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Laura Hanusch
President
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Bridget Partain
Vice President of Operations
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Bonnie Nelson
Vice President of Marketing and Sales
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Shawna White
Design Director & Project Development
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Renee Steckbeck
Promotional Sales Manager
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Cynthia Blackshear
Web & Digital Manager
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Scott Martin
Senior Graphic Designer
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Febe Prado
Graphic Designer
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Cathy Goodwin
Senior Marketing Specialist
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Robin Donnelly
Director of Business Development
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Alisha Blue
Marketing Specialist
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Caroline Sherry
Marketing Specialist
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Kent McGowan
Production Coordinator
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Becky Carroll
Senior Digital Marketing Specialist
Laura Hanusch
President
Laura graduated from Texas A&M University and began her career working in financial institutions. She held positions in a variety of areas including teller, customer service and administrative assistant. Just before joining PMD Group, she worked as a loan officer at a Houston credit union.
In 2007, she joined the PMD team as a marketing representative, eventually moved into the financial director role and then became president in 2017. Laura is motivated by our PMD team, who she describes as kind, hardworking, talented, and driven. She is proud that our PMD team works hard to accomplish the strategic goals of our clients.
Now that Laura’s kids are older, she has more time to call her own. She enjoys daily walks with her dog, working in her flower beds and garden, and traveling with family and friends. Bridget Partain
Vice President of Operations
Bridget received her bachelor’s degree from the University of Houston in Graphic Communications with a focus on printing. She started working for PMD before graduation and over the last 20 years, she’s worn a lot of different hats for the company. From that experience, she has a good feel for how all the departments work together to create success for our clients.
Over the years, Bridget has watched the company grow and evolve into a full-service marketing agency. With a full menu of services combined with her wide experience, Bridget can always offer a solution to meet her client’s needs. Being able to strategize with clients and meet their goals is very rewarding.
When she isn’t at the ball field or a Girl Scout event with her kids, Bridget enjoys cooking, working in the yard, and spending time with her family.
Bonnie Nelson
Vice President of Marketing and Sales
Bonnie received both her MBA and undergrad in Electronic Media Journalism from Middle Tennessee State University. She has 16 years of experience in a variety of industries including financial, healthcare, manufacturing, and restaurants.
Bonnie started at PMD Group as a Marketing Specialist and worked her way up to VP of Marketing & Sales. Bonnie loves all things marketing but her favorite projects include branding, strategy, campaign development, and generational marketing.
In addition to her hands-on experience, Bonnie holds several industry-related accomplishments including, the University of Houston Bauer College Advisory Panel, guest speaker and panelist at Workamajig 6.0 Conference, judge for CUNA Marketing and Business Development Diamond Awards, and Hubspot Content Marketing Certification. She’s also very proud of the numerous national and regional marketing and design awards that her clients have won.
In her time away from work, Bonnie is a world traveler! She also loves spending time with family boating or hiking a new trail.
Shawna White
Design Director & Project Development
Shawna started her career working in PR and then transitioned to marketing for a Fortune 500 company. After moving back to Texas, she spent 5 years working in a credit union before joining PMD Group where she has been for the last 11 years.
Her love of design and marketing makes her job at PMD the perfect combination. Her inside knowledge of credit unions helps her bridge the marketing message with design. For the past three years, Shawna has been a judge for the CUNA Diamond Awards.
Shawna loves the Astros and her family is trying to visit all 30 major league baseball stadiums before her oldest son goes to college! In her free time, she enjoys spending time with her family working on home renovation projects, golfing, or biking.
Renee Steckbeck
Promotional Sales Manager
While finishing her bachelor’s degree in Business Administration at Angelo State University, Renee began her career in the credit union industry in 1995, where she earned the Fern Mayfield Employee of the Year Award. After moving to Houston, she continued working for credit unions where she was Certified in CUNA’s STAR and MERIT programs.
Soon after her twins were born, she joined PMD Group in 2004, where she played a key role in launching our promotional product department. Renee oversees the promo products and apparel division for PMD Group, where she enjoys helping clients find the perfect item to promote their brand and message to the world.
In her free time, Renee enjoys listening to good music, spending time with close friends and family, and summer vacations in the mountains.
Cynthia Blackshear
Web & Digital Manager
Cynthia attended Texas Tech University and Sam Houston State University, and graduated with her bachelor’s degree in Marketing. She began her career with Enterprise Rent-a-Car after interning throughout college, where she learned the importance and value of providing excellent customer service in her time as Branch Manager and Corporate Accounts Manager.
Cynthia has worked with PMD in the Web & Digital department since 2016 but has worn almost every hat in the agency since she first started in 2003. Cynthia’s passion is helping our clients tell their stories, drive traffic, and convert leads through creative digital media.
When she’s not at work, you can find her in a barn with her kids who raise livestock and exploring her love of photography.
