Brian has dedicated his nearly three decade career to helping clients achieve success. He's honed his talents in a variety of top management positions, including President & CEO of Foote Cone, Chicago and EVP Managing Director of one of Leo Burnett's business units. He's put his considerable talents to work for such world-class brands as Quaker Oats, Hallmark, Kraft, Pepsi, Procter & Gamble, Nintendo, Sony, and Morgan Stanley.

Susie began her career at Arthur Andersen & Company where she served as a senior tax analyst. She learned all the intricacies of the advertising business by spending the better part of the 90’s at Leo Burnett. There she held a number of Senior Finance and Human Resources positions, both domestic and international. She spent two years as the Senior Administrative Director of the highly respected A.T. Kearney executive search firm before joining Element 79 Partners.

After an illustrious start in DDB New York’s media department, Canice began his career in creative at Wieden & Kennedy/PDX, working on accounts ranging from Nike, ESPN and Coke to Stamps.com. He spent 2 years enjoying the boom of the dotcom world of San Francisco working on the likes of Sun Microsystems, Eddie Bauer, Autoweb.com, and ESPNZone. Canice moved to Chicago in 2001 for the launch of Element 79, to work on Gatorade, Propel, Tropicana, Quaker, Redbox, Central DuPage Hospital, ConAgra, La Quinta and the best darned 12-14 dollar haircut in the country, Supercuts. His work has earned awards from Cannes, One Show, D&AD, Clios, NW Addys, NY Festivals, and Effies in every color they come in.