We’re big believers in integrating diverse talents. Every member of The Frontier Project brings an alternate perspective and specific expertise to the bench. We hold doctorates and advanced degrees in disciplines ranging from business, industrial relations, culture, psychology, design, photography, and international relations. Our careers span Africa, Asia, the Middle East, Europe, North America and that bizarre, dangerous enclave known as California. Between us we’ve spent too many hours on the corporate jet receiving briefs, dodging bullets (figuratively and literally), giving speeches, negotiating deals, investigating markets and working the midnight shift of insalubrious bars. We consciously weave these disciplines, experiences and skills to serve our clients and shape our work.
Our consulting teams lead our research, design and teach our programs, provide our strategic advice, and manage the on-time, on-budget delivery of projects. We tailor our teams to reflect the exact skill set required for each initiative.
Our creative teams bring life to the strategies and programs we develop with clients to ensure we remain the most engaging strategy and leadership firm. As Ali integrates graphics and typography, Spencer illustrates and develops online properties, Ellie shoots images of prototypes built by Carra that Seth then animates for video. Suddenly your strategic concept or program design has jumped off the whiteboard, alive and kicking.
The team are presented below in no particular order (the website randomly mixes the biographies every few weeks).
Amee Mungo, MFA
Impossible to put a neat box around—Amee comes armed with an immensely diverse background in business strategy, brand and marketing development, and executive communication and leadership. Classically trained as a business strategy consultant, her passions lie in revealing the opportunities hidden in present business challenges. She works with executives of leading corporations, brand leaders, and entrepreneurial innovators. Originally trained to ask “What If?” Amee’s second favorite question is “Why Not?”—and don’t worry, she’ll roll up her sleeves to creatively execute the solution.
Blandy Costello
Blandy combines her background in business with a keen eye for human behavior to help companies implement change while preserving the sanity of all involved. She is a firm believer that change doesn’t have to be difficult, even in large organizations, and she has been known to gently persuade more than a few skeptical executives. Blandy’s graduate degree in Organizational Psychology and experience in the high tech and pharmaceutical industries have certainly contributed to her expertise, but she will tell you that getting organizations excited about change is nothing compared to when she managed to get a classroom of fifteen-year-olds jazzed about reading The Iliad.
blandy@thefrontierproject.com
Scott Wayne, MA
Bringing an Anglo-accent to our work, Scott advises clients on driving change through large, complex organizations and coaches executives in techniques of influence and negotiation. He holds undergraduate and graduate degrees in International Relations from the London School of Economics and Georgetown University, where his research focused on influence projection in negotiations. His career includes stints leading trade and business development campaigns for the UK Trade and Development Agency, a global law firm and an international bank. He advises executives of some of the leading corporations, banks, professional firms and NGOs in North America and Europe.
Kirsten Cluthe
Kirsten is a content director and producer, spending most of her time assembling and working with some of the most interesting and relevant people around. Her projects take her across the globe, charged with translating the complex trends at the intersection of media, technology, sustainability, and society into memorable experiences for her clients.
Her career includes a long tenure at GE, where she developed events that inspired innovation and cultural change at one of the world’s largest companies and a stint in Beijing, where she created cultural programs for sponsors of the 2008 Olympics. Kirsten began her career in the music industry at CAA, coordinating concert tours and recovering lost baggage for traveling musicians. She was educated at Otis School, Parsons School of Design in Los Angeles, an experience which still influences her perspective and taste in food.
Aaron Anderson, PhD
Take a former US Army explosive ordinance specialist and blend it with a Professor of Theatre who in his spare time is a visiting faculty member at VCU Brandcenter and you have Aaron Anderson – an academic with a passion for blowing things up. He is internationally certified as a fight director and teacher of stage combat with the Society of American Fight Directors and the British Academy of Stage and Screen Combat.
When not teaching Hollywood actors to gun and sword fight, Aaron’s coaching Frontier executive clients in leadership presence, group communication and influence projection.
