Nicole Tadgell
Assistant Art Director (1993 – present)

Originally from New York, Nicole relocated to Massachusetts after graduating from Wheaton College in 1991. After landing a job at Davis, she quickly adapted to advertising, becoming Assistant Art Director in her third year at Davis. Working on a variety of projects, from annual reports to automotive advertisements, Nicole also assists the Art Director with the hiring and training of new artists, keeping the department running smoothly.
Her artistic talents go beyond 5:00 p.m., where Nicole uses her skills to illustrate children’s books. She is the recipient of both the Children’s Africana Book Award and the Américas Award, and is a member of the Western Massachusetts Illustrators Guild.

Nicole resides in Spencer, MA with her husband and border terrier.

Jeff Sweet
Jr. Art Director (1995 – present)

As a father of three, Jeff knows how to keep lots of balls in the air! He works on a great variety of projects at Davis: new client pitches, automotive mortice designs, Worcester State College assignments, as well as diverse jobs for Charter Communications.

Jeff came to Davis basically straight out of college (he admits to a few dreary months as a department manager at WalMart!). Jeff is a graduate of Westfield State College (where he met wife Amy in 1992); he holds a Bachelor of Arts with a concentration in Graphic Design. He is a native of Millbury, and lives with his family of five in Brookfield.

He confesses to love playing with his kids (“I would do nothing to take away my time with them.”), especially inducing hysterical giggling. He built his family a home theater where he enjoys watching movies with Matt, Kaitlyn, and Zack.

Jeff is crazy for Star Wars, and enjoys building replica movie props, such as R2-D2, helmets, and other George Lucas inventions. When he can eke out the time, he also loves to draw and sculpt.

Josh Pedjoe
Senior Graphic Designer (1999 – present)

The agency was fortunate to land Josh fresh with a BFA in Illustration from Boston’s prestigious Massachusetts College of Art. Since then, he has been an integral member of our design team, lending his keen eye and creative sensibility to a wide variety of clients and projects.  

Josh is also in demand outside of the agency, and does the occasional commissioned portrait, such as that created for former Worcester Sheriff Mike Flynn.

Gretchen Bergstedt
Senior Graphic Designer (2004 – present)

At Davis, Gretchen's primary duties include creative idea generation, publication design, advertisement design and pre-production. The Davis clients she services generally represent the fields of Education, Finance, Communications, and Business-to-Business.

Gretchen earned her Bachelor of Science from Ferris State University MI in Visual Communication with a minor in Business/Marketing. She began her career at a four-person design house in Duluth, MN where she worked as a part-time graphic designer and product illustrator while filling her extra time as an antique wooden boat restorer. Following a job lead, she moved to Denver, CO, to work as a designer for Monigle Associates, Inc., an internationally known corporate identity and brand management design firm. Her need for fall colors and large bodies of water ultimately led her to Massachusetts where she pursued a job with Davis Advertising.

Rebecca Quarterman
Senior Graphic Designer (2005 – present)

Rebecca joined us first as a part-timer, but quickly proved her necessity to the agency and was hired full time just a few months later. She works on a great variety of marketing collateral, from brochures, posters and billboards, to direct mail and print ads. Logo design is right up there as well.

She earned her Associates Degree from the Art Institute of Philadelphia. Rebecca got her professional feet wet in the printing industry almost 20 years ago. At Rider University (Lawrenceville, NJ), she implemented the graphic design capabilities for a national collegiate printing company located on campus. WordTech Corporation in Stoneham brought Rebecca to Massachusetts. As their Graphic Designer, she worked with national sports accounts such as the Celtics, Patriots, and the Revolution. 

The great outdoors calls to Rebecca frequently. Find her hiking, gardening, and riding her motorcycle. She often hits the road with fiancé Mike, headed for the White Mountains, the Adirondacks, or the Champlain Valley.

Mary Connolly
Graphic Designer (2005 – present)

Mary came to Davis in 2005 with a Graphic Design Degree from Framingham State College as well intern experience with Casey Design in Worcester.

Mary plays a number of diverse and important roles at Davis, including working on our most important clients.

A Shrewsbury native, Mary comes from a family of five siblings. She enjoys movies, spending time with friends, refining her cooking skills, and laughing loudly. Mary's favorite color is Pantone® 302, favorite font is Zurich, and favorite shortcut is apple+z.

Jessica O'Neill
Graphic Designer (2006 – present)

Since Jessica joined our Art Department, she’s been focusing her many talents on designing and editing print ads, and enhancing images for billboards and other media. She has considerable experience with photography, as she previously functioned as a Photo Retouching Artist for Photographers' Color Service of Worcester, and still performs retouching and restoration for a local photographer in her spare time.

