Shay is an accomplished marketing and sales strategist with over 14 years of industry experience. Her consensus building expertise, networking skills, and big picture focus are critical to building community alliances that ensure the ongoing success of initiatives and campaigns. Shay loves helping business grow through the integrations of inbound and outbound strategies. She proudly serves on the Board of Junior Achievement of Maine.
Christian Garcia-Scheer, is an experienced Brand and Web Developer professional that has worked with a variety of B2B and B2C clients including Disney, Budweiser, Massachusetts General Hospital, Aramark, Chick-fil-A and Burger King. Born in Caracas, Venezuela, he graduated from Full Sail University in Orlando, FL with a Masters in Brand Development. He enjoys family time, outdoors activities, running marathons, volunteering and sailing when time allows.
Erica stays on top of the latest strategies for SEO/analytics, social media strategy, content marketing, brand development, online promotion, and more! She specializes in making sure businesses get found and have the best communication tools available to promote their brands. She runs on hot tea, good books, and loud music! She is also psyched to be on the board of PROPEL as the Social Media & Events Marketing Coordinator.
Jeff has more than 25 years of strategic communications experience and has produced winning results for hundreds of clients including L.L. Bean, Thos. Moser Cabinetmakers, and Tractor Supply Company. Jeff has written extensively for the financial industry (TD Bank, Maine Credit Union League, JP Morgan among others). Jeff contributes to campaign creation, content creation, and advertising. Jeff is an avid hiker and published author of an excellent book, Appalachian Odyssey.
Liz's writing experience is wildly varied and includes website and social media copy for small businesses, technical editing, blog posts, book and music reviews, and quizzes and word blurbs for an educational website. She also moonlights as a screen printer for Milo in Maine, the company she co-owns with her husband. In her spare time, Liz curates the blog Overheard in Portland.
Marlys is an experienced and proven leader within national and multinational environments with both large and small companies. Her extensive marketing and digital media experience developing creative strategies and assets across print, video production, website and online streaming programs creates her widely varied background. A highly analytical thinker, with the ability to anticipate, she recognizes and solves sales, marketing, service and technical problems through research and analysis. Marlys thoroughly enjoys the state of Maine and can be spotted at many of the Greater Portland events.
Peter is a writer, editor, and website developer. He has experience developing business and individual content for financial institutions. Recent work includes writing all copy and creating a conceptual wireframe for Sunoco’s Fleet Card Program website. Peter’s approach is to ask the right questions to fully understand the subject, audience, and purpose of content. The result is clearly focused and effective communication. Peter is proud to sit on the board of Maine Academy of Modern Music.
Dan is a graphic designer that has lived, studied, and worked in Portland for many years. His work in identity design and execution of branding has led to collaborations with big brands, small non-profits, and everything in between. In his spare time, Dan enjoys homebrewing (always designing labels for his newest creation) and participating in local pinball tournaments. Check out his online portfolio here.
Rebecca has enjoyed a long and successful career as a sales manager and trainer. She understands business development, the dynamics of sales teams, and how to create and execute a sales strategy that gets results. Rebecca loves analyzing and implementing processes, training, and mentoring sales professionals.
