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Tisha Geeza
Senior Account Executive (1999 – present)
A vital member of the Davis Advertising team for 13 years, Tisha is responsible for all aspects of client advertising, marketing, and promotion activities. She provides skillful and experienced account management to a varied clientele within the realms of tourism, education, financial and retail.
Prior to joining Davis Advertising, Tisha served as Account Executive with Reale Fitzgerald, Inc. in Grafton, MA. She also provided account management for Educational Testing Service in Princeton, NJ. Her advertising chops were honed through account supervision for several retail-oriented suburban New York advertising agencies.
Tisha has diversified expertise involving a wide array of products and programs. These talents are demonstrated in her successful supervision of significant current clients such as Worcester State University, University of New Hampshire Cooperative Extension, Dynamy, The Worcester Sharks, Sharfmans Jewelers, The Gallery Automotive Group, and Naugatuck Savings Bank. |
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Steven Salloway
Account Supervisor (2004 – present)
Steve is a seasoned Account Executive and brings his highly respected expertise to further boost the shop's already-existing strengths in financial, healthcare, and retail client services.
Having worked at RDW Group and Donovan Group Integrated Marketing, he has an extensive background in marketing, advertising, public relations, and radio gleaned from years of serving the New England business community. Steve has managed such notable accounts as HarborONE Credit Union (formerly Brockton Credit Union), Fidelity Bank, St. Mary's Credit Union, Charter Communications, Simplex Manufacturing and Fallon Community Health Plan.
A resident of Worcester, Steve holds a Bachelor's Degree with Individual Concentration in Advertising/PR from the University of Massachusetts at Amherst. Currently, he serves on the Board of the Worcester Ad Club and the Steering Committee for the New England Business Expo under the management of the Worcester Chamber of Commerce. |
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Donna Wyman
Senior Account Executive (2006 – present)
Donna provides account service to our long-time client Charter Communications in the Carolinas. By operating out of Greenville, SC, she can bring her keen familiarity with this region’s KMAs to bear as she manages our new satellite branch of Davis Advertising.
Donna has been in the marketing/communications field for more than 30 years. She has served both ad agencies and non-profit organizations ranging from Chicago’s Brookfield Zoo to Jackson-Dawson Marketing Communications.
Donna actually started out life as a New Englander. Born in Boston, she went on to live in seven states from Minnesota to South Carolina, where she now calls home. She has two grown daughters, Leah and Maggie, and is an avid yogini currently working toward teacher certification.
Passionate about the arts and community events, Donna is involved as a volunteer with her local Metropolitan Arts Council, and with civic efforts to bring world-class public art to the community. |
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Michael Ivas
Senior Account Executive (2007 – present)
Mike has more than 25 years of experience in brand management and marketing communications for some of the leading consumer goods companies in the country. His career began with classic marketing management positions at Foster Grant Sunglasses and New Balance Athletic Shoe, Inc. For over fifteen years he owned Michael James Co., a marketing communications firm based in Worcester, which specialized in all forms of collateral and promotional materials. His clients included a 'Who’s Who' of nationally known companies such as Reebok, Dunkin Donuts, Titleist, Foot Joy, Gulf Oil, Stride Rite, Genzyme, Converse, and FTD.
At Davis, Mike will primarily focus on generating new business relationships with retail accounts and expanding into new markets.
A native of Dorchester, MA, Mike has made Central MA his home and currently lives in Princeton with his wife Susan, who is a high school guidance counselor, and children Katelyn, Lisa, and Michael.
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Daniel Kenney
Senior Account Executive (2011 – present)
Dan is an account executive here at Davis Advertising with a focus on primary accounts such as Hanover Insurance, Worcester Academy and Nypro among others. Boasting a long list of commercial print, marketing/advertising and sales experience at establishments such as TJX Inc., Smith & Jones Advertising and Lavigne, Inc., Dan is a valued addition to the Davis staff and his insight will help to continue the company's thriving success.
Dan received multiple certificates from Rochester Institute of Technology in New York in marketing and PR, print communications, color and image science, desktop publishing, print process and management, digital imaging and new media.
