Teresa McFarland, Founder, CEO

As a big-picture communications strategist, I am passionate about working with executives, teams, business owners, and entrepreneurs to help companies and organizations sort out how they communicate effectively through all channels.

My firm, McFarland Communications, is dedicated to helping companies tell their story, reach their target audiences, and grow their business.

I’m obsessed with what I call “Marketing 360” which is the process of making sure every company, and organization is firing on all cylinders to market themselves successfully, based on data and analytics. I bring together an A-team who check their egos at the door and do what’s best for the client.

I thrive on helping clients get noticed through nimble creative ideas, engaging storytelling, executive visibility, and thought leadership combined with multi-channel strategies that help build awareness and profitable growth.

I’ve had the exciting opportunities to work with unconventional politicians including two governors and a congressman, serving as spokesperson for Mall of America, and working with company spokespeople like Bill Nye “The Science Guy.” I also had the opportunity to serve as Director of Communications for a Host Committee for a national political convention. In addition, I’ve worked with hundreds of business owners, companies, and organizations to tell their stories, manage crises and build reputations.

Jules Taggart, founder of Wayward Kind

Jules founded her company nearly ten years ago on the belief that effective marketing is rooted in human connections. She has joined forces with McFarland Communications to provide digital marketing strategy and execution for clients such as Crown Bank, Shepherd of the Lake, Brown Venture Group, Warecorp, and Storm Creek to name a few.  In addition, Jules and her team helped hundreds of other clients such as Google, Costco and other national brands navigate the increasingly complex landscape of digital marketing.

Led by Mike Zipko, Carl Kuhl, and Patrick Connolly – Velocity brings together a strong core team of experts with extensive backgrounds and experiences in media, policy, government, and politics. Velocity has a proven track record of helping clients build winning coalitions, activate grassroots and grass tops supporters, and develop effective communications strategies to influence and engage elected officials, key stakeholders, media outlets and the public.