Laurie Panas-Brackett
Earned her B.S. in Business Administration with an emphasis in Marketing/Advertising and Minored in Fine Arts at Elon University. Laurie brings 20 years of experience in marketing, media and advertising consulting and has worked for Fortune 500 companies like Time Warner Cable, The Golf Channel & Max Media Group. Her background includes publishing, print and electronic ad sales, internet advertising, marketing research, product marketing and graphic design. Laurie is a member of the American Marketing Association and STAMP. Laurie’s business passion is most evident when managing campaigns, creating strategic marketing plans and marketing consulting especially in customer service.
Monte Brackett
B.S. Business Management, Winthrop University, 18 years experience in marketing and advertising consulting and corporate branding. He is a Certified Media Buyer through S.T.A.M.P. (Society to Advance Media Professionalism) Monte finds Pay Per Click advertising and SEO fascinating and embraces Google Analytics to understand consumer behavior as they interact with websites. He volunteers with The Central North Carolina MS Society and Team Erica to raise money for finding a cure to MS. As an avid cyclist, he participates in charity rides across many states.
Bobby Beck
BA in Graphic design, Masters in Commercial Art, both from Pensacola Christian College. Bobby specializes in strategic and creative graphic design, point of purchase development and design, web creation, and digital signage creative. Enjoys drawing, reading, playing bass guitar, discussing the cinematography of movies and being the biggest geek he knows.
Allison Kahn
Has a BA in English Literature from Wesley College in Dover, DE where she earned the Scholars Day Award. She has a strong passion for Social Media Marketing and believes everyone can master Facebook and Twitter. Enjoys skiing, NY Yankees, and talking about her home state (and the first state), Delaware.
Markita Rowe
Has a BA in Printing and Publishing from NC A&T State University and is currently pursuing her MS in Technology Management, NC A&T State University. She enjoys writing about graphic design and art. Enjoys shopping, spending time with family and friends, loves fashion and design, all types of music, and learning. Youth Adviser and Dance instructor at St. Mark Church of Christ Disciples of Christ Goldsboro, NC.
Mike Foster
Mike Foster is an interactive marketing strategist with over 20 years experience. In addition to his strategic work, Mike has created and produced comprehensive web solutions (including programming), 3D and Flash animations, original photography and music. He learned early on that the message is everything and the idea or concept drives it all. – Put it out there right and it comes back to you.
Nyght Falcon
Falcon brings an eclectic collection of experiences to his work. He was educated at Fordham, Yale and Emory Universities and holds a Ph.D. in Biblical Theology. As an academic he is a published scholar. Falcon has also spent much of his adult life working in technology. In 1998, the same year he began working in photography, he was awarded a prestigious Computerworld-Smithsonian Medal for his accomplishments in technology. A poet and writer, a number of his pieces have been published in literary magazines, Falcon’s photographic work reflects the eclectic contours of his life.