Outside of work, Dan devotes significant time to the community; he coaches boys' basketball for Leicester Parks & Recreation, assists in church youth group functions and events and runs an ice derby charity to benefit children with diabetes. All proceeds from the charity are donated to Barton Center/Camp Joslin. In addition, Dan enjoys fishing, basketball and spending quality time with his wife and three boys. |
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Barbie Bell
Account Executive (2004 – present)
As an essential member of the Davis Advertising team, Barbie is responsible for all day-to-day account servicing. Her attention to detail, excellent communications skills, proactive approach to all projects, and reliability as a team player are highly valued by clients and colleagues alike.
Prior to joining Davis Advertising, Barbie served as an Account Coordinator at RDW Group and Berg Marshall Advertising. Working closely with management, she has serviced a wide variety of accounts including Workers' Credit Union, Clinton Savings Bank, Bay State Savings Bank, IDG, Essilor USA, American Optical, Parker Metal Corporation, Flexcon, Village Automotive Group, Lexus of Northborough, Frost Motors, Fidelity Investments, Fallon Community Health Plan, and several others.
A resident of Spencer, Barbie has a Bachelor’s degree in Communications from Worcester State College, and completed additional course work from Quinsigamond Community College. In her spare time, she also freelances as a photojournalistic wedding photographer.
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Adam Levine
Account Executive (2005 – present)
Adam serves as an Account Executive working with multiple clients on automotive client projects. Adam handles the day-to-day communications with IMN (iMakeNews, Inc.) as well as uploading the 115+ articles for monthly newsletters and creating masthead buttons for car dealerships across the country.
Adam is a native of Worcester, where he currently resides with his wife, Riviki and son Casriel. He is an active member of his synagogue and softball team, as well as other organizations. Adam holds a B.S. in Business Administration from Worcester State College. A big sports fan, Adam is also quite the chef, as you can often find him cooking up a storm in his kitchen. |
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Travis Spiva
Account Executive (2008 – present)
Travis joins Davis Advertising working exclusively with Charter Communications as Account Executive for the Tennessee and Louisiana KMAs (Key Market Areas).
Travis holds an A.A.S. in marketing from Pellissippi State and a B.S. and M.A. in organizational management from Tusculum College. Prior to Davis, Travis was an area-marketing director for one of America’s largest food service companies. His duties there included building the brand in a defined market area, working with sports areas, non-profit organizations and media outlets.
Travis resides in Knoxville, Tennessee with his wife Suzanne and son Evan. He enjoys spending time with his family and vacationing on cruise ships (his family has sailed the Caribbean and Alaska) as well as visiting antique shops, volunteering with Junior Achievement and heading up the drama team at his church. In addition, Travis is fluent in American Sign Language and serves as an interpreter when needed and is a part-time professor at Lincoln Memorial University. |
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Ashley Haddad
Account Executive (2006 - Present)
Ashley comes to the Davis shop with a strong client service background. Small and large retail establishments, such as The TJX Companies, Inc., have benefited from her research and analysis skills, ability to meet fast-paced deadlines, creative design sensibility, and her gracious style of working with colleagues and clients.
At Davis, Ashley works on a range of projects for a variety of clients, from banking institutions to sports teams, and colleges to auto dealerships. Ashley has quickly proven herself to be an invaluable asset at the agency.
She earned a Bachelor's Degree in Communications and Culture from Clark University, and was nominated for the "Who's Who Among Students in American Colleges and Universities." Ashley is a life-long resident of Worcester County, and enjoys playing sports and spending time with her family, including her dog Chase. She can often be found cheering on her increasingly famous brother, known as Idol Steven, a professional wrestler with the WWE. |
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Sarah Hurley
Account Executive (2008 - Present)
As an Account Executive, Sarah handles the account service and project management for Charter NE and Westboro Mitsubishi.
Before coming on board with Davis, she worked at Buyer Advertising agency in Newton, MA as a senior account coordinator. Sarah graduated from UMass Amherst in 2005 with a Bachelor's degree in Communications. During her senior year at UMass she spent a semester in Australia studying and working in event planning.
