Leadership Team

Hilary Bruggen Fordwich
President and Founder

With a career spanning more than 25 years and traversing the globe, Hilary Bruggen Fordwich is a national expert in business development, strategic relationship building, and client relationship management for professionals in service organizations and knowledge-based industries.

For more than a decade, Hilary served as head of global business development for international accounting and consulting firm KPMG where she worked in a number of the firm's offices including Manhattan, Long Island, and Washington as well as oversees in Amsterdam. Stateside, she has held other high-level positions at leading firms including Beers & Cutler, PLC (the largest DC regional accounting firm) where she directed marketing and technology-provider James Martin & Company (now Headstrong) as Vice President of Global Marketing and a member of the firm's Executive Board. Hilary has also served as Managing Director at Qorvis Communications, LLC, a full service PR, IR, and Public Affairs firm.

In addition to speaking and working with Fortune 1000 professional service firms, Hilary has presented at leadership, trade, and professional conferences for organizations including the US Chamber of Commerce, United Professional Sales Association, Women in Technology (WIT), the American Marketing Association, National Press Foundation, the PGA Merchandise Show, the Information Technology Services Marketing Association, Greater Washington Board of Trade, Commercial Real Estate Women (CREW), Microsoft's Annual Marketers Conference, the Legal Marketing Association, and the Society for Marketing Professional Services, among others.

A 9-handicap golfer who competed in the US Women's Southern Amateur the last three years, Hilary appears regularly as a business and golf expert on DC's NewsChannel 8's Capital Golf Weekly as a regular commentator of Hilary's On Course as well as Golfing with Hilary on Washington Post Radio's MetroTalk, 107.7FM. She also lectures and helped design the curriculum for the University of Maryland's Golf for Business and Life program, a new PGA sponsored 3-credit course offered to graduate business students. A featured speaker for Women On Course, a Greater Washington regional golf program sponsored by the Executive Women’s Golf Association and a Senior Advisor to Total Golf Adventures, Hilary has also helped organize golf tournaments for the Greater Washington Board of Trade, the March of Dimes, the American Cancer Society,WIT and has helped plan the CREW's (Commercial Real Estate Women) Business Golf Expo.

Hilary is currently the regional emcee for the business development entity Accelerent. She has written a monthly expert opinion column on business development for The Washington Business Journal. Her advice has been featured in The Washington Post, The New York Times, CNN Fortune, Chicago Tribune, NPR's Marketplace, USA Network, CBS Marketwatch, Legal Times, AOL Sports, The Wall Street Journal, CareerBuilder.com, and many other national and regional media outlets.

In addition to speaking and working with Fortune 1000 professional service firms, Hilary has presented at leadership, trade, and professional conferences for organizations including the following:

Hilary serves on the boards of The First Tee, and Junior Achievement and holds leadership positions with a number of organizations including, the Northern Virginia Technology Council (NVTC), The Leukemia Foundation, American Air Museum in Britain, The March of Dimes the British American Business Association (BABA), and the Special Olympics, among others.

Born in England, Hilary became a US citizen in 1982. She graduated Magna Cum Laude from UVA at Mary Washington College. She currently resides with her three children in Maryland.

Top

Rebel Renee Holiday
Chief Operations Officer

Rebel Renee Holiday, COO of Strelmark, LLC., has 25 years experience establishing and developing companies in corporate consulting with a focus on communications, presentation, image, personal and professional development.

During 2005 and 2007, Rebel Holiday consulted with growing companies focusing on leadership, communication, and business performance management, including Generon Global, Inc., Mobius Executive Leadership, Ontoco, and Gaiasoft International, Ltd.

Between 1997 and 2003, she was dedicated to assisting entrepreneurial companies from virtually every industry launch through several early-stage venture funds in the Washington D.C. Metro area. Between 2003 and 2005, she managed Precision Communications, Inc. a corporate communications firm in Northern Virginia. Ms. Holiday has consulted with many dozens of management teams. 

Her business career began after attending UC Berkeley, when Ms. Holiday sold investment real estate in the California Bay Area from 1979 through 1981. In 1981 she received the top sales award for all of Northern California.

Her experiences in sales led Rebel to recognize the significance of non-verbal communications in business. She founded her first company in 1982, in La Jolla, California after research and study in the areas of non-verbal communications, Neuro-Linguistic Programming (NLP), the work of Milton Erickson and other methodologies for influence and effective personal change. Her extensive analysis and innovative approach to aesthetic questions led to a discovery of visual “patterns” in the physical characteristics of men and women of all nationalities: “Human Visual Design™.”

