Paul Nelson Principal Paul has more than twenty years of experience in marketing research and analysis, strategic planning, branding, fundraising, events management and marketing/communications. He has served as a senior marketing executive with National Medical Enterprises, as corporate director of marketing communications for a national provider of brain injury rehab services, and as director of marketing for the highly successful start-up of an 80-bed hospital in Corpus Christi, Texas. On the agency side, Paul has more than six years of experience as a Creative Director working with Brick Mill Studios and the Millard Group. He also served for seven years as Executive Director for a 501(c)(3) non-profit organization which sponsored an ongoing series of educational and cultural events, including a national conference and the annual Joseph Campbell Festival of Myth, Folklore & Story. Paul holds a B.A. in Psychology from the University of Massachusetts and a M.Ed. in Clinical Psychology from Harvard Graduate School of Education. (He worked as a clinician in acute care psychiatric settings for three years following his graduation from Harvard.) Paul also holds diplomas from Montserrat College of Art and the U.S. Navy School of Photography. Patrick Gillam Senior Copywriter Writer and communications strategist Patrick Gillam approaches his craft from a background that includes education, not-for-profit administration, fundraising and sales. Patrick has been writing copy for advertising, direct mail, the Internet and other mediums since 1989. Working in small agencies in St. Louis and New Hampshire, Patrick has empathically presented brand identities and successfully addressed a wide range of communications challenges for clients from healthcare, high tech, financial services, telecommunications, manufacturing, and education. Before his work as a professional copywriter, Patrick was involved in directing the Central Iowa Art Association and working at various capacities in sales, management, or financial services. Patrick did his undergraduate work at the University of Iowa in Iowa City and Maharishi University in Fairfield, Iowa, from which he holds a bachelor's in business administration (Patrick also taught Transcendental Meditation). His master's in journalism comes from the University of Missouri-Columbia. Patrick's volunteer work includes the Board of Trustees of Pine Hill Waldorf School and the Board of Directors of Keepers of the Lore. Leif Weightman Senior Graphic Designer As a native Californian, Leif Weightman began his design career at the age of 16 interning for a friend of the family who headed a small graphic design studio. He was fascinated with how abstract ideas could be magically transformed into valuable solutions, right before your eyes. By the age of 19, Leif was working on packaging designs for national brands and creating corporate identities. From that early start Leif developed a strong desire to solve human communications problems using innovative design solutions. Over the years, Leif has studied with many great designers, including Hal Hammond and Gaylord Bennett. He has worked on a broad range of projects and assignments from the fields of healthcare, publishing, human services, high tech, fundraising, and direct merchandising. Leif is highly skilled at combining design elements and interactive features to simulate human communication and stimulate multiple "modes of arousal" --visual, semantic, auditory, etc. His innovative design solutions reflect his understanding of how best to use graphic design in conjunction with today's most sophisticated interactive technologies to communicate with people in emotionally intelligent ways.