BRILLIANT MEDIA STRATEGIES - Key Persons


Brittany Midthun

Job Titles:
  • Art Director
Brittany's love of art has taken her halfway around the world and back.

David Harper

Job Titles:
  • Digital Marketing Director
As our Digital Marketing Director, David helps our clients utilize the Internet to reach new clients and markets around the world.

Debra Reinwand - CEO, President

Job Titles:
  • CEO
  • President
With 20 years' experience at Brilliant Media Strategies, Debbie is our go-to person overseeing media relations, grassroots strategic planning and political strategies.

Delphia McCarty

Job Titles:
  • Digital Marketing Specialist
Delphia is helping position our agency for a new era, especially in travel, where people are more frequently doing their research and making their buying decisions online.

Jason Smith

Job Titles:
  • Associate
  • Creative Director
Jason's priorities are to ensuring that everything produced meets the company's high standards for quality, and help foster an environment that encourages creative thinking.

Kathleen Fleming

Job Titles:
  • Management Supervisor
Tourism is in Kathleen's blood. She has worked on our agency's tourism account for more than 20 years and has an in-depth understanding of every aspect of the program.

Kristy Bernier - EVP

Job Titles:
  • Executive Vice President
A national award winning designer and artist, Kristy utilizers her creativity and 32 years of industry experience to craft campaign strategy and manage creative execution of key agency projects. Oversees advertising and public relations projects for several of our agency's largest clients Responsible for strategic planning and overseeing the production of everything from TV commercials to annual reports Works closely with our Creative Department to develop effective and creative campaigns

Melissa Talaro

Job Titles:
  • Account Coordinator
Melissa provides assistance to account executives on a wide range of projects for multiple clients.

Paul Aadland

Job Titles:
  • Media Director
Using his 20 years of media planning and buying experience, Paul tirelessly analyzes schedules and rates at our agency, providing detailed and effective media recommendations.

Rob German

Job Titles:
  • Art Director
Rob has many feather's in his cap when it comes to art & design. He has 20 years of print and advertising design experience and is the go-to team member for out of the box, creative ideas.

Scott Bell

Job Titles:
  • Copywriter / Traffic Manager
Writing is one of Scott's passions, and in his role as copywriter, he works on everything from print and radio ads to marketing plans. Born and raised in Alaska, he was president of the Literature Club at Dimond High (go figure). He also managed our project flow, coordinating client projects with the art department.

Tina Lindgren

Job Titles:
  • Strategic Counsel
With more than more than 25 years of experience in management, marketing and communications, Tina has played a key role in developing Alaska's visitor industry.

Willis Lyford

Job Titles:
  • Strategic Counsel
Willis is our strategy guru and all-around campaign mastermind. Whether it's advertising, public relations, government affairs or political media, Willis keeps his eye on the prize and develops winning plans and messaging. His resume: former Capitol Hill press secretary and communications director for a Lower 48 governor, corporate spokesman, veteran campaign manager and media consultant.