Beckie's newest entrepreneurial adventure is Fierce Strategy + Creative. View the newly minted website here: http://brandfiercely.com/ and the new blog here: http://brandfiercely.com/blog/

Previously as Owner, President + Creative Director of JDA, Beckie's strong and intuitive leadership guided the agency’s forward momentum and sustained growth. Under her watch, JDA was recognized on the Inc. 500/5000 list as one of the nation’s fastest growing companies.

With over 20 years in the industry, her portfolio spans national and regional brands for companies like Kimberly-Clark, AGFA HealthCare, D.L. Jardine’s, The Pictsweet Company, and Bleacher Report.

Beckie’s greatest strength is her ability to radically move brands forward. Her strategic and innovative approach helped advance a multi-billion dollar brand (NYSE:SD) from #4 to #1 in brand recognition in less than 12 months. “In my 35 years of doing consumer research, I have never seen a company make that kind of a bold move, that quickly." Britt Beemer, America's Research Group.

Beckie serves as a board member for the STAR Foundation, an international guest lecturer with YWAM, a guest judge at the ADDY Awards, and a guest lecturer on branding. She has won over 150 national, regional, and international awards in her field. She is fiercely committed to advocacy causes and has done work with the Youth Opportunity Center, the Warehouse Theatre, Communities In Schools, Carolina Ballet, White Fields, Habitat for Humanity, Care Net, United Way, and is Instigator #147.