Jacqueline Renan, Director of Creative Services

Jacqueline is always looking for the most effective creative approach to achieve results for her clients, and it shows — she has won numerous awards,including Best-in-Show honors and Awards of Excellence at the IMCA Showcase and AAMGA Marketing awards. She and her production team work with our interactive partners to develop multi-faceted concepts designed to improve the recall and preference for her clients’ brands.

A graduate of Philadelphia University, Jacqueline has 8 years of agency experience spanning B2B and B2C, from online tech startups and educational institutions to hospitality and government affairs organizations. She doesn’t just follow the market trends, she creates them. She is quick, detail-oriented and extremely talented. If you need a good recipe, ask Jacqueline — she loves to cook; one of her goals is to travel to a new country every year.

Gary Kimball, Director of Public Relations

Gary Kimball is president of Kimball Communications. He has nearly 30 years experience in public relations and is a recognized expert in crisis communications planning and response. A frequent speaker on crisis management and related issues, Gary also serves on the board of directors of the Insurance Marketing and Communications Association (IMCA).

Before founding Kimball Communications, Gary served in senior public relations roles, including his position from 1988-1994 as director of corporate communications for Independence Bancorp, a $3 billion financial services company. There he led an award-winning public relations, investor relations and crisis communications program.

Gary is a frequent speaker at industry events including the A.M. Best IMAS Conference, IMCA Annual Conference and the American Camp Association’s (ACA) National and Tri-State Conferences, where he speaks annually on crisis response and moderates a medical issues forum. In 2010, he also moderated a panel of infectious disease experts on the impact of H1N1.

For 12 years, he was an adjunct professor of communications at Muhlenberg College and DeSales University. A former journalist, he has a master’s degree in journalism from Boston University and a bachelor’s degree in government from Colby College.

Greg Bengston, Interactive Services

Greg Bengston has worked in the online marketing field since 1998, when he first applied his experience in direct mail marketing for the Franklin Mint, a well-known international collectibles company, to the emerging field of email marketing. Having managed the email marketing programs for fortune 500 pharmaceutical and retail companies he soon expanded into search engine optimization and website development. Greg is the co-founder of GKB Solutions, an interactive agency specializing in website design and development. Working with his team of designers and programmers at GKB Solutions, Greg brings his comprehensive online experience of website design and programming, SEO and social media integration to Vertibrands.