Tom Boylan
Founder
Tom Boylan is the founder of the agency, bringing more than 35 years of media production and sales experience to the agency’s work. His passion for media production is matched by his background in marketing sales and management roles in several media organizations.
He earned a BA in Communications from C.S.U. Sacramento, where he began his career in communications and journalism, as a legislative reporter, TV news writer, and commercial video and radio production.
Tom’s creative writing skills have been widely published on the web and in print, including a decade’s worth of writing and editing several weekly columns and award-winning special sections for The New York Times-owned Press Democrat in Santa Rosa, California.
As an active community leader, he has a long history as a board member for Rotary District 5130, and the Northern California Builders’ Association (NCBE), and is a past board member for the Northern California Engineering Contractors Association (ECA). The agency rebranded both NCBE and ECA in 2003 & 2004 respectively.
A member of Rotary International since 1998, Tom has had several key roles with Rotary International Zones 26 & 27 as a Public Image Coordinator, promoting the new Rotary brand throughout the Western U.S. He is currently the Rotary District Governor for California’s North Coast, including Sonoma, Napa, Mendocino, Lake, Humboldt, and Del Norte Counties for 2023-2024.
Sean Boylan
Creative Director
Sean is our lead Graphic Designer responsible for our in-house graphic production, and coordinating projects with a select group of freelance designers working with the agency. In addition to being a gifted designer he also coordinates our print brokering services.
He got his start quite a few years ago working on newspaper layouts and ad production for the Press Democrat’s Driving Force auto section and the Sonoma Index Tribune. Sean’s work can be seen throughout the region in a variety of ad mediums, including newspapers, magazines, online ads, and some pretty dynamic billboards.
Let him bring your creative concepts to life using a variety of tools, including Adobe Illustrator, InDesign and Photoshop.
Our graphic work is diverse and includes logo development, brochures, sales flyers, year-end reports, and ad development for a variety of print and online publications. Whatever project you are considering, consider giving Sean an opportunity to make it look good.
Wyatt Williams
Director of Web Development
An established web developer and software engineer, Wyatt joined the agency in 2021. Since then he has expanded the agency’s ability to provide a variety of new services including app development, software testing and documentation, and best practices for custom-coded solutions. He has been recognized by tech industry veterans as a “problem solver” and “good-luck charm” and now, he serves the businesses of our local community as the Web Department Manager at Boylan Point.
Wyatt has trained over 50 web developers, software engineers, and infrastructure engineers at multi-million dollar and Fortune-recognized companies. After serving on the technical innovations team of a multi-billion dollar bay area company (we won’t say which 😉), Wyatt was drawn to working at our smaller, more creative, and more flexible company – allowing him the opportunity to utilize his full complement of skills. As Director of Web Development, he leads the growth of our web team by teaching the skills he learned in the greater tech industry.
Don’t hesitate to run an idea by him and his team to see what they can come up with to grow your business or idea.
Jake Fowler
Marketing Consultant, Search Advertising Specialist
Jake joined the team as an intern in 2012 and has since helped serve our clients, improve various departments as a utility team member, and lead our Search Advertising department. He has led the Search Marketing operation for several years, working to connect potential customers searching online to our client’s websites. Jake’s expertise has been critical to establishing and optimizing our Social Media services.
Aside from being a certified Google Partner (Search Advertising) and having a lifetime’s experience with tech-related troubleshooting and communications, his studies have ranged from Entrepreneurship to Psychology from various educational organizations, including W3Schools, Coursera, Santa Rosa Junior College, and the University of the Pacific.
A lifelong Sonoma County resident, his years of marketing experience and a unique dyslexic ability has shown he can truly think outside of the box. Give him a call and let him provide that perfect solution for the challenge at hand.
Anna Colarusso
Web Multimedia Specialist / Consultant
Patricia “Patty” Hopper
Executive Administrator
Patty handles our administrative tasks and a few more. She hails from Indiana but spent her formidable years living in Texas, which she credits for her love of Barbecue and baseball. She is a graduate of Hill Jr. College in Cleburne, Texas, and a former business owner of Same Day Computer & Copier in Petaluma. We are pleased to know she has a handle on all the client support we throw her way.