Sarah currently lives in Worcester with her fiancé and her yellow lab Lucy. She enjoys spending time with her family and friends and loves going to summer concerts. |
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Elizabeth Escribano
Account Executive (2006 – present)
Elizabeth started at Davis as the Traffic and Productions Manager and was promoted to a Account Executive. As an AE, she provides account service for Charter Communication, working primarily with the Georgia and Alabama KMAs.
Elizabeth is a native of Long Island, NY. She graduated from Hofstra University with a BBA in International Business. She brings years of network experience to our agency, acquired at Sony Pictures Television in NYC and WFTX Fox 4 in Cape Coral, FL.
Elizabeth just bought a house in Worcester, where she lives with her three huge mutts. In her free time, she loves to go horseback riding. |
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Santina Vance
Account Executive (2010 – present)
Santina focuses on providing account service for Charter Communications, in the Georgia-Alabama KMA. As a former resident of Florida and current resident of Georgia, her familiarity with the area brings additional expertise to our Georgia branch.
Santina received her degree in retail marketing from The Art Institute of Fort Lauderdale, Florida. She also has over seven years in specialized marketing experience and has worked with companies such as CoAMs, Keebler, Office Depot, DSI Systems and DirecTV.
Although she grew up on Long Island, Santina has called the South home for over 20 years. She is proud to be first-generation Italian and she loves spending quality time with her husband of 15 years and her three children: Chris, Austen and Alyssa. The family also adds two dogs and a cat to the bunch: Sadie, a Great Dane, Cowboy the Pug and Tater the cat. With a love for the outdoors, Santina loves to make time for horseback riding, hiking the Georgia waterfalls and enjoying the beach. |
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Jackie Cohen
Account Executive (2009 – present)
Jackie is an Account Executive, working several of the Charter accounts, but primarily on the Charter business account. A Native of Holden, she attended Bridgewater State College, earning her degree in public communication from Worcester State College in 2007.
Previously Jackie used her skills in advertising at Central MA Convention and Visitors Bureau; she also showed off her amazing coordination skills as the Program and Event Director at the Blackstone Valley Chamber of Commerce, before bringing her expertise to the Davis Team.
Jackie's biggest obsession is her one year old yorki-poo, named Jada; in addition to wanting to expand the number of yorki-poos in her life to two, Jackie also enjoys traveling, Cape Cod, reading, a good game of tennis, dining out, and going out on the town with friends. |
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Andrea Lettic
Account Executive (2006 - Present)
Andrea Lettic is Team Davis. She shares her valuable writing and organizational skills (plus her terrific personality) with any employee or client that requests it. She is now working on several accounts, coordinating and editing client newsletters, and functioning as a staff writer.
She graduated from Rutgers University with a Major in English and Journalism but left Jersey to return home to be close to her family.
Andrea is a native of Worcester, and now lives in Auburn with her boyfriend Stephen. She enjoys playing poker, reading, writing, and watching football. |
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Tammy Mangum
Account Coordinator (2007 – present)
Tammy works with Donna Wyman in our Greenville, SC office on current and new client projects.
Tammy has more than 20 years in the advertising world, working for companies in and around the Greenville area. She has served in a variety of roles, including Account Executive, Media Planner/Buyer, and Customer Service Manager, among others.
She attended the University of South Carolina, College of Journalism and is a graduate of Winthrop University (BA in Communications). Tammy is married with one daughter, and lives in Mauldin, SC — less than five minutes away from Charter’s Digital Place call center. |
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Jennie Powers
Account Coordinator (2008 – present)
As a part of the media department Jennie utilizes her organizational skills and her strong background in communications, working with a number of Davis clients.
Jennie graduated from Worcester State College with a degree in Communications. While she was there she earned very good grades and was a member of several honor societies. Prior to Davis, she worked as a Peer Advisor at Worcester State College helping, as she explains, the lost and confused freshman. She also worked as a customer service rep in the circulation department at Community Newspaper Company.
Jennie is a life-long resident of Paxton and in her spare time she enjoys listening to live music, working out, reading great books (especially suspense novels), singing (mostly to herself) and shopping. |
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Jillian Miller
Account Coordinator (2009 – present)
Jillian works as an Account Coordinator here at Davis on a variety of accounts. In addition, she also dabbles in copywriting; composing entertainment, green and various other articles for IMN.
