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Amrutha Chatty

Account Supervisor

Amrutha is a key member of GMMB’s award-winning political team, providing critical support on races across the country. She’s played an integral role in the firm’s work on abortion ballot initiatives post-Dobbs, including her work on the successful 2024 wins in AZ, MD, and NY.

In 2023, Amrutha embedded in Columbus, Ohio for the historic Ohioans United for Reproductive Rights campaign, leading the campaign’s storytelling program and playing a key role in the paid TV/Digital strategy. Her successful work in Ohio helped elevate GMMB’s leadership in reproductive rights, leading to work on abortion ballot initiatives in four states in 2024 and continued advocacy work with organizations like Planned Parenthood and Free & Just. Amrutha’s experience also includes anti-tobacco and pro Medi-Cal ballot initiatives in in CA, an anti-debt collection initiative in AZ, and work with Everytown for Gun Safety to elect several gun-safety advocates to Congress and key seats around the country. Outside of electoral politics, Amrutha has worked with pro-Democracy groups like States United Democracy Center and climate organizations like The Nature Conservancy.

Amrutha also leads GMMB Gold, the Employee Resource Group that works to elevate the voices and contribute to increased representation of AAPI employees at the firm. Amrutha’s work on storyteller collection and management, creative and production experience, and paid media expertise make her an asset on any campaign – up and down the ballot, in red, purple, and blue states.

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Andrew Hutson

Senior Media Buyer

Andrew is an seasoned media specialist with 9 years of experience in strategic media planning and activation. He specializes in multi-channel media activations to support clients across the political & advocacy vertical. This diverse client list has enhanced his acute understanding of the everchanging media landscape. As viewership becomes more segmented, Andrew focuses on data and analytics to reach audiences effectively and efficiently through integrated, cross-platform media campaigns.

At GMMB, Andrew has developed paid media strategy and activations for a large roster of candidates, including governors, senators, and members of Congress, PACs, and party committees. And he has a proven track record of meeting or exceeding client campaign objectives.

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Andrew Zucker

Senior Vice President

Andrew Zucker is an award-winning political ad maker with fifteen years of experience helping Democratic candidates, non-profits, and independent expenditures win tough political fights.

At GMMB, Andrew has developed creative for Senate Majority PAC and the Democratic Governors Association across multiple states, including on behalf of Senator John Fetterman and Governor Tony Evers. He’s written, produced, and directed ads for Future Forward PAC and the League of Conservation Voters. And he’s been a driving force on multiple winning ballot initiatives on public health, including those that protected abortion access in Ohio and banned flavored tobacco in California.

Andrew also leads the firm’s electoral work on behalf of Everytown for Gun Safety, spearheading creative content that has helped elect Senators, Governors, members of Congress, Judges, and state legislators.

Prior to joining GMMB, Andrew led Everytown’s political and federal communications, and held senior leadership positions on some of the most competitive Senate campaigns in the country, helping elect Senators Sherrod Brown, Ed Markey, Jeff Merkley, and Michael Bennet.

Andrew lives in Northern Virginia with his wife Jerica, and golden retriever Avery.

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Anna Mudd

Account Executive, Digital

Anna is a Digital Account Executive on GMMB’s political team with experience in digital strategy and media planning across political campaigns, ballot initiatives, and issue advocacy clients. Her expertise in digital media planning and social media strategy informs her ability to develop political strategies that resonate across digital mediums and effectively reach niche audiences. Anna played a crucial role in digital media planning for the Vermont for Reproductive Liberty Amendment, the effort to enshrine reproductive rights in the Vermont state constitution. She has supported clients including States United Democracy Center, Steve Sisolak for Governor, and the American Beverage Association. Before joining GMMB, Anna worked as a Federal and Gubernatorial Campaign Intern for EMILY’s List.

