Values Driven leadership that translates into everything we do

CEO & Founder

Meet Katie Kurtz

We're bringing back the heartfelt, authentic connection of 1990s marketing and blending it with today's cutting-edge digital strategies. Remember the days when brands felt more like a trusted friend than a corporate entity? We do, and we're passionate about reviving that era's spirit by emphasizing genuine relationships and meaningful interactions in our campaigns.

Our approach combines the nostalgia of the nineties' most memorable and soulful advertising with the precision of modern analytics and digital identities. We believe in creating marketing that resonates on a deeper level, engaging customers with sincerity, creativity, and a touch of retro charm, making every interaction not just a transaction, but a connection that lasts.

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Trust is not assumed, it’s built over time

    • Bachelor’s Degrees in Psychology and Gender Studies from the University of Dayton

    • Master’s Degree in Social Work & Graduate Certificate in Non-Profit Management from Case Western Reserve University

    • Over 15 years as a licensed social worker with supervision designation {LISW-S} in the State of Ohio

    • Certified Coach with Beautiful You Coaching Academy

    • Dare to Lead™ Trained

    • Registered 200 Hour Yoga Teacher with Ylonda Rosenthal-Greene

    • Trauma-Informed Yoga Training with Zabie Yamasaki

    • Over 30+ hours of ethics, anti-oppression, and trauma-informed continuing education per year since 2007.

    • Inaugural recipient of the State of Ohio’s Trauma-Informed Care Award (2025)

    • Multiple award winning trauma-informed coach including 2023-2024 International Coach of the Year Award

    • Vetted Subject Matter Expert with the Integrate Network Trauma-Informed Network

    • Regional co-chair for the State of Ohio’s Trauma Informed Care Collaborative

    • Adjunct professor at Case Western Reserve University and Cleveland State University

    • Guest faculty for the Beautiful You Life Coaching Academy Coach Training And Wholehearted Coaching Certification

    • I honor the origins of trauma-informed care by acknowledging the unnamed survivors, activists, and advocates who were at the helm to make this approach possible today. I steward this approach in honor of them.

    • I give gratitude to all those who have and continue to offer me supervision, training, coaching & mentoring including but not limited to: Nancy Schaumburg, Ylonda Rosenthal-Greene, Steph Jagger, Julie Parker, Sammie Fleming, Madison Morrigan, Sas Petherick, Andrea Ranae Johnson, Jacki Carr, Mary Beth LaRue, Sharon Wasco, Zabie Yamasaki, Julie Johnson, Jess Jackson, Pippa Parfait, and Annie Gichuru.

    • My approach is my own but informed & inspired by so many teachers & modalities most notably but not limited to: Julie Parker, Resmaa Menakem, Brene Brown, Dr. Nadine Burke Harris, Dr. Bruce Perry, Ann Linnea and Christina Baldwin.

  • Our approach combines the nostalgia of the nineties' most memorable and soulful advertising with the precision of modern analytics and digital identities. We believe in creating marketing that resonates on a deeper level, engaging customers with sincerity, creativity, and a touch of retro charm, making every interaction not just a transaction, but a connection that lasts.

  • Our approach combines the nostalgia of the nineties' most memorable and soulful advertising with the precision of modern analytics and digital identities. We believe in creating marketing that resonates on a deeper level, engaging customers with sincerity, creativity, and a touch of retro charm, making every interaction not just a transaction, but a connection that lasts.

  • Our approach combines the nostalgia of the nineties' most memorable and soulful advertising with the precision of modern analytics and digital identities. We believe in creating marketing that resonates on a deeper level, engaging customers with sincerity, creativity, and a touch of retro charm, making every interaction not just a transaction, but a connection that lasts.

Meet the Team

Our vetted TRUST™ Partners are a diverse group of values-driven guest faculty spanning across industries, professions, and continents.

This collective of experts provide an array of services including: thought leadership, technical assistance, guest teaching, and project partnership.

Expertise ranges from data and evaluation, strategic planning, cultural responsiveness, business management, marketing, healing arts, and more.

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