About US

Growing up with four siblings, the importance of “share of voice” was a concept Julia grasped at an early age. She honed her sense of news and story-telling skills in journalism, then moved into marketing communications, where she has had the privilege to work with many internationally-recognized products, developing personalized strategies that start dialogs and build brands.

Outside of work hours, Julia is a volunteer teacher for an English as a Second Language program. She, her husband, and a rather vocal cat Toby, all reside just outside of New York City, in New Providence, NJ.

For more than two decades Judy has handled numerous marketing challenges including new product launches, re-positioning of existing products/brands, and revitalizing mature brands.

A trilingual Swiss-American, she earned a Bachelor of Arts in Communications and German, Mini-MBA and Social Media for Business certificates from Rutgers University’s School of Business Management and a Business German certificate from the Goethe-Institut, New York.  Having lived and worked in Germany, Switzerland and the U.S., she brings a multi-cultural understanding to communication challenges.

During her 20+ years in the industry, Mona Finston has worked with a range of non-profit organizations including The March of Dimes; The Jewish Association Serving the Aging (JASA); Road Scholar;  TheAlcoholtalk.com; The Mosakowski Institute’s work on anxiety and trauma in adolescents; with court reporters for A Better Childhood, addressing problems with the foster care system throughout the country; The Black Youth Project; and the Modern Language Association. 

Beyond the NFP world, Mona has scaled the mountains of Vail with Jacques Pepin for the Grand Marnier Chef Charity Ski Races, and promoted the philanthropic arm of Choice Hotels, for which she was named “a top minority or women-owned business.”

Mona has been a guest speaker for the Screen Actors Guild, and cites her most memorable PR moment as an appearance as a client spokesperson on New York TV dressed in a 7′ tall hot dog costume..

Michael Duffield brings more than 30 years in the brand development, public relations and marketing field to the table, time he’s spent exploring and strengthening his culinary, branding, design and communications background, coordinating a myriad of events and projects for clients, even pinch-hitting as TV spokesperson and manning tradeshows as needed. Over the years, he’s applied his knowledge and passion for such well-known brands as grocers Bristol Farms, Whole Foods and BI-LO, regional powerhouse Mayfield Dairy Farms, Disaronno, Oliviers & Co. Olive Oil, Lactaid and Heinz’ Boston Market Gravy, Mr. Yoshida’s Fine Sauces and EZ Squirt Ketchup [heard of green ketchup?].

A stint as sous chef and manager of a Williams-Sonoma store affords him a unique perspective on consumer, lifestyle and retail promotions. His tenure as Consumer Vice President at Porter Novelli saw him directing one of the global agency’s largest accounts [Almond Board of California] with teams in LA, DC and Toronto. Prior to that he was Director of Public Relations for Erwin-Penland managing cross-disciplinary [Interactive, Creative, Media, Research] projects for agency clients. That followed his time as national public relations manager at Whole Foods Market in Austin, Texas. 

When not at his desk in Las Vegas, Duffield sips, sups and shops his way through Southern California and Southern Nevada.