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Anson Kaye

Partner

Anson co-leads GMMB’s political group. An award-winning media strategist, Anson is media consultant to House Minority Leader Hakeem Jeffries, was a top ad-maker for both President Barack Obama and Secretary of State Hillary Clinton, and in 2020, led GMMB’s creative efforts on behalf of President Joe Biden. Anson has helped guide candidates, committees, ballot initiatives and IEs to victory in races up and down the ballot and across the country, including Michigan Senator Elissa Slotkin (DSCC), Wisconsin Governor Tony Evers (DGA), and Justice-Elect Susan Crawford’s historic win in her race for Wisconsin Supreme Court earlier this year.

Anson’s work extends outside the electoral realm as well, having provided strategic counsel to national and multinational nonprofit and Fortune 500 clients like Cisco Systems, the Environmental Defense Fund, the American Lung Association, Issue One, the Doris Duke Foundation, and MGM Resorts International. Anson has been named to Politico’s new guard power list, as well as to City & State’s New York Political Consultants Power 100 list.

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Bona Daniel

Vice President, Digital Buying

Bona Daniel is a digital marketing professional with 13 years of experience in the industry. He is a Political Science major from the University of Pittsburgh who is transitioning from the corporate and tech industry to political and advocacy work.

Bona has vast experience in multiple digital marketing verticals, including app installs, lead generation, e-commerce, advocacy and political campaigns. He has successfully shaped, launched and managed successful campaigns that have consistently increased engagement, awareness, and improved efficiency.

Bona gained his first political media planning experience for the 2022 election cycle where he worked on key campaigns during the mid-term election. He furthered his experience during the 2024 election cycle working on both the presidential campaign and other key races. Additionally at GMMB he has worked with clients like ABA, NHTSA, MHBE, Breakthrough Energy, and AARP. He specializes in leveraging data-driven insights and analytics to create effective marketing strategies. He is highly proficient in the use of various digital marketing strategies, such as Programmatic Display & Video, Paid Search, Paid Social, and CTV/OTT. Bona is passionate about his work and believes in the power of digital marketing to make a real difference in people’s lives. With his extensive experience and knowledge, he is well-positioned to lead successful digital marketing campaigns that will drive results.

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Bradley Perseke

Partner, Media Buying

Bradley co-directs GMMB’s Media Team, which started in 1990 as a two-person operation. Today, the Team has over 50 professional linear and digital planners, buyers, data scientists, and the best ad ops team in the business. With 35 years of experience, Bradley has designed successful campaign plans working with clients on sophisticated media analysis and targeting across all media. 

 The way people communicate is undergoing a titanic shift as people recalibrate how they consume media. Mass media still plays a significant role in getting information, with technology driving a new era of audience segmentation, with more content being controlled by consumers and more ways to reach them efficiently. Under Bradley’s leadership, GMMB is at the forefront of these ongoing changes.

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Chanel Rice

Vice President, Ad Operations

Chanel Rice is a seasoned digital advertising professional with 15 years of experience and currently serves as Vice President of Advertising Operations at GMMB. She leads the ad operations team, overseeing the execution and optimization of political and advocacy campaigns across major platforms such as The Trade Desk, StackAdapt, DV360, Meta, LinkedIn, and more.

She is highly skilled in campaign tracking, pixel implementation, quality assurance, and vendor management, ensuring that brand safety and data validation processes align with client goals.

Chanel is also instrumental in training and developing her team, implementing structured workflows, and promoting a culture of accountability and continuous learning.

Her leadership extends to managing complex election and issue-based campaigns, troubleshooting technical challenges, and refining reporting cadences using Salesforce Datorama, Civis, and ad-hoc reporting systems. Chanel’s commitment to operational excellence and her ability to adapt quickly to evolving ad tech landscapes make her a trusted leader in the field.

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Chris Butterfield

Vice President

Chris is a political strategist with a background in digital media and creative strategy. He doesn’t have a typical background for a political ad maker, which is why he doesn’t make your typical political ads. Whether he’s creating for television, radio, or social media, Chris works to push ideas creatively until we find a message that cuts through the clutter and captures the audience, wherever they are. His award-winning work has helped keep flavored tobacco out of the hands of kids, elect Judge Susan Crawford to Wisconsin’s Supreme Court, and get Democratic candidates over the line at every level of office, from mayors and congressman to his integral role in creating hundreds of pieces of digital content for Joe Biden’s 2020 campaign.

