Intentionality starts with relationship…
…and relationships all start with a conversation. We hope our core values of truth, humility, and grace are reflected in the relationships we build with our team, clients, and community of partners.
WHAT WE STAND FOR
UNLOCKING TRUE POTENTIAL
Finding the value in each person, story, opportunity, concept and then moving the “tumblers” of strategy to release it is what drives us. If you feel stuck, then maybe we can help find the right combo to unlock your organization’s potential.
ANYTHING IS POSSIBLE
No idea is too crazy … okay, some are … but there is also a nugget of a possibility in them too. Bring on the impossible and let’s make a plan to bring it to reality!
HELPING PEOPLE BE INTENTIONAL
Someone once defined intentionality as doing the next right thing … but what if you don’t know what that thing is? We wake up everyday excited to help our clients and our team define how to move forward with intention.
WHAT WE STAND FOR
UNLOCKING TRUE POTENTIAL
Finding the value in each person, story, opportunity, concept and then moving the “tumblers” of strategy to release it is what drives us. If you feel stuck, then maybe we can help find the right combo to unlock your organization’s potential.
ANYTHING IS POSSIBLE
No idea is too crazy … okay, some are … but there is also a nugget of a possibility in them too. Bring on the impossible and let’s make a plan to bring it to reality!
HELPING PEOPLE BE INTENTIONAL
Someone once defined intentionality as doing the next right thing … but what if you don’t know what that thing is? We wake up everyday excited to help our clients and our team define how to move forward with intention.
JEFFREY WAKEEN
Founder & CEO
JEFFREY WAKEEN
Founder & CEO
“What’s your story?” If you’ve met Jeff Wakeen, you’ve likely been asked this question. A collector of stories and unleasher of potential, Jeff brings more than 30 years in advertising, media, and marketing, along with executive coaching credentials and the founding of Wakeen & Company Family of Brands, to the work of helping clients open dialogue, explore strengths, expose vulnerabilities, and rediscover purpose in their life and business.
Joanna Drexel-Blevins
Chief Strategy Officer/Partner
Joanna Drexel-Blevins
Chief Strategy Officer/Partner
Joanna is a strategist, innovative thinking facilitator and self-proclaimed geek. As the Chief Strategy Officer at Wakeen & Company, she is continually digging into the data to uncover patterns and piece together the media puzzle for our clients. With more than 30 years of experience in marketing, advertising and operations as both a client and an agency partner, she is continually leveraging resources as if they are hers. From the most complex, multi-divisional, global clients to small business start-ups and community credit unions every project is a unique challenge that feeds her curiosity and drive for results. She has logged hundreds of hours facilitating interactive workshops with organizations on topics ranging from strategic planning and marketing to process mapping and new product development.
KEVIN WERT
Chief Engagment Officer/Partner
KEVIN WERT
Chief Engagment Officer/Partner
Kevin is a connector, communicator, and self-described believer in the power of conversation. As Chief Engagement Officer at Wakeen & Company, he is the first point of contact for organizations looking to unlock potential — listening closely, asking the hard questions, and building the kind of relationships that turn challenges into opportunities. With more than 25 years of experience across media, marketing, advertising, and business development, he has served as a trusted partner to brands spanning industries from community nonprofits to regional financial institutions and growing enterprises. A Bloomsburg University graduate with roots in public relations and advertising, Kevin brings the same conviction to every client engagement: that real progress starts when people feel genuinely heard.
CHRIS MCCONNELL
VP, Operations/Partner
JEFFREY WAKEEN
Founder & CEO
“What’s your story?” If you’ve met Jeff Wakeen, you’ve likely been asked this question. A collector of stories and unleasher of potential, Jeff brings more than 30 years in advertising, media, and marketing, along with executive coaching credentials and the founding of Wakeen & Company Family of Brands, to the work of helping clients open dialogue, explore strengths, expose vulnerabilities, and rediscover purpose in their life and business.
Wesley SNider
VP, Engagement
Joanna Drexel-Blevins
Chief Strategy Officer/Partner
“What’s your story?” If you’ve met Jeff Wakeen, you’ve likely been asked this question. A collector of stories and unleasher of potential, Jeff brings more than 30 years in advertising, media, and marketing, along with executive coaching credentials and the founding of Wakeen & Company Family of Brands, to the work of helping clients open dialogue, explore strengths, expose vulnerabilities, and rediscover purpose in their life and business.
Davis Holliday
Sr. Creative Director
Joanna Drexel-Blevins
Chief Strategy Officer/Partner
Joanna is a strategist, innovative thinking facilitator and self-proclaimed geek. As the Chief Strategy Officer at Wakeen & Company, she is continually digging into the data to uncover patterns and piece together the media puzzle for our clients. With more than 30 years of experience in marketing, advertising and operations as both a client and an agency partner, she is continually leveraging resources as if they are hers. From the most complex, multi-divisional, global clients to small business start-ups and community credit unions every project is a unique challenge that feeds her curiosity and drive for results. She has logged hundreds of hours facilitating interactive workshops with organizations on topics ranging from strategic planning and marketing to process mapping and new product development.