Scott Martin
Senior Graphic Designer
Scott’s been drawing and designing since he was a kid. While in college for his associate degree, he found a temp graphic designer job to help pay his way through school and his career took off from there. Scott has over 30 years of experience in a variety of different industries. He’s designed for the Houston Livestock Show and Rodeo, the Houston Astros, and the City of Houston, just to name a few.
In 2007, Scott joined the PMD team. Over the years, he’s received many awards, but his biggest reward is receiving positive feedback from clients. Scott loves being part of a team that creates an end-product that our clients love and brings positive results. Scott is well-known as our “PMD cheerleader” and his goal is to make our clients and PMD Group successful.
Scott’s favorites pastimes are fishing, spending time with his kids, and making people laugh.
Febe Prado
Graphic Designer
Febe graduated from UH-Clear Lake with a bachelor’s degree in communication. She considers herself a swiss army knife designer, skilled in marketing, PR, writing and design. Her experience in marketing, design and business development has led her down a wonderful career path which ultimately pointed to her true passion-graphic design.
Over the years, Febe has won numerous awards for her creative designs but one of the most exciting was that her t-shirt design was selected for the 2019 JJ Watt Foundation Annual Charity Classic. Febe loves that through her position at PMD she can still help clients grow and succeed. As a graphic designer, she enjoys collaborating with coworkers to bring our client’s vision to life.
In her off time, Febe enjoys reading, photography, cooking with her family, and tea parties with her daughter.
Cathy Goodwin
Senior Marketing Specialist
After college, Cathy launched her career working for a credit union and over the years, she has held positions in marketing, training and HR. Throughout her career, she’s been fortunate to work with some of the best and the brightest in the credit union industry!
She joined the PMD team in 2015 and was thrilled to combine her love of credit unions with her passion for marketing. Cathy became a Certified Business Development Sales & Service Trainer in 1997 and received her Certified Credit Union Executive designation in 2000. She also received her Hubspot Content Marketing Certification in 2019. Cathy is passionate about identifying client needs and developing well-planned marketing initiatives to help them achieve their marketing goals.
In her free time, she enjoys reading, Jazzercise, spending time with her family and friends and exploring the great outdoors.
Robin Donnelly
Director of Business Development
Robin graduated with an Executive MBA from Texas Woman’s University with a concentration in International Business and Ethics; her undergraduate degree is a Bachelor of Science in Business Management and Marketing. She has 20+ years of marketing experience with 14 years specialized in credit unions.
Robin has been with PMD for over five years but has worked with PMD in some capacity since its incorporation. Her goal for clients is TO GET RESULTS and she takes a personal approach, getting to know her clients and their business. She believes in client education and exceeding expectations for products and services.
Robin’s favorite hobbies include offshore fishing and reading more than 150+ books per year.
Alisha Blue
Marketing Specialist
Alisha attended University of Houston – Clear Lake and graduated with a BA in Literature. Certain skills, such as creative writing, are what drive her passion to communicate effectively. She has worked in sales and advertising for a local magazine and has previous years of customer service and credit union experience. Alisha more recently holds a certification in Google Analytics and strives to continue to learn.
In her free time, Alisha enjoys traveling, shopping, trying new restaurants, spending time with her husband, and seeing her children play tennis and baseball.
Caroline Sherry
Marketing Specialist
Caroline was born in Greenville, South Carolina but Nashville has been her home for most of her life. She graduated from the University of Tennessee at Knoxville with a degree in Communication and a minor in hospitality. She launched her career in marketing at PMD Group and has been with the company for almost 2 years.
Caroline received her Content Marketing and Social Media Marketing certifications, which she uses daily at PMD. She spends a lot of time copywriting for our clients and loves seeing the result of a campaign, knowing she played a part in their success.
Given the choice, Caroline would spend all her free time at the beach, but she also enjoys spending time with her friends and family.
Kent McGowan
Production Coordinator
Kent has been in the Production department at PMD since 2018. He has over 30 years of experience in marketing, retail advertising, and direct mail with seven years in the financial industry. Kent was also on the Board of Directors for the Houston Production Managers Association from 2010 to 2015.
Fortunately, he enjoys every aspect of advertising and marketing and throughout his career, he’s been involved in the whole process from design through production. Kent enjoys finding the best solutions to achieve a client’s goal and following a project from start to finish. He brings his experience and background to each project to produce proven results.
Away from work, Kent enjoys grilling, the great outdoors, and Texas road trips.
Becky Carroll
Senior Digital Marketing Specialist
Becky has her B.S. and M.A. in Anthropology with a focus on research and using data and statistical analyses to show and explain previous cultural trends and predict future ones.
As a Digital Marketing Specialist, she uses a comprehensive approach to each digital marketing project to ensure the best results. Becky likes helping clients achieve their goals and grow their businesses. She holds a variety of certifications including Google Partner Certification, Google Ads Display Certification, Google Ads Search Certification, Google Ads Video Certification, and Google Ads Measurement Certification.
Becky is known for her love of travel! She enjoys visiting ancient sites and museums, shopping and bartering at the local markets, trying new cuisines, and learning from and about different cultures.