Will MacNally | Partner

The original founder of Grove, Will is a rare combination of both marketing strategist and techie geek. Tired of working at large agencies where he saw good ideas die on the vine from over-think and over-process, Will started Grove with the idea that a smart, impactful marketing idea shouldn't be so hard to bring to market, no matter your size or budget.

With an MBA in marketing, and 15 years of agency experience (working with clients like Kraft Foods, Pfizer, Ocean Spray, Fidelity Investments, etc), he is able to continually bring his clients a constant flow of smart, innovative ideas to help exceed their marketing goals.

Pete Izzo | Partner

Pete has worked with a wide range of B2B and consumer clients across a variety of industries such as financial services, travel & leisure, professional services, retail and consumer products including Marshalls, CNN, PricewaterhouseCoopers, Brine Lacrosse, and Killington. Pete has specialized in managing the development and execution of complex programs such the roll-out of the PricewaterhouseCoopers brand in over 25 countries.

Pete has over 13 years of agency experience in branding and communications planning with stints at Hill, Holliday and other mid-size agencies.

Scott Thomas | Creative Director

Scott is the creative genius behind each and every Grove project. As Creative Director he not only makes your stuff look fantastic, Scott also brings the big concept ideas that really make your messages stand out. Having worked at numerous large ad agencies in New York and Boston on clients like Arm & Hammer, Hagen-Dazs, MediaOne, Bose, Raytheon, and Bank North, Scott is a seasoned creative professional with years of experience to draw from.

Scott was wooed to come work for Grove by the lure of our enormous whiteboard. Standing 8 feet tall, and 12 feet wide, it might actually be enough creative space to capture one of Scotts big ideas.

Mike Kivi | Senior Web Developer

As our lead programmer and developer, Mike is the technical backbone of all things interactive here at Grove. Spending most of his free time keeping up to date with all the new 2.0 web technologies that are constantly hitting the market, Mike keeps us aware of up-sides and pitfalls of each, so we know how to use them wisely.

Having worked as software engineer and webmaster at several large online companies, Mike's years of experience make him a critical member of our team. So if you're in a meeting with Mike and he starts talking about strange sounding terms like PHP, AJAX, CSS, XHTML, or DOCTYPE declarations, just nod your head and be thankful that we have him working on your business.

Ashley Bistran | Account Executive

Ashley is someone who knows how to get things done. Entrusted as Account Executive on many of our larger pieces of business, she uses her keen marketing prowess to making sure your jobs are done right, and that the trains are running on time. A recent MBA grad and former marketing manager at a consumer foods company, Ashley has a nice mix of marketing strategy, communications and project management skills that make her able to leap tall buildings in a single bound.

Her outside hobbies? You'll be sorry you asked. A trumpet playing, gum chewing, soccer maven bad-ass from the 413, Ashley is fearless (just don't ask her about small fish, because that just plain creeps her out).

Kristin Collins | Associate Creative Director

A Samurai master of information design, Kristin is one of our "go to" resources for both web-based and traditional projects that need high-end graphic design skills. A graduate of UMASS Amherst and the Massachusetts College of Art, Kristin Collins has worked from coast to coast, for both large-scale advertising agencies as well as small design boutiques, on a variety of clients, spanning everything from fashion to finance. Kristin has been the driving creative force on campaigns for big clients like BOSE, Banknorth, Hood, Raytheon, Puma, Analog Devices, CBS Radio, Monster.com, The Wall Street Journal, and Pfizer to name a few.

The real reason we love having Kristen as part of the Grove team, is that she is the un-official Grove Party Officer. From employee birthday cakes to coffee and donut Friday's, if it's an excuse to party, Kristin's on it.

Chrissy Raftery | Graphic Designer

As a Graphic Designer, Illustrator and Art History enthusiast, Chrissy brings a solid and diverse skill set to the table. A graduate of the Ohio State University with a B.S. in Visual Communication Design (and a minor in Art), she approaches your design projects with a well-studied mind that knows how to think outside the box, as well as how to stay within your brand. Having honed her design skills working for the Georgia Aquarium and at Ohio State University, she's no stranger to maintaining large-scale brands; she's also no stranger to beluga whales.

When she's not slaving away on your projects with Grove you can find Chrissy happily reclined in her video gaming chair, slaying many digital bad guys while her cats watch on encouragingly.