Laura Bowser
Meshing the worlds of politics and business, Laura brings a blend of pragmatism and social passion to her work. With an academic and career background in political science and lobbying, she brings a campaign-mindset to our work. As an Associate Consultant with The Frontier Project, Laura provides research and execution expertise and guides day-to-day communications with our clients.
Judy Mejia, MA
Hablas español? Judy sure does–perhaps it’s her mother’s homemade Mexican dishes or her minor in Latin American studies or even her five years of New York City living. These influences, among others, give Judy an authentic edge in understanding today’s majority minority–Latinos. A trained “policywonk” with a heart for community engagement, Judy brings seven years of relationship building & management experience in addition to qualitative research and policy analysis skills from her tenure at Columbia University’s Graduate School of Education. From the tough streets of the Bronx to NYC’s City Hall to Richmond’s East End, she knows how to work a crowd. A community relations expert, Judy’s awesome people skills allow her to engage in deep listening with the community to better identify strategic connections and opportunities for change in urban communities. While her type-A personality will keep your project on task, it’s her down-home persona and warm presence that keep clients asking for más, por favor.
Ryann Lofchie, MBA, MHRIR
Combining an MBA with a Masters in HR & Labor Relations and a BS in Psyche, Ry taps into clients’ minds to release the essence of their organizational issues. The chief architect of our learning and development programs and the director of our pro-bono social programs, Ryann’s passion for positively shifting human performance is addictive. Oh, she happens to be our CEO too, so she’s an adept wrangler of egos.
Ali Croft
It’s not that she’s an immensely talented graphic designer that captures our imagination (that’s a given); it’s Ali’s range of styles that has us step back in awe. Whether visualizing an aggressive new client product concept or navigating stifling corporate brand standards for a CEO town hall presentation, Ali harvests the energy of the project into clean designs that engage the hearts of our clients’ audience.
Spencer Hansen
Invariably covered in ink, Spencer can be found either at the printing press, the MacBook or with pencil and sketchpad in hand. A master of free-hand illustration and online visualization, Spencer’s never far from our complex projects that need a visual hand-up.
Seth McCollum
He started out as a Studio intern, meekly hiding out at one of our visitor desks, but today, just as Presidents ask “Where are the carriers?” we shout, “Where’s Seth?” A gifted cinematographer with a sharp (obsessive?) eye on the narrative in post-production, Seth animates our clients’ worlds, literally. Watch Seth’s latest reel here.
Carra Rose
Printing, trimming, folding, gluing, painting, packaging, tying, welding… welcome to Carra’s world. Whether building product prototypes, props for our learning programs or immersive communication tools, she is creating tangible ideas. She is equally keen about design as she is passionate about sustainability. Don’t leave anything lying around near her, or before you know it, it will be repurposed as a component in her next project.
Ellie Bolton
Ellie’s our lens on your world. As our documentary photographer, she roams through our client programs capturing the perspective of your customers, your employees and your competition. With her MFA in Photography tucked in her back pocket, Ellie discreetly captures images that drive home the essence of your organization’s challenges and opportunities. From executive presentations to employee engagement billboards to product concepts, her work embodies our clients’ future thinking. You can see her work scattered throughout this website.
Brandon Viney
“I have an idea!” This is the most common phrase used by the southwest Virginia native. Wielding a southern twang and the southern charm to match, a pen and Wacom tablet, Brandon loves to make things look good. A Virginia Commonwealth University Creative Advertising graduate, former mural artist and football player, Brandon brings a little of all those aspects to Frontier, allowing him the ability to solve problems creatively while being a true team player. Brandon understands there is a gap between the left and right brain and uses his unique mode of explanation and artistic ability to bridge that gap.
Jennifer Moseley
Jennifer’s our Studio Chief. She’s responsible for every part of the client experience from technical infrastructure to studio space to social responsibility—ensuring efficiency in serving our clients’ businesses. Whether working with client procurement departments to structure projects or managing client programs to ensure effective delivery, she’s putting that psych degree to work by interpreting our client’s needs and matching those with Frontier’s strengths. Oh, and if Ryann is Obama, Jennifer is Biden in this woman-owned, woman-led company, though she’s known for her laughs rather than gaffes.