SHERRY MATTHEWS GROUP - Key Persons
Job Titles:
- PUBLIC RELATIONS DIRECTOR
Adrienne has dedicated her career to social issues and cause marketing. Whether it's addressing student mental health in New York school districts, opioid poisoning in Washington state, air quality and pedestrian safety in Washington D.C., or traffic safety in Texas, she is passionate about change and loves a good challenge.
Job Titles:
- PHOTOGRAPHER / COPYEDITOR / Photographer Extraordinaire Who Bakes Her Own Bread from a Starter That 's Been in Her Family since 1923
She's lived in New York and Los Angeles and spent a season performing Shakespeare in Alaska.
Caroline focuses on health, social justice, and education campaigns for clients fighting the good fight. After 15 years as a communications pro for brands big and small, Caroline earned her master's in public health and moved exclusively into cause marketing.
He's got 20 years of agency, corporate, and association experience. He also makes toys-lots of them-and teaches others how to, too.
Basketball, sociology, and rock climbing fan. Talents include finishing your last few bites and reaching things on the top shelf.
Job Titles:
- EXECUTIVE VICE PRESIDENT / CREATIVE
After a successful 15-year career in New York, London, and Paris with some of the world's top agencies and clients, Charles returned to his Texas roots and his first ad agency employer. His talent and boundless energy amaze and inspire his clients, and he's won nearly every major creative award there is.
Job Titles:
- SENIOR DIGITAL STRATEGIST
Chris wins clients' respect and loyalty as well as industry awards, setting national records for campaign results. Count on him to keep everyone pointed in the right direction for results. He also rides his bike to work.
Job Titles:
- DIRECTOR / DIGITAL STRATEGY and DEVELOPMENT
Family man, dancer, dreamer who nerds out on data, emerging media, current events, and handbells.
Job Titles:
- ACCOUNT DIRECTOR
- SENIOR VICE PRESIDENT
Dandi always goes that extra mile and often handles the most challenging work on behalf of our transportation, health and social justice clients. The results? Happy clients, award-winning work, an engaged audience, and extra-caffeinated co-workers.
Dubbed a "Velcro journalist" for collecting good stories anywhere she went during her long newspaper career.
Job Titles:
- DIGITAL CONTENT STRATEGIST
Was always "too social" growing up. Really worked out for her that she can have a career in that now.
Job Titles:
- VICE PRESIDENT / SR. ACCOUNT DIRECTOR
Dianna is a natural-born juggler, as she manages projects as diverse as traffic safety, social justice and public health. Her leadership on the challenging Covid campaign for Texas' 30 million people has been impressive and unflagging.
Job Titles:
- OUTREACH DIRECTOR
- VICE PRESIDENT
A rare born-and-bred Austinite, she's visited three of the seven wonders of the world.
Job Titles:
- ACCOUNT SUPERVISOR / History
Job Titles:
- DESIGN DIRECTOR
- VICE PRESIDENT
Gretchen may bake the best pies of anyone on a staff of cooks and gourmands, but she's best known among clients for her stunning creative and design work. The "Liberty" campaign for Covid has won the hearts of New Yorkers in every borough and at every level of leadership.
Job Titles:
- VICE PRESIDENT / SR. ACCOUNT DIRECTOR
Once worked political campaigns in Athens, Geneva, and Florence…Alabama that is.
Job Titles:
- SENIOR VICE PRESIDENT / ACCOUNT SERVICES
You'd think Janet comes from a family of circus performers the way she knows how to juggle a dozen projects at once, balance budgets on a tight-wire, and win the applause of clients and colleagues. Janet makes things happen, and she always goes the distance for her clients.
Job Titles:
- Senior Vice President / Director of Creative Strategy and Multicultural Marketing
José was born in Cuba, raised in Virginia, studied in Mexico City, and got to Texas as fast as he could. Whether he is strategizing, directing or writing, his keen sense for what makes people different and what they share helps craft resonant multicultural campaigns from coast to coast.
