Our Affiliate Partners

The first step in the JMSH process is to Figure Out Success. This is accomplished through collaboration with our Core Partners, and You. Once we have affirmed the vision of success, we bring together the appropriate Affiliate Partners to join our collaboration to JMSH. Each Affiliate Partner shares in our commitment to stewardship and the values we stand for. They are deeply experienced in their respective areas of focus, entrepreneurial in spirit, possess significant connections with major success makers, and most all have been our friends for a long time.

Shelli Jost Brady

Shelli has evolved over 30+ years to an Urbanist, Serial Entrepreneur + Community Catalyst. She has worn many hats including leadership roles in business, education, real estate placemaking, marketing/branding, planning, design, construction, and development. Shelli has served as a Partner, Owner-Developer’s Agent, Planning Commissioner, Community Planner, Construction Manager, Interior Architect and Programming Specialist. Her contributions have earned a respected reputation for problem-solving, creativity and ingenuity particularly under challenging conditions whether for built environments, organizations, initiatives, or boards. Her commitment to building a just, equitable, and sustainable society, bridging divides across demographics, and maintaining broad long-term relationships in business, design, education, and diverse cultural communities of all ages, makes us proud to have her on our team.

Tom Frank

Partner/CCO, Merrick Creative

Tom traded in dreams of being second baseman for the Pittsburgh Pirates, to dive headlong into the world of brand and marketing. He calls upon 25+ years of strategy and design work in political campaigns, issue advocacy, real estate marketing and corporate branding to lead the creative and marketing studio for Merrick Creative. Working closely with the team, Tom ensures that clients articulate a compelling brand story and craft an effective marketing strategy integrated across all communications channels, including social media, public relations, digital marketing and traditional advertising. CEOs in the middle-market space, including manufacturing, business/commercial services, professional services, and distribution/logistics.

Bob Kehoe

Performance Marketing,

Hawke Media

Performance Marketing, Hawke Media

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Bob had a vision for transforming his firm, Leverage Marketing, from being strictly a search marketing agency into an end-to-end online marketing services company. Bob’s experience in co-founding a software development company and growing revenue from $500k per year to over $7M per year, coupled with his adept ability to adopt new technologies and innovate has kept Leverage Marketing on the cutting edge in business practices and technology resources.

Brian Meshkin

Executive Chairman, Outcomeus

Brian is an executive leader who specializes in inspiring teams to design and implement innovations to successfully solve problems. He is an optimist who gravitates to mission-driven “big ideas” and he empowers his colleagues to realize this vision through disciplined implementation, relentless focus and strategic alignment.

C. Ryan O'Byrne

VP, Sales

BV – A Rate Gain Company

C. Ryan is a sales, marketing and operations professional, with 20 years of management expertise. Skilled at transforming high-potential staff into outstanding leaders, he demonstrates creativity critical to ensure financial and operational success.

Jay Ratkowski

Founder/President,

Transistor Digital Marketing

Jay is a leader in the field of search marketing whose experience includes developing paid and organic search strategies for major organizations in consumer goods, professional services, healthcare, food & beverage, tourism and beyond. He’s built multiple search marketing teams from the ground up, including his own agency, Transistor, where since 2015 he’s been working to nurture a group of experts in the field.

Bill Replogle

CEO/CCO, Fuelhouse Brands

Bill's been fortunate to have worked with some talented people along the way. He's built and sold ad agencies (Rainmaker), developed the first Internet marketplace for ad campaigns (Admine), created the most engaged golf community on Facebook (Golfoholics) and developed a powerful but simple tool (PostCreator) that gives SMBs the power to create more engaging social media.

Tarik Sedky

Strategic Partner

We have enjoyed our friendship and collaboration for 30 years when we worked on the Gulfstream Aerospace business. Tarik launched Pure in 2011 to create a new, on-demand agency model better suited to the hyper-innovative, digitally driven environment marketers confront today. Not even the world’s biggest agencies can match what a world of talent can provide, so he created Pure to deliver just that. Before Pure, Tarik was Chief Digital Officer of Young & Rubicam where he set the global vision and strategy for the agency’s advance in the digital space while leading key client engagements and business development. Tarik started his career in public affairs at Burson-Marsteller in Washington, D.C. He then switched over to advertising. heading key global accounts for Young & Rubicam in New York City. Tarik also worked client-side as director of interactive marketing at Accenture. He returned to agencies as head of client services at McGarry Bowen and then managing director of Atmosphere BBDO, the North American digital arm of BBDO. He has worked with some of the world’s best-known brands like Target, FedEx, Cingular (now AT&T), Accenture, J&J, Starwood, MetLife, Citibank, Emirates Airline, Texaco, and LG. He has extensive aviation experience, having led the overall advertising business for Gulfstream Aerospace, the digital advertising for Emirates Airline, and working on-site in public affairs for McDonnell Douglas/Boeing - now Boeing (military and commercial) Tarik grew up in Maryland, went to Stanford and lives with his wife and family in New Orleans.

Nic Wilson

Founder / Serial Entrepreneur,

Bait Shop

Nic is a dynamic marketing professional known for taking initiative and maintaining infectious energy. A strategic thinker, Nic excels in crafting plans that align with clients' goals and offering insights that have significantly enhanced their social media presence. With an ability to translate vision into results, Nic has been a key factor in driving growth and success for those he works with.