TEN BRIDGE COMMUNICATIONS - Key Persons
Alexis Stefano joined the creative team at TBC to blend her educational background in neuroscience with her passion for design. She enthusiastically tackles projects from social media cards to complex infographic design and raises critical questions to create more thoughtful and creative outcomes.
Job Titles:
- Director of Science
- Director, Science Communications
Allison Gleason, Ph.D., is a Director of Science Communications who pairs her ability to gain a technical understanding of clients' science with her knowledge of the biotech industry to deliver deep strategic insight to partners. Allison guides clients through a variety of communication needs, from investor pitches to company launches to milestone planning.
Job Titles:
- Co - Founder
- President
- Co - Founder of Ten Bridge
Brianna Budelli is an Associate who began her career at TBC and has leveraged her writing and organization skills to help clients connect with target audiences through thought leadership, media outreach and social media. Brianna is highly valued for her proactivity, eye for detail and enthusiasm for collaborating with other team members.
Job Titles:
- Office & Operations Manager
Chris Railey is a Vice President highly valued for his senior counsel, strategic planning acumen and versatility as a writer. He works with partners at all stages across multiple disease areas and modalities and excels at aligning deep client engagement with efficient execution.
Job Titles:
- Senior Director of Operations at TBC
- Senior Director, Operations
Christine Mackenzie is Senior Director of Operations at TBC, working in a project management capacity across all accounts to manage traffic and resource allocation, budget and deadline adherence, quality assurance of deliverables and seamless execution of projects.
Dan Quinn co-founded Ten Bridge Communications with two decades of communications leadership in biotech, national health policy and biomedical research. He is a versatile and creative leader who helps guide the team at Ten Bridge in developing strategies, narratives and brands that stand out and inspire for the leading companies in biotech.
Deirdre Pedersen is a Senior Associate who joined TBC in 2023. With a background in both science and communication, she leverages these skills to enhance social media performance and client communications. In addition, her skills extend to timely monitoring, analysis, and reporting of coverage. She also contributes to thought leadership and advocacy initiatives in order to reflect a holistic approach to communication.
Job Titles:
- Digital Marketing Manager
Hannah Clark is a Digital Marketing Manager who combines emotion with analytics to drive meaningful results. With extensive social media marketing, email marketing, SEO, and digital advertising experience, Hannah blends creativity with data-driven strategy to create campaigns, content, and conversions.
Job Titles:
- Vice President of Digital and Social Engagement
Josh Madej is a Vice President of Digital and Social Engagement known for his strategic thinking and affinity for numbers. He provides high-level guidance and hands-on execution across digital marketing, analytics and communication initiatives for all TBC partners, and excels at aligning client goals with measurable outcomes.
Julie Harrington is an Account Manager who began her career at TBC and has applied her writing and account management skills to long-term client relationships and many milestone moments along the way. Julie is highly regarded for her proactivity, positive outlook and enthusiasm for collaborating with and mentoring other team members.
Job Titles:
- Director, Science Communications
Julie Perlin, Ph.D., is Director, Science Communications who leverages her extensive career at the bench to translate complex scientific concepts and craft compelling scientific narratives across a diversity of content types. Julie shares her love of science and science education with other team members through Science Office Hours.
Justin Chen, Ph.D., is an Account Director who uses his knowledge of molecular biology to translate complex ideas into compelling narratives and communication strategies. He enjoys diving into a wide range of science and working closely with clients to make an impact on patient communities.
Job Titles:
- Executive Managing Director
Krystle Gibbs is Executive Managing Director at Ten Bridge Communications. In her role as a member of the senior leadership team, she sets the tone and standard for account service and applies her strategic communications and leadership experience to drive and champion account management and growth, new business development and organization-wide learning and development.
Lauren Crociati is an Account Manager who joined TBC in 2021. She leverages her combined public relations and journalism experience to elevate client communications through tailored writing, social media strategy and relationship building. Lauren enjoys thinking creatively about new ways to strategize around both milestones and day-to-day communications, and is passionate about patient advocacy and helping deliver increased visibility to innovative therapies.