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Danny Jester

Partner, Media Buying

Danny runs the Paid Media Buying and Planning team at GMMB – across linear, digital, and analytics.  He has worked on numerous electoral campaigns and ballot initiatives.  Working with candidates and groups across Presidential, Senate, House and on all sides of the wall.  Danny managed the media planning and buying for Obama for America 2008 & 2012), Hillary for America and has also worked as a strategic partner on Future Forward (2020-2024), House Majority PAC, the DSCC & DCCC.  Beyond that, Danny has managed media buying and planning for Ballot Initiative clients in states across the country as well as Advocacy & Opinion Leader campaigns for major brands, Trade Associations and Non-Profits.

 Danny has been a leader in fully integrated media planning and placement strategy as well as data and analytics for clients in the political, government, corporate and nonprofit arenas. He is a recognized innovator and specializes in infusing data into current advertising strategies & tactics to achieve more targeted delivery and better results. With the most up to date research, data and tools, Danny and his team can create the most cost-efficient media campaign for the audience. Leading a full team of digital and traditional planners, buyers and analysts, his team is well-equipped to help clients plan and attain their goals. He combines his media and political expertise to offer highly targeted media plans to best position his clients to reach their target audience, whether that is activists, voters, consumers or opinion leaders.

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Erica Monteith

Managing Director, Digital Buying

Erica Monteith is a seasoned senior marketing executive with experience leading data-driven political and advocacy campaigns that drive real-world impact. Since entering politics in 2014, she has worked across every presidential election and numerous up-and-down-ballot races nationwide, helping to elect candidates at every level of government—including playing a pivotal role in the 2020 Presidential election, where her digital strategy efforts helped elect President Joe Biden. A “40 Under 40” honoree from the American Association of Political Consultants, Erica has led award-winning campaigns that have mobilized voters, shaped public opinion, and advanced progressive causes.

As Managing Director at GMMB/Omnicom, she oversees high-stakes political campaigns, integrating digital and TV strategies to maximize reach and results. Her prior experience running campaigns for global brands like Samsung and Disney has sharpened her ability to bring cutting-edge marketing innovation to the political space. Erica began her career in service as a Peace Corps Volunteer, where she helped women in the Dominican Republic launch a sustainable small business. She holds an MBA from the University of North Carolina and a BS in Business Administration from Colorado State University.

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Gayatri Bhalla

Managing Director, Digital Strategy

Gayatri’s experience in politics and policy includes stints both on and advising political campaigns as well as roles in government.  She has been immersed in data infrastructure, digital and social paid media, online fundraising, influencer outreach, digital partnerships, and organizing/canvassing tech for multiple Democratic Presidential campaigns and primaries including Biden, Bloomberg, Obama, Hillary Clinton, and Clinton-Gore. Gayatri served as the COO of Catalist, the Democratic voter file, and partnered with the DNC, TargetSmart, DGA, DCCC, and DSCC as well as dozens of political agencies and advocacy organizations.  From the policy perspective, she has served as a Special Assistant for Strategy at the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission, the U.S. House of Representatives, and the Departments of Commerce and State.

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Geneva Swanson

Associate Director, Digital Buying

Geneva Swanson is an Associate Director of Paid Digital Media at GMMB with experience in building innovative and robust digital media campaigns for various clients including candidates, PACs, nonprofits, and advocacy groups. Geneva received her Bachelor’s degree from Michigan State University and a Master’s degree from George Washington University. She began her digital media career in New York City, collaborating with corporate clients managing multi-million dollar digital budgets. Today, she works across a variety of campaigns, large and small, with meaningful causes dedicated to ensuring every dollar matters.

