric started working with the developing technology in an emerging field named “multimedia.” It combined animation, design, and a user interface to view the material in a non-linear fashion. That was revolutionary. As the internet evolved, multimedia migrated from CD-roms to the web and Eric switched to the new platform.
In addition to multimedia and web, Eric has a considerable experience designing for print and packaging, and produces detailed 3D product illustrations.
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