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.

For more than twenty years, Dennis has enjoyed a steady climb up the creative ladder at such agencies as Needham, Harper and Steers and J. Walter Thompson, Chicago. He developed his craft working with some of the world’s best-known brands including Budweiser, Kraft, Nestle, and Pepsi. During his career, Dennis helped create sixteen Super Bowl ads, including Gatorade’s inaugural appearance in the event. As part of our founding executive staff, Dennis drives new business pitches, helping attract clients such as Alberto Culver, Cricket, Lowe’s, Alticor, American Family Insurance and Supercuts.

Marty’s career began in the early 80’s at Needham Harper & Steers, Chicago. In 1987, Marty scratched an entrepreneurial itch and joined some former bosses from Needham to help start Bayer Bess Vanderwarker. Importantly, that nine-year ride began his long-standing relationship with Quaker. That relationship, built on an unprecedented mutual professional trust between agency and client, led to the dramatic expansion of the agency’s relationship with Quaker.

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.