ELYSSA DREXEL
Digital Director
JEFFREY WAKEEN
Founder & CEO
“What’s your story?” If you’ve met Jeff Wakeen, you’ve likely been asked this question. A collector of stories and unleasher of potential, Jeff brings more than 30 years in advertising, media, and marketing, along with executive coaching credentials and the founding of Wakeen & Company Family of Brands, to the work of helping clients open dialogue, explore strengths, expose vulnerabilities, and rediscover purpose in their life and business.
LINDSEY ARTZ
Partnerships Director
Joanna Drexel-Blevins
Chief Strategy Officer/Partner
“What’s your story?” If you’ve met Jeff Wakeen, you’ve likely been asked this question. A collector of stories and unleasher of potential, Jeff brings more than 30 years in advertising, media, and marketing, along with executive coaching credentials and the founding of Wakeen & Company Family of Brands, to the work of helping clients open dialogue, explore strengths, expose vulnerabilities, and rediscover purpose in their life and business.
Sarah Schrank
Strategy Director
Joanna Drexel-Blevins
Chief Strategy Officer/Partner
As a Marketing & Media Strategist at Wakeen & Company, Sarah embraces the steady flow of leaning in to listen, designing strategies for growth, and staying close to clients and projects to navigate and repeat. Sarah’s marketing career began in 2010 when she was trained as a Media Buyer and learned the ins and outs of building fresh and cost-effective strategic media plans. As part of a media agency, Sarah led the media strategy for local, regional and national clients with budgets ranging from $50K to $7MM. After nearly a decade of living and breathing Television, Radio, Outdoor, Digital, Out-of-Home, Print and other emerging media channels, Sarah had the opportunity to explore the internal marketing and communications aspects of organizations by studying cultural challenges, individual development coaching, and how teams can better reflect their brand on the inside to match the messaging to the outside world. Sarah loves nothing more than facilitating strategy sessions and asking the right questions to get to the heart of an issue
HANNAH MULLER
Marketing & Media Manager
JEFFREY WAKEEN
Founder & CEO
“What’s your story?” If you’ve met Jeff Wakeen, you’ve likely been asked this question. A collector of stories and unleasher of potential, Jeff brings more than 30 years in advertising, media, and marketing, along with executive coaching credentials and the founding of Wakeen & Company Family of Brands, to the work of helping clients open dialogue, explore strengths, expose vulnerabilities, and rediscover purpose in their life and business.
CLARK STEFANIC
Producer
Joanna Drexel-Blevins
Chief Strategy Officer/Partner
“What’s your story?” If you’ve met Jeff Wakeen, you’ve likely been asked this question. A collector of stories and unleasher of potential, Jeff brings more than 30 years in advertising, media, and marketing, along with executive coaching credentials and the founding of Wakeen & Company Family of Brands, to the work of helping clients open dialogue, explore strengths, expose vulnerabilities, and rediscover purpose in their life and business.
Areli Brandenburg
Account Coordinator
Joanna Drexel-Blevins
Chief Strategy Officer/Partner
“What’s your story?” If you’ve met Jeff Wakeen, you’ve likely been asked this question. A collector of stories and unleasher of potential, Jeff brings more than 30 years in advertising, media, and marketing, along with executive coaching credentials and the founding of Wakeen & Company Family of Brands, to the work of helping clients open dialogue, explore strengths, expose vulnerabilities, and rediscover purpose in their life and business.
SAMMI BOHL
Account Coordinator
JEFFREY WAKEEN
Founder & CEO
“What’s your story?” If you’ve met Jeff Wakeen, you’ve likely been asked this question. A collector of stories and unleasher of potential, Jeff brings more than 30 years in advertising, media, and marketing, along with executive coaching credentials and the founding of Wakeen & Company Family of Brands, to the work of helping clients open dialogue, explore strengths, expose vulnerabilities, and rediscover purpose in their life and business.
SHERIDAN RIVA
Account Coordinator
Joanna Drexel-Blevins
Chief Strategy Officer/Partner
“What’s your story?” If you’ve met Jeff Wakeen, you’ve likely been asked this question. A collector of stories and unleasher of potential, Jeff brings more than 30 years in advertising, media, and marketing, along with executive coaching credentials and the founding of Wakeen & Company Family of Brands, to the work of helping clients open dialogue, explore strengths, expose vulnerabilities, and rediscover purpose in their life and business.
Joanna Drexel-Blevins
Chief Strategy Officer/Partner
“What’s your story?” If you’ve met Jeff Wakeen, you’ve likely been asked this question. A collector of stories and unleasher of potential, Jeff brings more than 30 years in advertising, media, and marketing, along with executive coaching credentials and the founding of Wakeen & Company Family of Brands, to the work of helping clients open dialogue, explore strengths, expose vulnerabilities, and rediscover purpose in their life and business.