Legacy agency hires and promotes an
all-star group of leaders to shepherd the new
direction of Burrell, and to power its future
CHICAGO, May 6, 2024
/PRNewswire/ -- Burrell Communications Group, one of the world's
most highly regarded Black-owned advertising agencies, has
announced the appointment and promotion of several senior-level
executives to complete its long anticipated restructuring, and its
growing leadership roster. The group will work together to
seamlessly create centers of brilliance around core disciplines and
improve agency operations, while strategically guiding Burrell's
evolution as it moves confidently through its first year with CEO
Tara DeVeaux at the helm.
Committed to a spirit of boundless creativity and strategic and
executional rigor that drives current client business and new
business success, the Burrell senior executive team will work
together to enhance overall employee performance, share and
integrate best practices among client teams, maximize
cross-departmental collaboration and identify ongoing staff
training and development opportunities.
Burrell's department leads include: Leslie Alexander, Director of Project
Management; Vicki Bolton, Senior
Vice President and Head of Account Management; Stephen French, Head of Strategy; Donna Hodge, Head of Media Services;
Mike Mitchell, Chief Financial
Officer; Tuwisha Rogers, Vice President and Director of Brand
Development; Khari Streeter, Chief
Creative Officer and Ailine Tan,
Senior Vice President of Operations.
"I am truly excited and inspired by these individuals and their
strong track-records of career success and accomplishment," states
DeVeaux. "The Burrell culture has always been rooted in its people,
and in carefully building the new leadership team, I purposefully
selected executives who are the absolute best in their respective
areas of focus, who always play to win, and are energized by the
challenge of leading a legacy agency into its prosperous next
chapter. Our entire staff, along with our clients, are thrilled by
the selection of this dream team."
ABOUT BURRELL COMMUNICATIONS GROUP:
Burrell Communications Group was founded in 1971 by renowned ad man
Tom Burrell, who led the company for
33 years. Today, Burrell Communications Group is the largest U.S.
Black-owned agency specializing in understanding and speaking to
today's market, one that is more diverse and more multicultural
than ever before in our country's history. The agency boasts a
roster of premiere, blue-chip clients that lead in their respective
categories, including McDonald's, Toyota, Comcast, Fidelity,
Coca-Cola, Unilever and the American Red Cross. For more
information, visit burrell.com.
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