Determined to objectify the standards for visual impressions and decisions made in business and life, during the early years of her business (1982 to 1986) she and her staff applied an empirical testing system and collected data in three-hour interview and testing sessions with 2,100 individuals. She then developed an information system that formed the basis for her work in “Personal Congruence,” “Visual Excellence” and “Personal Impact.”

Her Excellence Centers, operated on both Coasts of the U.S., provided training programs and personal coaching to over 6,000 individuals, leaders and executives between 1982 and 1994. During those years, programs in professional excellence, image, and communication were delivered in over 220 corporations. Rebel’s later research confirmed a direct correlation between an individual’s Human Visual Design™ and their personality. She wrote eight books on applying her system to image, design and personal expression and produced a television program. Her clients frequently reported life-changing results as the outcome of her work.

Between 1982 and 1996, she further developed her information system based on “Human Visual Design™” and applied the information system to the fashion industry. Logical Enterprises, Inc. licenses this system as an information technology for scalable use by consultants and fashion companies.

As a professional speaker and trainer since 1984, Rebel Holiday has enjoyed presenting keynotes and training programs to hundreds of diverse audiences in corporations and associations internationally. She has traveled to 43 countries for business and adventure. Rebel Holiday has lectured several times each month for the past ten years to business leaders in major U.S. cities. She spoke on entrepreneurial business at the Small Business Association National Conference in 2004. She has developed many dozens of workshops and training programs related to personal and organizational change and transformation.

Rebel Holiday has taught classes to graduate students in MBA programs at universities including, American University, Georgetown University, Massachusetts Institute for Technology (MIT) and University of Maryland. She assisted in developing curriculum for a Center for Entrepreneurial Achievement in 1999. She has written articles related to strategic planning, finance, entrepreneurial business and leadership.

She donates her seminars as fund-raisers for non-profit organizations, including Children's Hospital, The Burn Foundation, Kiwanis, Soroptomists, American Heart Association, Abandoned and Runaway Children's Center and others.

Rebel is passionately committed to working with others to shift the quality of life on our planet.

Top

Amy Voettiner
Vice-President of Business Golf and Strategic Development

Amy Voettiner brings over fifteen years of business experience to Strelmark.

Amy has worked for many successful companies, from fortune 50 companies to start up companies. She is also an entrepreneur herself. She started her own company and wrote two books on manners and etiquette for children. Amy graduated Magna Cum Laude when she achieved her Masters of Management in 1998, from Webster University in St. Louis, Missouri. She began working for Strelmark because of her expertise in marketing, sponsorships, and business development, not to mention her love for the game of golf.

She specializes in marketing, advertising, sales, business development, teaching, and managing business professionals in service organizations. She is a highly skilled communicator with the ability to plan, negotiate, maintain, and coordinate several clients and products simultaneously.

As an avid golfer as well, Amy is working on the development of the Business Golf side of the firm. This aspect of the firm has gained national and regional recognition such as the McLean Chamber Award for Most Innovative Company 2005.

Amy Voettiner’s expertise includes almost a decade at Anheuser-Busch, Inc., where she was responsible for planning, negotiating, and buying sports properties, stadium signage, promotions, radio and television spot buys, print and outdoor for Anheuser-Busch, Inc. and over 100 A-B wholesalers. After working for Anheuser-Busch, Inc., Amy was Director of Advertising for a national magazine, Becoming Family. She was responsible for all aspects of the advertising process for this national magazine in Chicago .

Amy was born in Minnesota and has had the pleasure to live and work for companies in six states including: Minnesota, Hawaii, Colorado, Missouri, Illinois, and currently Virginia. Since moving to Virginia in 2003, she has started her own company, Manners & Etiquette by Miss Amy. She has also written two books on manners & etiquette for children.

She currently resides with her husband and two children in Haymarket, Virginia. She is an avid golfer, playing on the Piedmont Golf Club LGA team; she is presently the Ladies Net Club Champion for Piedmont Golf Club.

Top

Brett D. Egloff
Senior Advisor/Consultant

Brett Egloff brings ten years of experience in sales, marketing, business development, and management in the IT, telecommunications, and financial services industries. He has worked for two Fortune 500 Companies, Eastman Kodak and ATT. In 2003 Egloff attained the highest level of recognition at ATT when he received the Circle of Excellence Award. He currently heads the business development practice at K Bank for the $250 million Construction to Permanent Lending Division, which was recently recognized by the Baltimore Business Journal for its innovative products and entrepreneurial leadership.

Egloff is also a golf enthusiast with a fresh perspective and true passion for the game. In 2001 he founded and ran the UUNET Capital Swing Celebrity Pro-Am Golf Tournament at the Tournament Players Club at Avenel. An innovative concept, the tour brought together PGA players, celebrities, and executive-level business leaders to play golf, expand business relationships, and raise money for a The First Tee Program. Egloff currently serves on the golf committees for the March of Dimes and Women in Technology.