At GMMB, Geneva has worked on a range of successful campaigns, including Governor Gretchen Whitmer’s reelection campaign in 2022, where she ran the digital portion of the campaign and helped craft the way GMMB’s traditional and digital teams work together on integrated media. She has also worked on campaigns for SMP, HMP, DGA, and several reproductive rights initiatives, such as Kansas for Constitutional Freedom and Ohioans United for Reproductive Rights.

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Harper Lawson

Partner

Harper Lawson brings together a combination of state and national experience in political communications, government, and campaign management. With a distinct creative approach and an authentic writing style, he creates messaging and strategy that connects issues and candidates directly with voters. For over two decades, his work has elevated GMMB’s clients, campaigns, and causes to define narratives early and win tough races down the stretch — particularly in swing states and the more conservative regions of our country.

Harper has led GMMB’s successful ballot initiative work to protect abortion rights in Kansas, Ohio, and Arizona — as well as developing advertising and media strategies for other statewide initiatives on public health, minimum wage, paid sick leave, voting rights, education funding, and environmental protection. He has spearheaded creative content that has helped re-elect Governor Laura Kelly of Kansas, Congresswoman Kim Schrier (D-WA), and Senator Ron Wyden of Oregon. In addition to ballot initiatives and candidate campaigns, he has written, produced, and directed award-winning ads for the Democratic Governors Association, the Democratic Senatorial Campaign Committee, Senate Majority PAC, the Democratic Congressional Campaign Committee, American Clean Power, and the League of Conservation Voters.

Harper has managed gubernatorial campaigns, worked as a communications director on the Hill, and served as Montana’s Chief Deputy Secretary of State. He currently lives in Phoenix, Arizona with his family.

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Honah Kern

Vice President

Honah works with political clients and candidates up and down the ballot as well as issue groups fighting for healthcare, energy, and environmental policies. She helps them spread their message through digital, paid and earned media strategies, with an approach that leans into her background as a journalist and storyteller. Honah spearheads GMMB’s work with Issue One, a political reform nonprofit, and has helped them land coverage in major outlets including CNN, CBS This Morning, USA Today, Reuters, and The Washington Post. She has also written and produced ads for Kamala Harris’s super PAC Future Forward, Planned Parenthood, Environmental Defense Fund, With Honor, Issue One, and for Judge Susan Crawford’s historic victory to the Wisconsin Supreme Court.  

Prior to joining GMMB, Honah led digital communications for a multimillion-dollar referendum campaign in New England, and spent more than a decade covering politics and events as a journalist and executive producer.

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Isa Giovannetti

Senior Account Executive, Digital

Isabel provides creative and digital strategy to political and issue clients who need to stand out among crowded environments. As part of GMMB’s political team, she shapes digital strategy and creates visual assets for paid and organic digital campaigns. She has developed display ads, short video spots, and social media graphics for clients such as Planned Parenthood, Senate Majority PAC, Minority Leader Hakeem Jeffries, the Environmental Defense Fund, and Issue One. Isabel also supports digital campaigns by coordinating with creative and media teams to efficiently target diverse audiences across a range of platforms and developing social media content for clients. In addition to her political work, Isabel has supported communications campaigns for environmental causes, reproductive rights, election integrity, and healthcare access. She is deeply invested in social justice and is always striving to maintain an equity lens in messaging. Isabel also serves as Co-President of GMMB’s LGBTQ+ employee resource group. She is proud to have grown up in a multi-generational household as a first-generation American and as the daughter of Venezuelan immigrants.

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Jesse Demastrie

Partner, Media Buying

Jesse has been a leader of GMMB’s award-winning media planning and buying team for over 21 years. With a deep understanding of advertising, data analytics, and politics, Jesse works with a team of 35 cross-platform media planners, buyers, data analysts, and advertising operations staff and works directly with clients to strategically construct and execute media plans and buys with precision and efficiency.