Leslie Humbel is a Senior Vice President with deep communications and marketing experience spanning numerous industries, disease areas and treatment modalities. She leverages strong interpersonal skills to guide and motivate teams to meet and exceed client expectations, while ensuring client programs are focused on realizing their strategic goals.
Lisa Raffensperger is a Senior Vice President with expertise in crafting corporate narratives, designing impactful media strategies and advising TBC partners through a wide range of communications challenges. Drawing on her editorial background, Lisa excels at distilling complex scientific concepts into messages that resonate with diverse audiences.
Lucas Preston is a Designer on the creative team at TBC. He engages in creating designs in collaboration with our clients and is known for his ability to be responsive utilizing a variety of creative tools. This enables him to translate purposeful discoveries to make a visual brand identity come to life.
Job Titles:
- Associate
- Creative Director
- Key Member
Mariya Michniewicz is a key member of the creative team, responsible for developing brand identities and websites that effectively communicate the client's unique story, personality and values. She is actively involved in all aspects of the creative process - from initial research and ideation to final design and implementation.
Job Titles:
- Senior Vice President
- Expert Science
Matt Crenson is an expert science communicator, strategic counselor and mentor. He works with clients to conceive and convey their own stories through written and spoken words, websites, videos and illustrations.
Job Titles:
- Associate Vice President, Operations
- AVP of Operations
Matt Zola is the AVP of Operations at Ten Bridge Communications. He started at TBC in 2017 and leads up the project management function for the agency. His team oversees the day-to-day management of all creative projects and works cross-departmentally to develop and improve collaborations across teams and with clients. In his time at TBC, he's overseen numerous companies launches, Series A announcements, IPOs and product approvals.
Nichole Bobbyn is an Account Director who plays a pivotal role in managing and maintaining strong relationships with her clients and teams. Nichole is a collaborative partner valued for her organizational skills, passion for storytelling and strategic planning.
Job Titles:
- Associate
- Creative Director
Nick Carmer is an Associate Creative Director who provides creative leadership on a wide range of TBC engagements and effectively balances creative vision with practical considerations such as timelines and resources. He brings standout conceptual thinking to meet our partners' needs with unique and ownable direction. Nick's unique blend of creative and strategic skills enable him to create and inspire work that communicates complex ideas in an immersive and engaging way, creating a strong connection between brand audience.
Job Titles:
- Operations Manager
- Manager, Operations
Rachel Swansburg is an Operations Manager specialized in developing and producing multimedia, video and audio content. She is known for her organization and process-oriented approach to creative projects, and loves exploring the strategy behind storytelling in the digital age.
Job Titles:
- Senior Account Director
- Senior Director at Ten Bridge
Rebecca Spalding is a Senior Director at Ten Bridge after spending the first chapter of her career as a biotechnology, M&A and COVID-19 reporter a Bloomberg and Reuters. At Ten Bridge, she focuses on corporate positioning and messaging; executive communications; and designing and executing media strategies, working directly with C-suite executives and experienced corporate communications professionals. She is proud to have worked on multiple high-profile engagements for companies at a variety of stages of development including company launches, first-in-class data readouts and preparation for FDA approvals.
Rhiannon Jeselonis is an Account Director who is keenly focused on account management and strategic communications planning for partners of all stages, from seed to commercial. All with a smile, she keeps partners and colleagues on task, on deadline and on target with their over-arching goals and strategic objectives.
Sushmitha is an Account Director with a unique experience blend of scientific research, corporate communications and creative content strategy. Her interdisciplinary skills support a wide range of client projects, driving forward audience-focused scientific stories across a diverse range of disease areas and building impactful communities around them.
Wendy Ryan is a Senior Vice President who leads client engagements aimed at helping our partners achieve their goals across multiple therapeutic areas and milestone moments. Wendy develops strategies based on decades of experience in healthcare communications and oversees teams with a focus on thoughtful and diligent execution.