Baseball is a passion of hers because her grandson, Brodie, will one day make the majors. Her love of the game is only shadowed by her love for family. We are happy to have such a talented person looking after the details, and we all look forward to following Brodie’s career.
Kimberly Walton
Bookkeeper
Kimberly Walton is our ace in the bookkeeping department.
She has a way with numbers and a way of helping our clients understand the oddities associated with providing marketing services from consulting to graphic art and more.
Kimberly joined the agency in 2012 and brings a wealth of experience as a past controller and the owner of New Beginnings Bookkeeping and Consulting Services.
Barbi Whitbeck
Broadcast Media Consultant
Barbi Whitbeck’s long career with Comcast broadcast sales and consulting ended in 2022. Given the opportunity to retire and take up her sailing dream, she opted to set sail with the agency, and we couldn’t be happier to have her skipper our Broadcast operations. With more than twenty years of TV sales experience, Barbi knows the ins and outs of media buying and is guiding many of our clients through uncharted waters.
Although sailing is a passion, her other passion is marketing. Barbi’s father spent 42 years promoting outdoor sales, and since her earliest memories, she has been around the world of marketing and advertising sales. As a famed San Francisco Art Academy student, she explored the art of marketing and photography. Her professional experience reflects a broad range of creative services.
When not trying to catch the wind in her sails, Barbi is also a keen fan of Texas barbecue. You’ll enjoy working with her; and, if you get the opportunity, discuss her experience at multiple barbecue festivals. Give Barbi a call to see what’s cooking in the broadcast world.
Shane Clark
SEO Specialist, Developer
A California native now operating out of Pittsburgh Pennsylvania, “Shane The Web Guy” has worked with the agency for several years on a variety of products. With a background in web development and a specialty in SEO, Shane is the backbone of our SEO consulting and technical SEO services.
Darby
Office Dog
Treat Sniffer
affection gatherer
The office comes alive when Darby walks through the door – she is always happy to see everyone. Darby is highly versed in making people smile with the wag of her tail. She is exceptional at soliciting belly rubs from Anna and treats from Sean and Jake.
After saying hello to everyone, she is tasked with gazing out the window of Tom‘s office. Darby spends her day being adored, except when the mail carrier arrives, her inner guard dog springs to life.
Darby looks forward to visiting with our clients and Kimberly on Wednesdays. She is reliable, agreeable, and a team player.
Associates
John Nelson
John Nelson is an extremely talented photographer. He might have the best collection of cameras in the North Bay, but better than the equipment is the eye that looks through the lens. John has the eagle eye with the perfect frame in mind.
We have asked John to go on assignment for many of our clients and he always comes back with more than we asked for, which to his credit makes him one of the easiest photographers in the North Bay to recommend. His photos include product shots, headshots, and businesses in action. If you have an assignment that needs some quality photography, John Nelson is our go to.
Jeriann Bjugstad
Jeriann Bjugstad is the founder of Bay Area Digital Solutions, a full-service digital advertising company. Jeriann has been serving clients in the Bay Area for over 20 years while working with companies such as CBS, Comcast Spotlight, and Maverick Media. In 2016, Jeriann launched Bay Area Digital Solutions with one objective in mind, to be a true digital marketing partner and resource for clients.
With so many products and options available in the digital landscape, Bay Area Digital Solutions has navigated to be a proven leader in delivering measurable ROI results. Jeriann realized one size doesn’t fit all in the digital universe and she is always looking for new and improved customized solutions that creates wins for her clients and their customers. Jeriann is a Certified Digital Marketing Consultant and Google Analytics Certified.
Paul Swensen
Emmy nominated, Paul Swensen, has worked in the San Francisco Bay Area for twenty years as a filmmaker, editor, actor, stage director, and orchestral conductor. He has also written and produced several award-winning television series, industrial and regional commercials.
Paul is our go-to expert for video/film production, editing and sound recording.