With over 20 years of agency experience, Beth has worked on numerous marquis national, regional and local accounts, providing strategic guidance and day-to-day operational leadership to each. Perhaps most notably, Beth was responsible for acquiring Sprint/Nextel to GDC’s roster of clients and leading the account’s national field marketing efforts for more than four years. She also has an impressive background in health care marketing, spearheading the strategic development for Baptist Health System and Resolute Health.

Currently, Beth acts as GDC’s Chief Executive Officer, working to achieve operational efficiency and superior account service for all the agency’s clients. Her dual view of the business, both internal and client facing, positions her as an all-around expert able to see all sides of a challenge and take swift, decisive and appropriate actions.

Beth graduated from the University of Arkansas at Little Rock with a degree in radio/television/film. She is currently pursuing a Masters in Organizational Development and Leadership from University of the Incarnate Word. Beth’s experience and leadership make her a pivotal member to the GDC team, and an invaluable asset to any client.

As the agency’s Chief Ideation Officer, he leads the charge to translate client objectives into meaningful connections with target audiences. The result is a creative product that is meaningful to the audience, actionable to the client, and beneficial to all.

Beginning his career as a copywriter at BBDO Houston, Carey gained a great deal of experience working across all media for national clients including Pizza Hut, Texaco and Havoline. He then took that experience into the San Antonio market and worked his way quickly into a creative leadership position as an associate creative director and eventually creative director, developing award-winning and strategically sound campaigns for clients such as Sprint/Nextel, Time Warner Cable, American Cancer Society, Procter & Gamble, the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation, San Antonio Spurs, CPS Energy, San Antonio Water Systems and many more.

In addition to his vast experience working on the creative side of marketing and advertising, Carey’s drive to immerse himself in all aspects of his clients’ business led him to seek out an M.B.A. with a focus on Marketing Management. It’s this diversified background and approach to every challenge that ensures bold creative concepts that not only stand out from the clutter, but also meet and exceed the business requirements of the marketing effort.

Carey also holds a B.S. in Advertising from the University of Texas at Austin, where he successfully completed the highly competitive Texas Creative sequence.

Michele first joined GDC close to 25 years ago, in the earliest days of the agency after working on the national PR team for Builders Square for Anderson Advertising. She used her experience in public relations and broadcast journalism to help clients like Citibank and H-E-B create internal communication campaigns to engage their teams across the country. Michele quickly moved up the ranks in GDC and was named group account director for all agency retail and CPG clients, including the Shopper Marketing team at Procter & Gamble with a focus on 300+ H-E-B stores in Texas and 3,500 Albertson’s stores across the US.

While at GDC, and using insights from her CPG and retail experience, she became a founding partner in CartStart™, an in-aisle sales application for retail employees. Funded in part by Procter & Gamble, Unilever, Revlon, and L’Oreal and others, the sales app was leveraged by over 80 H-E-B beauty departments in Texas to help the store’s Beauty Advisors position the right hair, skin, or cosmetic brand based on customer’s needs.

After leaving GDC in 2015, Michele focused on her two passions—children’s mental health and education and worked in leadership roles for Child Guidance Center and KIPP Texas Public Schools. Michele accepted the opportunity to re-join GDC as the Chief Operating Officer in 2020.

Michele is an alumna of Leadership San Antonio and sits on the LSA Alumni board of directors and on the board of SA2020. She is married and has two children, one in college studying to be a teacher and one in high school most likely found on a volleyball court.

Ana-María has a degree in Radio, TV & Film with a minor in journalism and an emphasis in broadcasting from the University of Southern Mississippi. She started her career as a news anchor, reporter, and producer, then moved to San Antonio, where her bilingual skills were an asset in the advertising agency world. She has spent over 20 years in broadcasting, marketing and advertising. Her account experience covers a diverse range of clients and brands including IBC Bank, Christus Santa Rosa Health Care, Luby’s, Proctor & Gamble® and Foley’s.

In addition to working with brands and clients, Ana-Maria has also worked extensively in corporate communications, with a focus on seeking inclusivity for employees of diverse backgrounds. Ana-Maria also has a unique ability to customize information and pitch ideas to the media that are intriguing and relevant to their specific audiences. She has conducted national media tours for corporate executives, helped plan significant events at a statewide level with dignitaries, developed strategic public relations communications plans and helped clients address crisis situations honest communications.

When she’s not helping GDC clients connect with diverse audiences, Ana-Maria enjoys spending time with her daughter. Together they foster animals and educate people on the importance of spaying and neutering pets.

The trait obviously comes in handy in leading our accounting team at GDC. And the best part is, he streamlines the paperwork process to keep the message in the numbers clear and concise.

Though he was born with an eye for the details, Tom has further developed the skill with a lengthy accounting résumé. When he came to GDC in 2009, he brought with him extensive experience from the Interpublic Group family of agencies. And he began his career in public accounting with an emphasis in retail at PriceWaterhouseCoopers in North Carolina.

Tom is married with two daughters and a mutt. The family garage remains a mess, but he’s working on it.