Top

Jericho Trianna
Senior Advisor/Consultant

Jericho Trianna has more than 25 years of experience in the mortgage industry which includes 17 years in the secondary mortgage market working with Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac. Her expertise falls in the areas of valuation, credit risk, default servicing, data analysis, and securitization disclosure. Trianna has held several senior level positions in both operations and business development. She is a strategic visionary who brings operational discipline to her process management.

Trianna's passion for the game of golf led her to take a five-year hiatus from the mortgage industry. With aspirations of playing in the women's professional tour, she competed and placed in many tournaments in Southern California-where she was residing at the time-including the California State Women's Amateur held at Pebble Beach, the National Women's Club Championship, and the USGA Women's Mid Amateur. In 1987, Trianna won the Los Angeles Women's Golf Amateur Championship.

Since her move to Virginia in 1989, Trianna has participated and qualified in USGA Women's Mid Amateur events and has recently competed in USGA and VSGA Senior Amateur events. She is currently a member of Hidden Creek Country Club in Reston, VA where she carries a 3 handicap. Trianna has won the Club Champion title six times since 1997. She volunteers each spring and summer to help with junior golf events.

Trianna graduated from Los Angeles Valley College with a degree in Economics. A classical pianist and a needlework enthusiast, she enjoys playing golf with her three children.

Top

Jennifer Tuberosa
Consultant

Jennifer Tuberosa is an award-winning marketing communications consultant with more than 12 years experience. Her expertise includes media relations, special events planning, marketing plan development/writing/editing, community relations, and graphic design.

Tuberosa has worked in both the nonprofit and for-profit arenas. She has led public relations and marketing campaigns for a variety of clients including those in the technology, education, business, architectural, and association sectors. Prior to her consulting career, Tuberosa served as the marketing manager of CNAV Systems, an educational portal company based in McLean, VA. She also worked as director of communications for the Northern Virginia Technology Council, as communications specialist for the Liverpool Central School District in Central New York, and as a public affairs associate for Associated Credit Bureaus. Tuberosa has won many awards for her work in public relations and marketing, such as the Clarion Award for Innovative Communications and Marketing, Women in Communications, Central New York Chapter.

With a Bachelor of Science degree in broadcast journalism from the esteemed S.I. Newhouse School of Public Communications at Syracuse University, Tuberosa also has completed extensive MBA coursework credits from Le Moyne College in Syracuse, New York.

Top

Jay Kamins
Creative Direction and Mutimedia Design

Jay Kamins' specialty is using design, illustration, interactivity, and multimedia to create compelling online experiences that involve, inform, and delight the user. His skill set includes website design and development, corporate/product branding, and print design.

Kamins' 15-year career in multimedia has spanned a wide range of industries from computer-based education to interactive television. His approach has a solid foundation in user-focused design, and he regularly enriches projects by including elements such as 3D modeling and illustration, Flash animation, sound, and video. Kamins has served as Senior Designer, Art Director, or Creative Director for clients that include PBS, Nokia, Barnes and Noble, Fidelity Investments, TBS Superstation, and the United States Navy. His experience in creating on-time, on-budget projects is reflected by a project methodology that streamlines the creative process to ensure the client's needs are met.

Kamins lives with his wife and daughter in Connecticut in a craftsman bungalow on a retired Christmas tree farm.

Top

Kathy Fangman
Consultant

Kathy Fangman is an accomplished corporate communications professional with more than seven years experience in a variety of industries. She has supported executive teams in the development of strategic marketing plans in corporate real estate, banking, IT consulting, and more. With a strong background in account management, Fangman can swiftly pinpoint a client’s needs and efficiently execute a plan. She also brings a financial perspective to marketing communications with her background in investor relations.
     
Prior to Strelmark, Fangman was a Director at Qorvis Communications, LLC, where she specialized in Marketing Communications.  She managed day-to-day client relationships and led both internal and external teams in the development and execution of integrated PR & MarCom plans. Projects included creating messaging platforms, collateral development, defining target markets, and various other customer growth and retention tools. Most recently Fangman provided strategic consulting to small businesses in the retail sector where she assisted owners in building revenue through the revamping and/or creation of multi-faceted business plans. In many cases, her assistance highlighted untapped market opportunities and fine-tuned marketing expenditures.
    
Fangman has an MBA from University of Notre Dame and an undergraduate degree from University of Portland, where she double majored in Marketing and Management. She is an active member of the Junior League and enjoys volunteering for a variety of organizations.

Top