Jesse’s team uses the best research, live digital data, and data-driven optimization to create sophisticated media plans that deliver the most cost-effective and strategic placements to audiences across the country. Jesse and his team have built proprietary planning tools to pull in data across platforms and build first in market integrated media plans and allocate budget across linear and digital media in the most effective and targeted ways possible. Jesse has spent years assembling the best plans for each individual campaign and goal, resulting in some of the best-performing campaigns the industry has seen. He ensures that the audience profiles he creates are accurate and comprehensive by pairing existing research with client specific research to maximize results. His work combines audience modeling with relevancy targeting that ensures the right mix of traditional and non-traditional media tactics, leading to highly successful advertising campaigns.

Jesse has led the GMMB media team on accounts such as the American Beverage Association, Maryland Health Benefit Exchange, AARP, and the California Department of Health Care Services. On political campaigns, Jesse led the paid media team for 2008 and 2012 Obama for America, 2020 Biden/Harris, and independent expenditures for Senate Majority PAC, Emily’s List, Planned Parenthood, the Democratic Governors Association, DCCC, to name a few, over the last 15 years, as well as countless individual candidate campaigns for the House, Senate, and Gubernatorial campaigns, and issues and races up and down the ballot.

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Jim Margolis

Partner and Founder

Jim Margolis got his start in politics at age 15 in Kalamazoo, Michigan. It was there that he was Field Director for an inspirational (but losing) congressional candidate.  Perhaps the aspiring congressman should have hired a lead organizer old enough to drive. Thankfully, since that defeat, Jim has been one of the most successful political and communications consultants in America, helping candidates, corporations, advocacy groups, foundations, and government agencies develop strategic communications and advertising programs that help change the world. 

As a founding partner of GMMB, Jim served as a senior advisor to Barack Obama in both the former President’s campaigns for the White House, leading each cycle’s half-billion dollar advertising effort and helping direct the campaign as part of the core strategic team. Jim also co-produced the two Obama inaugural celebrations and both of his national conventions. In the 2016 presidential election, Jim served as senior advisor to former Secretary of State Hillary Clinton, leading her paid advertising effort and co-producing the 2016 Democratic National Convention in Philadelphia. Jim was also Senior Advisor to both John Kerry’s 2004 presidential campaign and Kamala Harris’ 2020 campaign. Nationally, Jim has helped elect dozens of senators, governors, and other public officials to office. And, overseas, Jim has advised presidential and prime ministerial candidates in Africa, Asia, Europe, and Latin America.

In the business and philanthropic world, Jim has provided counsel to some of America’s most iconic corporations and nonprofits, including AFSCME, Airbnb, AMERICORPS, Ashoka, AT&T, Cisco Systems, Facebook, The Gates Foundation, L’Oréal, Microsoft, One Main Financial, The Pritzker Foundation, TechNet and VISA.

Before joining GMMB, Jim served as a top appointee in both the U.S. House and U.S. Senate.

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Jodi Quintero

Managing Director

Jodi Quintero is an award-winning political ad maker and a veteran communicator on state and federal legislative issues. For the last two decades, Jodi has developed and led integrated communications campaigns on behalf of political candidates, ballot initiatives, progressive non-profit organizations, and government officials. Most recently, Jodi served as the media consultant and ad maker for Judge Susan Crawford in her historic win for justice on the Wisconsin Supreme Court. Jodi also led strategy and ad making for abortion ballot initiatives post-Roe in Ohio, Kansas, Arizona, Florida, New York, Maryland, and Vermont. She oversees the firm’s electoral and advocacy work to protect abortion rights on behalf of Planned Parenthood New England. Jodi is the media consultant for Congresswoman Kim Schrier and has produced ads for top clients, including EMILY’S List, the Democratic Congressional Campaign Committee, With Honor, AARP, Issue One, the Environmental Defense Fund, Maine Votes, and more. She has a track record of winning in some of the toughest districts in the country and communicating on the most pressing issues of the day.

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John Rimel

Partner

As a Partner at GMMB, John is a leader in the firm’s political and public affairs practices. 

