Dee began her career at Leo Burnett where her lifelong passion with advertising, albeit with a twist, was born. Her 30 plus-year career has spanned media, retailtainment, promotions, sports and experiential marketing. Combined with her 13-year stint at agency ownership, she leverages her multi-disciplinary expertise to consistently deliver integrated marketing best practices and solutions.
When her agency launched Coca Cola's Fruitopia beverage in the mid 90's, her boutique shop was lauded in the industry as being pioneers of experiential marketing. She then landed her agency at FCB Chicago, to enhance their more traditional advertising offerings. While there, Dee launched FCBX and was instrumental in the development of multiple award-winning experiential marketing campaigns.
More recently, Dee is President of Sunflower Group, an award-winning brand activation agency of Advantage Solutions. Her agency spearheads a diverse client portfolio including, consumer package goods, entertainment, retail, beverage, adult beverage, TELCO, and QSR. She also directly manages the Field Sales & Marketing assisted selling and associate training division for Advantage Solutions.
Dee brings an entrepreneurial and collaborative spirit to everything she does. She embraces building agency culture, teams, and people—all while retaining her zealous belief in the power of creating human experiences.