As MPRG’s Chief Reputation Strategist, Christi is responsible for developing and executing comprehensive plans for the management, protection and repair of corporate reputations for some of the firm’s largest clients. It’s a daunting and challenging task, but one for which she’s perfectly suited.

Christi brings to MPRG more than 25 years of executive level public relations and communications experience, and an impressive portfolio of high performance brand leadership strategies. Christi serves as CEO of Martopia – MPRG’s parent company – a national integrated marketing and communications firm, and has since its inception a decade ago.

Even before corporate reputation management became a recognized field, Christi was directly involved in building and protecting the commodity itself. She served as corporate vice president of communications and business development for a $1 billion public sector business segment of a Fortune 200 corporation; managing partner of a privately held regional management consulting firm specializing in high-impact growth strategies and as chief operating officer for a national high-tech firm offering clients online marketing technology.

With a Masters of Science in Management from Krannert Graduate School of Management, Purdue University; a Masters of Business Administration from TIAS, Tilburg University, the Netherlands; and a Certificate of Completion in International Studies from Budapest University of Economic Sciences and Public Administration, Budapest, Hungary, Christi quite literally brings a world of education to the firm.

Driven by challenge and addicted to strategy, Mitch brings a rich – and ever-evolving – set of skills to the table. He is at heart a storyteller who understands the ways in which narratives form perceptions and influence action. And as SVP/Managing Director for MPRG, he also wears a lot of hats.

In addition to leading a team of passionate, committed public relations experts, Mitch is also instrumental in developing overarching strategy and messaging for the firm’s clients. His knack for relationship building equates to deep personal engagements with clients and an ever-increasing rolodex of contacts in the media, both traditional and “new.”

Mitch is an experienced and talented writer who has spent more than a decade in the PR trenches. In the process he’s been instrumental in achieving strategic objectives for some of the largest players in financial services and healthcare and the technology providers who serve them.

At the height of the housing and banking crisis, his public relations and crisis management skills served multiple financial institutions, mortgage technology and housing advocacy clients well. He has driven PR campaigns for a wide variety of clients, from artists’ collectives to rough-edged technology start-ups to political candidates and advocacy groups to multibillion-dollar Fortune 500 corporations.

Mitch’s creative background as fiction writer, poet and playwright brings an unconventional yet perceptive eye to his work. Years spent studying anthropology, sociology and philosophy help him to understand what motivates people to make decisions, and how to influence those motivating forces to the benefit of MPRG’s clients

As MPRG’s Senior Public Relations and Media Strategist, Laura works hand-in-hand with, and on behalf of, the firm’s clients to develop comprehensive PR strategies and make sure the right stories get told to the right people.

Laura pours every ounce of herself into her work, and has an “anything is possible” attitude that serves her clients well. She excels at creating connections that create positive visibility and has built productive, enduring relationships with the media. Her focus is bringing influencers and clients together to continue the sort of conversations that grow a company’s public profile.

With over 14 years of PR and communications experience, Laura has brought her skills to bear for clients in a very wide range of industries: from consumer-facing hospitality and fashion, to B2B financial services and healthcare. Laura’s very particular experience plays a big role in MPRG’s image consultation, event planning and media training services.

Before MPRG, Laura served as Director of Sales and Marketing for a full service Chicago hotel and convention center and as Executive Director of the Woodstock, IL Chamber of Commerce. She also launched and ran her own successful fashion and image consultancy – which was featured prominently in the Chicago broadcast media – and working with the Chicago Tribune, Elle Magazine, Bloomingdales and Oprah Winfrey.

With experience spanning the gamut of both high-end design and new media platforms, Scott serves as MPRG’s Digital Strategy Director. His creative, highly-conceptual perspective transcends individual mediums to provide clients with digital components that are as distinctive as their corporate identities.

MPRG is all about the fusion of traditional PR with the very latest in communications platforms, and to leverage those most effectively calls for a large dose of visual impact. That’s where Scott excels. In addition to determining and tailoring the best digital delivery mechanisms for client messages, Scott makes sure they stand out from the crowd visually as well. He brings to the table an inspired imagination and a meticulous attention to detail.

Scott excels in interactive design and is a tireless student of the very latest of new media strategies, tools and trends. His experience includes almost a decade of work as an art director and graphic designer, building brands and making connections through striking visuals that have appeared in a spectrum of prestigious and high-profile marketing mediums.