Meet Our Core Team
Featuring a Team with Decades of Experience
View Our WorkThe Brand It Advertising core team represents decades of cumulative experience with a broad range of clients and industries, from local businesses to national brands. Our promise to each client is simple: you'll have our full attention, our best ideas, and our commitment to delivering effective and measurable results. Period.
Dan Mathews
Principal
Dan has worked in advertising for more that 25 years and has owned advertising agencies for more than 18 of those years. Dan’s expertise spans every industry and business category. He has worked with hundreds of clients, from non-profits, manufacturers and health care providers, to tribal enterprises, financial institutions, and many more.
Michelle Dennison-Bunch
Art Director
Michelle is deeply passionate about art and design and is involved in nearly every phase of project development for Brand It’s clients. With more than 20 years of advertising and design experience, Michelle’s expertise spans a range of executions from branding and campaign development, to environmental graphics, print collateral and web design.
Lisa Mathews
Sales Manager
Lisa Mathews has been in sales and customer service all of her career. Lisa's focus is, and has always been, on stellar customer service with every customer interaction. She holds degrees in Marketing and Communications from Eastern Washington University. Lisa is also a diehard New England Patriots fan. Go Pats!
Steve Miller
Graphic Designer & Video
Steve has an associates degree in Advertising and Graphic Design and more than 18 years of experience as a graphic designer. He specializes in audio/video production, web and print design, photography and illustration. Steve enjoys finding new ways to expand his creativity, including 3D design and animation.
David Kitzig
Graphic Designer
David has a Bachelor’s in Media Arts and Animation from the Art Institute of Phoenix. In the last 20 years, he has worked as a Column Cartoonist, 3D Artist, Digitizer, Screen Print Artist and Print Shop Manager. David rocks an artboard and is a key member of the Brand It crew.
Connor Woog
Graphic Designer
Connor graduated from Spokane Falls Community College with an associate degree in Graphic Design. He specializes in creating effective brand communication through digital and print design. Connor also dabbles in animation and video with inspiration from movies, video games, and music!
Ty Pendleton
Graphic Designer
Ty has an Associate's Degree in Graphic Design from Spokane Falls Community College. He has experience designing clothing, social media content, digital marketing assets, and much more! Ty has a passion for branding, brand development, and clothing design. Born and raised in Spokane, Washington he loves the outdoors, his family, and video games.
Brian Dean
Web & Digital Specialist
Brian has more than 20 years of experience in web design, development, digital arts, interactive design, motion graphics and video editing. His main focus is web development and his personal projects focus on creative coding and visual arts. His favorite ways to take a break from cyberspace are checking out live music and camping.
Leora Wixer
Web & Digital Specialist
Leora has been building and designing websites for over 20 years, continuing her education with a graphic design degree from SFCC in 2014. She did independent contract work for local businesses until joining Brand It in Fall of 2022. Her professional experience includes fundraising for the UW and internal corporate communications for Sterling Bank. Leora also enjoys sewing, painting instruction, traveling, raising chickens, and being a mom. Leora volunteers as a cross country running coach and is on the board of the North Monroe Business District.
Conner Crowe
Digital Marketing Specialist
Conner is key to Brand It's digital marketing division. He's passionate about creating an effective online presence, whether it's crafting a modern website, creating a strong brand identity or generating an effective marketing strategy for Google and Facebook. He loves to create content that gets people excited.
Katie Tolman
Accounting Manager
Katie joined Brand It as an Accounting Manager with her B.S. in Accounting from Western Governors University. She brings more than 30 years of accounting experience to the Team and loves the challenge of “balancing the books”. Katie is originally from Idaho and enjoys camping, fishing, dutch oven cooking and is an active member in her church activities. Katie spends her time with her husband, Rich, three daughters and her grandchildren.
Nicole Foley-Litz
Executive Administration
Nicole joined Brand It as an Executive Marketing Assistant with 20 years of administrative experience. Her background includes working as an Editorial Assistant, Certified Tourism Ambassador, Special Events Administrator, and assisting with contract writing. She enjoys hiking the outdoors during all seasons.
Ali Buckallew
Customer Service Specialist
Ali joined Brand It as a Customer Service Specialist and has more than 15 years of professional experience. She enjoys working as a team and delivering quality service. When she isn’t working, Ali and her family can be found exploring their new home in the Inland Northwest.
Katelyn Hougen
Customer Service Specialist
Katelyn joined Brand It as a Customer Service Specialist after earning a BA in Business Administration from Eastern Washington University. She has more than five years of customer service experience and previously specialized in print marketing. Outside of work, Katelyn enjoys spending time with family and exploring the beautiful Inland Northwest trails on horseback.
Laila Courtney
Customer Service Specialist
Laila joined Brand It as a Customer Service Specialist and has 20 years’ experience. She enjoys helping clients customize quality promotional products. Outside of work, Laila enjoys exploring the great outdoors with her dogs and riding motorcycles with her husband.
Sarah Morgan
Customer Service Specialist
Sarah joined Brand It as a Customer Service Specialist after receiving a BA in English and Public Relations from Gonzaga University in 2021. She is originally from Las Vegas, but loves the peace and scenery that Spokane has to offer. In her free time, Sarah enjoys reading, writing, and wrangling her two crazy cats.