A cum laude graduate of Worcester State University, Jillian studied Communications (to learn how to become a competent, advertising professional) and Theater (to learn how to cry on cue when she doesn't get her way in meetings). She is also currently in the process of earning her Master's degree in English from her Alma mater.
In addition to her work at Davis, Jillian also works part-time in the promotions department at Citadel Broadcasting, providing event management for the radio stations 104.5 WXLO, WORC 98.9 and 100FM The Pike. Previously she has worked in the fields of casting, television and news media in hopes of cultivating knowledge of all factions of the media market.
In her free time she likes shopping, thinking about shopping and then shopping some more. She also enjoys shopping.
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Erin Knapper
Account Coordinator (2010 – present)
Erin is an account coordinator here at Davis Advertising, teaming up with one of our account executives, Adam Levine. Responsible for co-managing communications with IMN (I Make News, Inc.), Erin’s roles also include writing, proof-reading, fact-checking and copywriting content for the IMN monthly newsletters.
A proud graduate of Clemson University where she earned her Bachelor’s degree in English with a focus in writing and publishing, Erin considers herself a born and bred New Englander with a love for the Southern way of life.
In her free time, Erin proves to be an ambitious cook and avid baker with a goal to create and publish her own cookbook. She couples her appreciation for food and fine wine with a healthy balance of daily trips to the gym. She strives to maintain her physical fitness by participating in road races throughout the year. Enjoying a wide variety of books and authors, Erin typically gravitates toward fiction with a current passion for mystery thrillers, but upholds a consistent appreciation for the classics, a favorite being Pride and Prejudice. She also spends her time blogging, and recently picked up gardening and quilting. Her favorites include her devoted boyfriend, her 3 year old tabby, Bella, the Red Sox and Clemson football. |
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Brandon Rivard
Account Coordinator (2010 – present)
Brandon is an account coordinator here at Davis, specializing in the media department and teaming up with our account executives on various accounts including, King & Prince, Berkshire Bank, Glines & Rhodes, Webster First, and Charter. He also coordinates with media buyers on television and radio advertising, performing tasks such as buying slots, billing and researching rate information.
Brandon received his degree in business administration with a concentration in marketing from the University of Southern Maine in Portland.
Despite spending a number of years in both Florida and Maine, Brandon grew up in Gilford, New Hampshire and now calls Leominster, Massachusetts his home. In his free time, Brandon enjoys exploring his passion for all things outdoors including fishing, boating, skiing, and any and all water sports under the sun. His black German Shepherd, Hank, is his faithful buddy wherever he goes. |
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Ryan McEndarfer
Account Coordinator (2011 – present)
Ryan joined Davis as an account coordinator after spending four years working in the restaurant management industry. Spoken like a true food service veteran, his favorite saying says it all: "Try it. If you die from it, you will never have to eat it again." Naturally, he enjoys cooking but not cleaning so it goes without saying that he fits in perfectly around here.
He also enjoys spending time with his intimidating dog Tank, who tips the scales at a hefty five pounds. Ryan also likes to be outside and considers himself an enthusiast of both the latest gadgets and fast cars.
A native and resident of Ashby, MA, Ryan graduated from Fitchburg State University with a degree in marketing in 2010.
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Danielle McGrath
Account Coordinator (2011 – present)
As an account coordinator with an eye for detail and a penchant for fast-paced environments, Danielle puts her skills to good use while working with a number of Davis clients. She helps manage multiple accounts, including Bertera Automotive Group, Columbia Ford Kia and Herb Connolly Auto Group, always with enthusiasm and professionalism.
Danielle earned a BS in Communication, with a concentration in Marketing and Public Relations, from Eastern Connecticut State University. She also completed an internship at the American Lung Association, serving as an event coordinator for their Fight for Air Climb in Hartford, Connecticut. While a member of the Public Relations Student Society of America, Danielle honed her skills by attending major conferences in Detroit and California.
Danielle is originally from Putnam, Connecticut and loves cheering on the Patriots with family and friends. She's also a big fan of lobster risotto, which she couldn't get enough of while studying abroad in Florence, Italy in summer 2010. In her spare time, you can usually find Danielle outdoors, either hiking, skiing or lounging on the beach. |
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