AREA DIRECTORS
Gayle Barnes
Westlake Village, CA
Graduated From: F.I.D.M.
Career Prior to Joining N2: Advertising
Eli Becken
Dallas, TX
Career Prior to Joining N2: Inside sales at Ernie Ball
Quirk: The over analyzing of my personal quirk question
Brooke Bennett
West Fort Worth, TX
Graduated From: Eastern Illinois University
Career Prior to Joining N2: Franchise owner, Coffee News
Carla Butler
Pleasanton, CA
Graduated From: Tuskegee University
Career Prior to Joining N2: Account manager
Lenna Carpentier
Encinitas, CA
Career Prior to Joining N2: VP Sales & Marketing Director
Quirk: Creative cooking - no recipes, animated & expressive communicator
Sharon Cawood
Knoxville, TN
Graduated From: Tusculum College
Career Prior to Joining N2: Welcome Wagon
Quirk: I have an indulgence for cute red shoes
Gail Craft
Raleigh, NC
Graduated From: Cedar Crest College
Career Prior to Joining N2: Sales and publishing
Quirk: I love Mickey Mouse way too much!
Diana Dale
Tacoma, WA
Graduated From: Cal Poly San Luis Obisbo, CA
Career Prior to Joining N2: Advertising sales
Cory DeMarco
North Charlotte, NC
Graduated From: University of Missouri
Career Prior to Joining N2: NASCAR mechanic
Tanya Dwyer
South Charlotte, NC
Graduated From: East Carolina University
Career Prior to Joining N2: Welcome Wagon - Account Executive
Marty Fukuda
South Barrington, IL
Graduated From: Northern Illinois University
Career Prior to Joining N2: Sales & Management (varied)
Quirk: Don't try to talk to me after a particularly tough Cubs loss.
Tara Gaetjens
Miami, FL
Graduated From: Lindenwood University
Career Prior to Joining N2: Real estate investor and many sales positions
Quirk: I sleep Indian style
Cindy Garrett
Fresno, CA
Graduated From: Laurel Highlands, Uniontown, PA
Career Prior to Joining N2: Yellow Pages sales
Quirk: Likes liverwurst and sweet pickle relish sandwiches. Why? Because I know somebody else won't take.
Rich Gilbert
Frankfort, IL
Graduated From: Illinois State University
Career Prior to Joining N2: Sales and Management
Quirk: I strongly dislike the Cubs, and I love the old standards (Sinatra, Bennet, Dean, etc.)
Mike Glimpse
Glendale, AZ
Graduated From: Attended University of Tennessee
Career Prior to Joining N2: President of Camelback Vending Service
Quirk: Organized to a fault at times.
Aaron Golchert
St. Louis, MO
Graduated From: University of Missouri St. Louis
Career Prior to Joining N2: I joined straight from college
Quirk: I am a firm believer in the power of naps and have been known to play ping-pong for hours on end.
Janine Goodin
Harford Co., MD
Graduated From: Trevecca Nazarene University
Career Prior to Joining N2: Welcome Wagon
Quirk: I giggle
Scarlett Gordon
Atlanta, GA
Graduated From: University of Georgia
Career Prior to Joining N2: Realtor
Quirk: I once owned a dog worth a million dollars
John Graham
North Kansas City, MO
Career Prior to Joining N2: Industrial sales
Quirk: I am a shameless Star Wars fan since childhood.
Brad Gray
Lutz, FL
Graduated From: University of Florida
Career Prior to Joining N2: Marketing director, general contractor
Quirk: As a former Gator cheerleader, I do bleed orange and blue. I believe that BBQ sauce and peanut butter are the only necessary condiments to compliment any meal.
Brad Hagfors
Deephaven, MN
Graduated From: Orono High
Career Prior to Joining N2: Real estate
Quirk: Kind of a type A personality
Dan Hagin
Wilmington, NC
Graduated From: Mt. San Antonio College
Career Prior to Joining N2: Business/franchise broker
JP Hamel
Essex County, NJ
Graduated From: Albright College
Career Prior to Joining N2: Sales Management (Cutco/Vector, Cintas, BountyJobs)
Bernadette Hayes
Cincinnati, OH
Graduated From: Indiana University South Bend
Career Prior to Joining N2: Welcome Wagon, Vector Marketing
Quirk: I create a lot of Bernadetteisms by always messing up common expressions (I've been known to say "gray tape" instead of "red tape"!)
Jason Hietbrink
Omaha, NE
Graduated From: Nebraska Wesleyan University
Career Prior to Joining N2: college student
Quirk: I don't like to drop cell phone calls, yet I use AT&T for my service provider.
Walter Hilker
River Forest, IL
Graduated From: Elmhurst College
Career Prior to Joining N2: Professional retail sales and marketing executive
Quirk: Being on time
Chad W. Jeske
Minneapolis, MN
Graduated From: Minnesota State University
Career Prior to Joining N2: District Manager for Marketing firm for 9 years, Residential / Investment Real Estate (#1 Team in MN all but 1 year I was there)
Quirk: I love music! I love to play, watch, and listen to it. One band I have seen over 41 times and counting.