A veteran of over thirty US House, Senate, and Gubernatorial races, John has overseen more than three billion dollars in Democratic advertising over the last two decades and compiled an impressive win-loss record as a media consultant. Serving as a senior advisor and strategist to President Biden’s 2020 campaign, Secretary Clinton’s 2016 campaign, and President Obama’s 2012 campaign, John helped lead the advertising, media buying, and message development operations for all three campaigns. He also played a key role in producing and organizing highly successful Democratic national conventions in Charlotte in 2012 and Philadelphia in 2016. John has led winning ballot initiatives to fund healthcare, take on the tobacco industry, and protect voters’ rights. Internationally, he has provided counsel to heads of state and political parties in Europe, Africa, South America, and the Middle East. 

Beyond politics, John deploys his campaign-style approach to advertising, public affairs, and strategy for a wide range of foundations, nonprofits, trade associations and Fortune 500 companies. He has crafted award-winning advertising, spearheaded successful advocacy campaigns, and developed communications strategies that secured legislative wins, advanced policy agendas in Washington and state capitals, and fueled growth for companies and organizations. 

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Julie Keane

Vice President, Media Buying

Julie is a media specialist with over 25 years of experience in strategic media planning and placement across all categories including associations, advocacy, political candidates, retail, entertainment, quick service restaurants and consumer packaged goods. This diverse client list has enhanced her acute understanding of the ever-changing media landscape. Currently, she is working with Centers for Medicare and Medicaid, collaborating with data analysts to find and reach a customized target audience through our media partners. As viewership becomes more segmented, Julie focuses on data and analytics to reach audiences effectively and efficiently through integrated, cross platformed media campaigns. She has a proven track record of pioneering campaigns that exceed the objectives of high-profile clients.

At GMMB, she collaborates with numerous clients to develop their media strategy including Senate Majority PAC, Biden for President, Whitmer for MI Governor, Kaiser Permanente and Centers for Medicare and Medicaid. She works daily with both clients and internal teams to execute media strategy, negotiate with vendors, manage budgets, traffic creative, track successes and optimize campaigns. Throughout her career, Julie has been passionate about using research, data, and analytics to create innovative approaches to reaching underserved audiences including Latinos, African Americans, and rural communities for such clients as Toyota, Verizon Wireless and Comcast. With the evolving media landscape, she is vigilant about understanding how emerging technologies can be utilized to reach these communities. Moreover, Julie has cultivated long standing relationships with all media genres throughout the country allowing the voice of our clients to be heard.

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Lance Greenberg

Vice President

Lance sits at the intersection of politics and issue communications. His experience crafting advertising, paid media strategy, and messaging has propelled a wide variety of both electoral and advocacy clients.

At GMMB, Lance’s focus on targeting and metrics helps campaigns spend smarter. Whether it’s overseeing multichannel advertising campaigns to flip some of the country’s toughest seats, or helping Fortune 500 companies navigate complex legislation, Lance makes sure the right message is in front of the right audience.

Lance’s clients have included President Joe Biden, Governor Gretchen Whitmer, The Computer and Communications Industry Association, and AARP.

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Lizzie Kelley

Assistant Account Executive

Lizzie joined GMMB’s political team in 2024 after earning her degree from American University. During the 2024 election cycle, she played a key role in crafting and producing ads for clients like Senate Majority PAC, Everytown for Gun Safety, and the DSCC. In addition to her creative contributions, she managed billing and administrative tasks, coordinated storyteller outreach, and monitored competitive spending across races. With a background in politics and International Relations, you can find her researching races across the country and reading POLITICO Playbook. A native of Minnesota, Lizzie is extremely passionate about midwestern politics and unsuccessful sports teams.

