Ellis Pines

A native of Dallas, Texas, Ellis attended Northwestern University School of Communications and remains a Wildcat fan. He began his advertising career as a writer at Chicago's Leo Burnett Agency, working on such accounts as Kellogg's Rice Krispies and the Pillsbury Doughboy. After working for several other Chicago agencies, including rapid transit and cable television accounts at Weber Cohn & Riley, he moved to the Dc area to work for GE's in-house network of advertising agencies.

When GE closed its office, he moved to Stackig advertising, where he moved up the creative director ladder to Senior VP, Creative Services. He then became SVP for Creative and Strategy of the agency's Aerospace and Defense Group.

In 1998, when Radancy acquired Stackig, Ellis shifted into brand strategy for a broad range of B2B, B2G, technology, and recruitment clients. He is presently VP-Brand Strategy for the Radancy Global Brand Practice and a brand counselor for the DC Metro Office, which includes TMP Government.

He volunteers for organizations, including www.followingfrancis.org and www.whiteponyexpress.org.