Mary Clare Johnson
Mount Laurel, NJ
Graduated From: Villanova University
Career Prior to Joining N2: 10 years selling houses in real estate and newspaper ads
Quirk: Very friendly
Mary Beth Jones
St. Charles/South Elgin, IL
Graduated From: St. Joseph's College - Rensselaer, IN
Career Prior to Joining N2: marketing, real estate, and stay at home mom
Quirk: I'm at my best when I've had a Diet Coke
Brian Kalchman
Orange County, CA
Graduated From: Laurentian University, Sudbury Ontario Canada
Career Prior to Joining N2: Director of Client Service for a sales and marketing agency
Quirk: Whenever I drive anywhere, I always have a number of different routes planned in my mind on how to get there. As a result, I tend to take a different route every time I get in the car - it drives my wife crazy!
Sue Kohl
Novi, MI
Graduated From: University of North Dakota
Career Prior to Joining N2: Financial Services
Quirk: I'm a recent, but avid, Spartans fan - go green and white!
Agnes Martin
Houston, TX
Career Prior to Joining N2: Owned Baskets by Expression
Quirk: Neatness freak; everything has to be organized
Mike Mason
Grand Rapids, MI
Graduated From: UC Berkeley
Career Prior to Joining N2: Consultant
Quirk: Will never turn down a game of golf
Nick Metheny
Indianapolis, IN
Graduated From: Tri State University
Career Prior to Joining N2: Vector Marketing (Cutco) manager for 15 years and 2 years as a sales rep
Quirk: I'm very sarcastic
Zane Odom
Uptown Charlotte, NC
Graduated From: Florida State University
Career Prior to Joining N2: Regional Sales Manager
Justin Pardy
Westminster, CO
Graduated From: Metro State College of Denver
Career Prior to Joining N2: Insurance sales
Quirk: I quote movies...often
Kiki Petty
Williamson Co., TN
Graduated From: University of Kentucky
Career Prior to Joining N2: Advertising agency account manager
Quirk: My day does not start without Dunkin' Donuts coffee and it rarely ends without a least one episode of "Golden Girls"
George Rabine
Satellite Beach, FL
Graduated From: Florida Institute of Technology
Career Prior to Joining N2: Automotive sales
Quirk: Never let your dreams go. Keep trying until you reach them.
Rick Rizzo
Palos Verdes Estates, CA
Graduated From: Cal State Fullerton
Career Prior to Joining N2: Advertising sales
Curt Rodby
San Rafael, CA
Graduated From: California State College
Career Prior to Joining N2: Maritime Industry - Senior Management
Quirk: Time is all we have and there never seems to be enough of it.
Jeremy Roentz
Aurora, CO
Career Prior to Joining N2: Tom James Co., District Manager at Vector Marketing
Quirk: Love the Denver Broncos
Kevin Ryan
Littleton, CO
Graduated From: TCU
Career Prior to Joining N2: Regional sales manager for national magazine
Quirk: TCU and Denver sports fanatic
Mary Anne Sauer
South Brunswick Co., NC
Graduated From: University of Hartford
Career Prior to Joining N2: Owner/Operator of Custom Frame Shop & Gallery for 24 years
Debbie Soucek
Scottsdale, AZ
Graduated From: University of Kansas
Career Prior to Joining N2: Ad/Marketing
Quirk: Addicted to Sudoku
Tim Sullivan
Dallas, TX
Graduated From: Ohio University
Career Prior to Joining N2: Advertising sales
Quirk: I love a hot bath
Toni Tardif
Bellevue, WA
Graduated From: Washington State University
Career Prior to Joining N2: District Manager, Vector Marketing
Quirk: Everything has to match!
Ryan Terry
Glendale, AZ
Graduated From: Arizona State University
Career Prior to Joining N2: Blue Sky Pest Control
John Torgeson
Sacramento, CA
Graduated From: California State University Chico
Career Prior to Joining N2: Sales
Quirk: Slight obsession with sunglasses
Kristen Totaro
North Morris Co., NJ
Graduated From: University of Maryland
Career Prior to Joining N2: Marketing / Photographer
Scott Wade
Woodstock, IL
Career Prior to Joining N2: Office manager for HVAC company
Quirk: I always root for the underdog.
Patrick Wagener
Montgomery, TX
Graduated From: Maumee High School
Career Prior to Joining N2: Welcome Wagon
Quirk: Tend to be sarcastic
Rhonda Wall
East Raleigh, NC
Graduated From: Wayne Community College
Career Prior to Joining N2: Advertising sales
Quirk: I love to crunch ice
Steve West
North Brunswick Co., NC
Graduated From: Life Christian University
Career Prior to Joining N2: Plant manager of printing company
Quirk: A Diet Coke is always an arm's length away
Chris Wirsing
Algonquin, IL
Graduated From: Illinois Wesleyan University
Career Prior to Joining N2: CDW, Vector Marketing District Manager, MR Chicago Executive Search Consultant
Quirk: I will do just about anything to get to a golf course.
Joe Yapello
Cape Coral, FL
Graduated From: Flagler College
Career Prior to Joining N2: Newspaper management, cable tv sales/production
Quirk: Love hot spicy food - always
John Zimmerman
Dublin, OH
Graduated From: The Ohio State University
Career Prior to Joining N2: I am also currently owner of a marketing and advertising firm- Miller Zimmerman Ltd.
Quirk: Big Ohio State Buckeye fan, probably the oldest N2 employee ......by age.