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Laura Bassett

Associate Director, Media Buying

Laura joined the media team in 2010 and has worked as account manager and lead buyer for the House Majority PAC and other congressional PACs for most of that time. As VP/Associate Media Director, Laura is experienced at developing and executing cross platform media campaigns to raise awareness across multiple audiences at both the national and local level by integrating TV, radio, print, outdoor, and in-store advertising. By researching market behavior and trends, she strategizes plans by utilizing a mix of media vehicles that is both cost-effective and targeted. Laura has also co-managed Future Forward PAC and has a wealth of experience placing media for various political and advocacy clients including Obama & Hillary for America, FEMA & American Beverage Association, among others.

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Maru Becker

Managing Director, Multicultural Strategy

Maru is a communications consultant with over 20 years of experience working in campaigns across the American continent. She leads community outreach developing strategies to reach key audiences for a variety of issues including public health, education, science, and politics in the U.S. and Latin America. Her efforts include strategic consulting, message development, and writing and directing award-winning TV and radio advertisements that resulted in successful ballot measures, congressional, gubernatorial and presidential campaigns.

Maru works closely with clients and candidates to develop effective strategies based on a deep analysis of priority audiences, cultures, and the countries’ particular environments; and collaborating with local teams to create persuasive messages and practices that engage people. She also helps develop strategies targeting vulnerable populations. Maru is passionate about increasing accessibility to campaign information by providing strategies to reach Latinos and other Spanish-speaking audiences and develop culturally appropriate resources in that language first.

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Maura Johnson

Senior Vice President, Media Buying

Maura started with GMMB in 2006 as a media assistant and began her buying career with Obama for America Iowa Primaries in 2007. She relocated to Boston, MA in 2013 and has extensive MA buying experience forging strong relationships in New England. As a Media Director, Maura is the lead buyer for various competitive political elections each cycle including NYC Mayoral races, competitive House races and ballot initiatives. With over 15 years of experience in the industry, she leads clients in successful media campaigns with innovative media strategy, research, and cost-efficient placements. 

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Mike Furman

Vice President, Media Buying

After answering a newspaper ad, not knowing exactly what he was getting into, Mike Furman has carved out a nearly 30-year career in media buying, working for Democratic candidates and causes.

From his first media buy in the small market of Greenville-New Bern, NC to buying in all the top media markets in the country, Mike has helped elect countless Democratic candidates, including President Barack Obama in 2012, Senator Mark Warner in 2014 and 2020, and North Carolina Governor Roy Cooper in 2016 and 2020.

Mike has worked with PACs and independent expenditures to elect Democratic Senators in numerous states, including Pennsylvania, Nevada, Montana, and Ohio.

Since he started at GMMB in 2012, he’s also worked on such advocacy campaigns as anti-tobacco, senior healthcare, and transportation/infrastructure.  In his free time, Mike is an avid traveler, enjoys going to sporting events and concerts, and is huge fan of the gameshow Jeopardy.

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Pedro Suarez

Managing Director, Data Science

Pedro is a multidisciplinary data and technology strategist driven by a deep commitment to social good. At GMMB, he provides expert insights and guidance to clients and teams striving to maximize impact. His work includes designing comprehensive measurement frameworks, building infrastructure for integrated, actionable insights, and evaluating strategies to support continuous growth. 

Pedro’s experience spans analyzing and implementing technology-enabled solutions that have delivered measurable results across sectors—from political campaigns and healthcare to economic mobility, education, climate, and more. Pedro’s work has been crucial to securing huge wins for GMMB clients, including candidates like Governor Gretchen Whitmer and President Joe Biden and IEs like FFUSA, SMP, and many more. With a relentless drive to scale social impact, he develops audience-first solutions that leverage emerging technologies, always grounded in a deep understanding of community behavior and experience. 

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Philip Allen

Creative Director

Phillip beautifully translates in-depth strategic insights into effective and imaginative campaigns. Driven by a passion for purpose-driven projects, his creative work helps foundations, nonprofits, political campaigns, and government agencies advocate for a world that uplifts its most vulnerable, informs communities, and fights for justice. That has translated to an internal commitment at GMMB, co-chairing its DE&I Council while also serving as creative lead for GMMB’s Catalyst, an internal business group dedicated to smart and culturally relevant creative work for Black and Latino audiences. Phillip has led a number of award-winning campaigns for clients like The Carter Center, SPLC, Communities In Schools, AARP, and the Washington Department of Health. 

