Our Team
BAM Marketing Agency is a full-service marketing management company located in the historic Cupples Station in downtown St. Louis at 10th and Clark. BAM has one of the most dynamic and experienced marketing teams in the St. Louis region. We’re incredible at what we do and we pay great attention to the details around us. We know St. Louis and the surrounding metropolitan area and understand how to get your message to the right people. Our customer service is unmatched and we’re sure our client results will help you see the BAM difference too!
Bonni Burns
President &
Chief Executive Officer
With over 35 years of experience in the marketing and broadcasting industries, Bonni brings an invaluable and universal knowledge of both business marketing and media strategy.
Robin Reece-Hlava
Chief Growth Officer
As the Chief Growth Officer at BAM, Robin is an expert at identifying and implementing additional services that add value for existing clients, as well as building new client and partnership opportunities.
Veronica Ambuehl
Vice President &
Executive Director
Client Services
Veronica acts as a vital support system to everything BAM does. She oversees all client work and develops strategies for our clients, while leading our teams through the execution phases of our strategic plans.
Jordan Longhi
Executive Director
Digital Marketing
Jordan works alongside the digital marketing team on vision, strategy execution and optimization to create successful digital campaigns.
Courtney Longhi
Executive Director
Media
As the head of BAM’s traditional media team, Courtney directs all functions of the department from strategic development and evaluation through implementation, while often managing multimillion-dollar marketing campaigns.
Ryan McMichael
Executive Director
Creative Services
Ryan brings more than two decades of agency experience as a creative leader and award-winning copywriter for numerous iconic brands. At BAM, he leads our talented team and creative process, directing efforts across all clients.
Sue Strubhart
Director
Agency Operations
With over 30 years of experience in account, production and project management Sue uses her expertise to take care of all the internal details of our business. Sue oversees BAM’s financials including accounts payable and receivables. She manages our human resources and facilitates our employee benefits.
Jessica Williams
Director
Public Relations
As BAM’s Public Relations Director, Jessica leads all of our client’s earned media and strategic communications efforts. As an expert at generating positive free media exposure for our clients, her goal is to find strategic and creative ways to help clients communicate their messages clearly.
Julio Velazquez
Account Director
As an Account Director, Julio helps oversee strategy and creative direction for BAM’s clients. He enjoys collaborating with clients and the BAM team to ensure the successful execution of their strategic, integrated marketing campaigns.
Chris Rarick
Account Director
Chris Rarick serves as an accomplished Account Director at BAM, leveraging over two decades of experience in the St. Louis area. His role entails a deep immersion into clients’ businesses and industries, allowing him to tackle communication challenges adeptly.
Brett Halbe
Account Manager
As an account manager, Brett works with BAM’s clients and the BAM team to organize and implement results-driven marketing plans at every stage – from strategy to execution.
Kaci Beatty
Account Manager
Digital Strategy Specialist
Kaci strives to create and implement successful, creative marketing strategies for our clients with a specialty in digital strategy.
Adam Chatman
Digital Manager
Adam works diligently to plan, implement and optimize strategic and multi-dimensional digital campaigns and strategies for BAM’s clients as part of our digital team.
Owen Gusewelle
Digital Marketing Coordinator
As a part of our digital team, Owen helps develop and execute strategic social media plans, focusing on both paid and organic posts that maximize efficiency and success for any budget or goals our clients have.
Colleen Humphrey
Business Manager
Colleen provides integral support to BAM’s account managers all while running the operations of the office and serving as our poet laureate. She processes all media invoices for BAM’s clients and manages the accounts payable and receivables for all advertising campaigns.
Christy Bockler
Media Manager
Christy brings over 30 years of experience planning and buying media for national, regional and local clients across diverse industries. Utilizing her attention to detail and vast experience, she spearheads multifaceted marketing campaigns across all traditional and digital media channels in a wide range of budgets, skillfully steering them from inception to completion.
Jana Stone
Media Coordinator
Jana is our do-it-all Media Coordinator who uses her prior banking operations experience to integrate our Media and Account teams into a best-in-class offering.
Stephanie LaChance
Public Relations Assistant
Stephanie is a part of our public relations team and assists our clients with all of their PR needs. Before joining our team, Stephanie spent 5 years working in newsrooms.
Shelly Stone
Copywriter
As a copywriter who creates various forms of content across all our accounts, Shelly works with all the teams to create compelling copy and pitch in wherever she is needed.
Elsie Heckel
Project Manager
Production Assistant
Elsie Heckel is our all-in-one project manager. She is a real triple threat – managing print, projects, and production. Plus, she’s our resident event planner with extensive experience planning corporate events, weddings, and group trips.
Jessica Kinnard
Creative Director
Jessica’s role as creative director at BAM is to provide clients with visual and creative solutions to their marketing needs. She is always challenging herself and never fears diving into something new.
Tim Patek
Senior Graphic Designer
Tim has worked for BAM since 2011 and brings over 30 years of creative knowledge to our clients. His experience and understanding of the scope of creative implementation is an asset to BAM clients and their vision.
Robb Blackwell
Senior Production Artist
Robb is a designer, retoucher, typographer and copy editor with 20 years of agency experience. Robb has a wealth of experience producing a variety of marketing materials from brochures to direct mail to print ads to outdoor to retail signage.
Dustin Kent
Associate Art Director
Dustin joined BAM in the summer of 2018 as a full-time graphic designer after interning with BAM. He creates effective and inventive designs for print, digital, video graphics and logos to best suit BAM’s clients’ needs.
Devory Newsome
Video Production
Devory collaborates with BAM’s writers, designers, and project managers to develop and produce video and motion graphic content for BAM’s clients.
Megan St. Peters
Digital Marketing Coordinator
Megan is part of our Digital Marketing team and assists with developing and implementing strategies for social media, focusing on both paid and organic strategy so that we can help our clients achieve their goals and budgets.
Simonne Kimble
Marketing Specialist
As a key player on BAM’s Account Services team, Simonne assists with tasks and managing relationships on multiple accounts.
Katy Sutton
Senior Media Buyer
Katy assists the team in working directly with media vendors, negotiating and placing buys, developing effective media strategies, executing media plans and optimizing the results of media campaigns—all with the best possible results for clients top of mind.
Frankie Horan
Media Consultant
With 40 years of experience in media, Frankie brings a lot of knowledge and help to the BAM team when it comes to media buying, trafficking, and consulting.
Kent Schuette
Human Resources
Kent is BAM’s Human Resources Director and motivational speaker. Kent takes care of all of the BAM employees by setting them up with the proper insurance, making sure everything in the office is up-to-date, and lifts up each individual employee with his great attitude.
Now More Than Ever
While life may be suddenly different for all of us, even the continued swirl of uncertainty won’t keep us from doing what we do best. Be safe, be well and here’s to a better tomorrow.
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BAM Marketing Agency
1000 Clark Avenue, 2nd Floor
St. Louis, MO 63102
Phone: 314.309.7992