Jessica is a graduate of the prestigious Massachusetts College of Art in Boston. She earned her Bachelor of Fine Arts Degree in Photography, and took additional courses in graphic design. Her artistic talents also include drawing and illustration. She has been a participant in Worcester's stART on the Street art festival for the past several years where she sells her photographs and draws portraits on the spot. 

Jessica grew up in Shrewsbury, MA. She currently resides in Worcester with her husband Chris and their three orange cats, Samantha, Jack, and Coca-Cola. During her time off, Jessica enjoys drawing, photography, camping, fishing, antiques, sci-fi, playing guitar and singing.

Stephen Cruz
Web Guru/Interactive Designer (2007 – present)

Born under a bad sign, with a blue moon in his hand, Stephen Cruz is an enigma wrapped inside a mystery tied with riddles and covered with a a hard candy shell. Details are sketchy, but from what we can determine he graduated from Westfield State College in 2000 and has been doing graphics in one form or another for quite some time. As our new Web Guru he has been charged with overseeing all of the web-related projects here at Davis Advertising. Skilled across a wide number of disciplines (he's also an award winning photographer too) Stephen's the guy you want go to when you need to get the job done.

Kallie Koppenal
Graphic Designer (2007 – present)

A recent graduate of Framingham State College, Kallie joins the growing ranks of our Art Department to put her great skills to good work.

A resident of West Boylston, Kallie loves sports, snowboarding and spending time outdoors.  She has a Siamese cat named Cooper and loyally guards her #1-fan title in being the biggest Dave Matthews Band fan there is.

Meghan Adamski
Graphic Designer (2007 – present)

Meghan graduated from UMass Dartmouth in May 2007 specializing in Graphic Design and Letter Form, with a minor in Art History. She completed an internship with Aucella and Associates for design, worked for Hannaford Supermarkets for 5 years, and at Brian's Restaurant for 3 years.

Meghan currently lives in Uxbridge with her mother. All her life she has been a resident of either MA or RI. Her HUGE family (we’re not kidding!) consists of 13 brothers and sisters from two different families (5 brothers, 8 sisters, 4 parents). She enjoys painting, going to the movies, shopping, as well as hanging with her friends watching football.

Stephen Thomas Albano
Graphic Designer (2007 – present)

Stephen is a big fan of InDesign and will use his many talents to serve a variety of Davis clients. He is a graduate of Clark University, where he majored in Studio Art, specializing in Graphic Design and Mixed Media.

He has done freelance work for the USTA New England, International Tennis Federation, Oldways Preservation & Trust, and various departments/schools within Clark University. His experience also includes working in a video store his parents operated, so naturally he is a huge movie buff and collector.

In his free time, Stephen loves to play and watch tennis, draw and paint, find old 8-bit Nintendo games, hang out with Clarkie stragglers, obsess over his NetFlix Queue, discover new music, and thrive in the all other aspects of pop culture. 

A lifelong resident of Westfield, MA, Stephen relocated to Worcester to vicariously relive his college days when he is not working at Davis or doing freelance projects.

Christine Clemente
Graphic Designer (1998 – present)

A busy mom of two, Christine manages to find time to work as a
graphic designer at Davis between taking her kids to hockey practice and
dance lessons. A veteran of our team of agency artists, Christine works for a wide variety of clients, ranging from automotive to healthcare, producing ads as well as various collateral projects.

A Clark University graduate, Christine grew up in Worcester where she now lives with her husband, son, daughter, and dog Daisy. In addition to spending time at the Cape, Christine and her family make an annual pilgrimage to Disney World.

Kim Iagallo
Graphic Designer (2001 – present)

Kim began her relationship with Davis as a college intern. After graduating from Framingham State College with a degree in Studio Art (her concentration was in Graphic Design with a minor in Communications), she came back to us with her degree in hand, and took a part-time job. In October, 2001, she was promoted to full-time as a graphic designer.

Working on various client accounts, including automotive dealers, Charter Communications and Saint Vincent Hospital, Kim has produced direct mail pieces, mailers, inserts, posters and brochures as well as weekly newspaper ads.

A first-time mom, Kim lives in Shrewsbury with her husband, Bob, new baby Ryan, and their dog Murphy and enjoys spending time with family and friends.

Kristy Shaw
Graphic Designer (2007 – present)

Kristy joined Davis as intern in 2000 and then became a full-time employee in May of that same year. She switched to part-time to care for her first-born, and left in 2003 when her second child arrived on the scene.

As of summer 2007, she’s back! Now in her part-time capacity Kristy works on our automotive projects, Charter Communications and other assignments that come along.

Kristy is a graduate of Fitchburg State College (2000) with a degree in Communications Media. She is a native of Townsend and now resides with her family of five in Fitchburg.