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Renato Martinez

Associate Creative Director

Renato completed his graduate degree in Creative Advertising in Buenos Aires and brings over 13 years of experience in the field, having worked at highly competitive agencies across various markets. He has had the privilege of contributing to renowned brands and organizations, including Procter & Gamble, HSBC, AT&T, PepsiCo, Telefónica, Nivea, Goya, Nestlé, the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation, Toyota Motors North America, and AARP, among others.

Having worked across three distinct markets, Renato has honed his communication skills and developed a strong ability to engage diverse audiences, including the North American General Market, the U.S. Hispanic market, and Latin America (LATAM).

His work has earned him numerous creative accolades such as Cannes Lions, Clio Awards, New York Festivals, the London International Awards, and national Effies—particularly through campaigns focused on social justice and social good.

He is also the author of a published book, sold throughout South America, with all proceeds donated to “Vida Mujer,” an NGO that fights against violence toward women in Peru.

Throughout his career, Renato has built a wide range of proficiencies, including conceptual thinking, copywriting, platform development, innovation, and expertise in both digital and traditional advertising—which has brought him to GMMB to pursue his desire to be a force for good through meaningful, impact-driven work.

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Ryan Olson

Vice President, Digital Buying

Ryan Olson is a Vice President at GMMB, where he leads the development of sophisticated, integrated media strategies and plans that drive impact and deliver results. With deep expertise across the political, corporate, nonprofit, government, and trade association sectors, Ryan brings a strategic, data-driven approach to every campaign. Ryan is known for his ability to translate complex challenges into clear, actionable strategies that resonate with diverse audiences and achieve measurable outcomes

Ryan was part of the digital media team behind the 2020 Biden for President campaign and has worked with clients such as Senate Majority PAC (SMP), the Democratic Governors Association (DGA), numerous political action committees, and candidates at every level of the ballot. His experience spans both national and down-ballot races, giving him a comprehensive view of the political media landscape.

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Thomas Baer

Senior Account Executive

With a background in economics and math, Thomas combines data expertise with a passion for political communications to help elect Democrats and advance progressive causes. At GMMB, Thomas has revamped tools for competitive spending tracking and optimized cross-platform ad trafficking — helping ensure that clients put the right message in front of the right voter on the right platform. He has written and produced ads for races across the country, including presidential, statewide ballot initiative, and state legislative campaigns, working with organizations such as Senate Majority PAC and Everytown for Gun Safety. Additionally, he’s led testimonial outreach and coordination for multiple political clients. Thomas also works with nonprofits and trade associations — primarily in the climate space — to enhance their brands, refine their messaging, and reach target audiences.

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Valentina Perez

Senior Vice President, Digital

Valentina is a Senior Vice President at GMMB who crafts communications strategy and digital advertising for advocacy organizations, foundations, and political campaigns up and down the ballot. Valentina directs digital advertising for political campaigns ranging from U.S. presidential and gubernatorial races to state legislative and ballot initiative campaigns. She works with political clients such as Everytown for Gun Safety, Senate Majority PAC, the Democratic Governors Association, and House Minority Leader Hakeem Jeffries. Valentina led digital strategy for the successful ballot measures to expand abortion rights in New York and Maryland in 2024, and she helped lead and execute Joe Biden’s $200M+ digital ads program in his successful 2020 presidential campaign.

Additionally, Valentina helps lead Catalyst, GMMB’s multicultural practice group focused on communicating with Black and Latino audiences in the U.S. Outside of her campaign work, Valentina supports AARP’s advocacy advertising targeting communities of color and leads digital communications projects for social justice coalitions like Home is Here, which is fighting to protect DACA recipients and immigrant communities. Prior to joining GMMB, Valentina worked on Hillary for America’s research team. She was born in Venezuela and is a graduate of Harvard University.