Julie, once the undisputed queen of video/audio production, now heads the agency's California office and brings her many talents to clients from coast to coast. She also sings, acts, and can handle details with the best of them.
Job Titles:
- EXECUTIVE VICE PRESIDENT / MEDIA and OPERATIONS
Calm, collected, and always-focused Karen has negotiated for millions of dollars in free media and has developed tracking systems to prove clients are getting their money's worth. She also wins the award for longest-tenured employee at Sherry Matthews Group: She's been with the agency since 1984.
Avid climber with a fear of heights and a great sense of irony.
Job Titles:
- ACCOUNT DIRECTOR
- VICE PRESIDENT
Kenna heads up the DC office and is the go-to expert for traffic safety/transportation issues in the northeast region. Her award-winning, results-driven work on everything from quirky walking billboards to social media means loyal, happy clients.
Job Titles:
- VICE PRESIDENT / DIGITAL MEDIA DIRECTOR
Dedicated to cause marketing for 20+ years, Kevin's passion is raising awareness of water as a limited, precious resource. When not at work, he travels Texas taking photos.
Job Titles:
- Director of Research / Strategist
If you have a challenge and want fresh thinking to attack it, Klaudia's your go-to-person. Her mantra is focus: take your stand and own it like nobody's business.
Job Titles:
- SENIOR DIGITAL MEDIA PLANNER
Avid competitive board game player who enjoys traveling to Park Place on the Pennsylvania Railroad.
Job Titles:
- VICE PRESIDENT / SR. ACCOUNT DIRECTOR
Lifelong Texan, former sportswriter, volunteer extraordinaire, and darn good cook.
Maddie is daunted by summarizing a lifetime of experiences and questionable decisions in two sentences. When she's not overthinking things, she spends most of her time copywriting.
Job Titles:
- CREATIVE SERVICES DIRECTOR
After 20+ years in the publishing world, Marilyn shifted gears to dedicate her talents to cause marketing.
Job Titles:
- DIRECTOR of ACCOUNTING and HR
Job Titles:
- CREATIVE DIRECTOR, DESIGN
An award-winning graphic designer since 1982, Rex's work has helped brand clients around the globe. He's been immortalized in the Library of Congress, New York City Poster Museum, and the Hiroshima Museum of Modern Art, and his designs have appeared in just about every industry publication.
Job Titles:
- CREATIVE DIRECTOR
- SENIOR VICE PRESIDENT
Behind Rich's easygoing demeanor lie a fierce creative force and a way with words that captures hearts and minds. He's won virtually every major industry award but deems his greatest accomplishments his client and colleague relationships and his campaigns' effectiveness.
Job Titles:
- PUBLIC RELATIONS DIRECTOR
When Robert talks, media listen. The giant seat belt he wrapped around the Texas Capitol is just one of his many ideas that's generated buzz plus millions of dollars in free media.
Job Titles:
- ACCOUNTING MANAGER
- VICE PRESIDENT
Job Titles:
- CHIEF of ADMINISTRATIVE SERVICES
Shelly's background in law, politics, and hospitality makes her an expert in tackling all things administrative. Similar to herding cats, which she does in her spare time.
Job Titles:
- ART DIRECTOR
- VICE PRESIDENT
Tom's many talents earn kudos from clients and staff, and he creates the agency's much-loved animated holiday card every year. Besides being a cause marketing maestro, he's a children's book author and illustrator.
Born in Vienna of Swedish descent, Ulf refuses to drive a car but is determined to someday travel into space.
Foodie, dog mom, and book lover from Puerto Rico with a passion for advertising.
Had a hard time coming up with a sentence about himself even though he's a copywriter.
WARDALEEN BELVIN CHIEF FINANCIAL OFFICER Wardaleen oversees contracts, budgets, accounting, and analytics and is the chief advisor on public service campaigns nationwide. Her wicked sense of humor puts clients at ease and delights everyone she meets.