The Team

Lisa Bigazzi Tilt

Ask Lisa a question and she’ll give you the straight skinny. After 25 years in marketing communications, and more than a decade as the president of this marketing consultancy, she understands firsthand how successful organizations run. She brings that perspective, keen insight and honest counsel to the development of strategic platforms and programs that build the bottom line for clients of Full Tilt.

Lisa’s professional path has been paved with important moments created for big brands, famous people, and institutional icons. She’s been a part of changing the Atlanta skyline, launching industry disruptors; gaining national attention for breweries, bowl games and burritos; and convincing Southerners that Cirque du Soleil is entertaining even without elephants. She puts that same energy into counseling small- and medium-sized businesses who have vision and heart. For her work, Lisa has received more than 25 industry awards from leading professional organizations, including Best in Show honors.

Clients describe Lisa as a force of nature who brings clarity to business challenges and can access any audience in meaningful, relevant ways. As Full Tilt’s guidestar, her role is to uphold the highest standards for our work while building and preserving the culture of our firm. She propels businesses forward by shaping their strategies and stories and executing results-driven programs with nimble, highly-skilled teams.

Through extensive civic and nonprofit involvement and volunteerism, Lisa lends her time and talent to organizations and causes in which she is fully invested. She often speaks to executive groups and civic organizations on topics including executive branding, reputation building, marketing as a business strategy, email marketing and social media.

Favorite Marketing/Communications Challenge: Lisa loves discovering ways Full Tilt can contribute to a company as a revenue generator or cost-saving center. Whether helping a sales team increase qualified leads and close business, aiding HR to reduce employee turnover, or increasing company valuation through brand awareness, Lisa enjoys showing clients how smart marketing makes a difference.

Personal Brand: A serial problem-solver who cares deeply about the outcomes.

Can Often Be Found: At any number of coffee shops around Atlanta seeking collaboration, interesting conversation and lots of caffeine. Her heart and soul belong to both her family and Full Tilt, so she (almost) always makes it home for dinner and is often at the volleyball court or in the theatre cheering on her daughters.

Learn more about Lisa’s professional experience and nonprofit board involvement on LinkedIn

Jim Taylor

Jim Taylor is a senior strategic communications and public relations professional with more than 20 years of experience generating outstanding results for clients in a variety of industries. In both agency and corporate settings, he has successfully developed, managed and implemented communications strategies while measuring results across traditional, social and digital media.

Prior to his leadership roles with PR firms in Birmingham and Atlanta, Jim led media relations for Piedmont Healthcare community health system and served as public relations manager for Six Flags theme parks in Atlanta and Chicago.

Jim’s award-winning work has secured his clients placements in the New York Times, Chicago Tribune, Los Angeles Times, USA Today, the Times of London and hundreds of consumer and trade publications in the United States and beyond. As a spokesperson, he has appeared on the Today Show, MSNBC, Fox and Friends, and local market television shows and radio programs across the country.

Jim earned a B.A. in mass communications with a specialization in public relations and a minor in French from the University of Alabama at Birmingham. He is an active volunteer with the Boy Scouts of America (BSA) and serves on the board of BA Hero, an advocacy organization for families and communities affected by biliary atresia.

Favorite Marketing/Communications Challenge: Working with interesting people and new ideas to tell stories that make news.

Personal Brand: An investigator/advocate who believes that the right communication can solve almost any problem.

Can Often Be Found: Traveling and spending as much time as possible with his family. In his leisure time, he pursues his love of human languages, seeking every opportunity to practice French, Spanish, Hindi and Gujarati.

Learn more about Jim’s professional experience and interests on LinkedIn.

Barrie Cohn

It isn’t often that client and agency-side experience come together in one dynamic package, but that’s precisely what Barrie delivers. Her brand experience ranges from burgers to banking to basketball—with education, insurance and real estate rounding out her diverse client roster. Through her rebranding work to integrate marketing efforts and her keen eye for detail, Barrie helps clients understand how each communications element – big or small – can serve as a valuable marketing tool. She has revamped websites for mid-sized to large companies, served as ghost writer for company leaders and board presidents, and created vital crisis management playbooks and communications guidelines adopted by national and international organizations.

For more than 25 years, she’s adeptly built and managed successful client and team relationships, approaching them all with buoyancy, acuity and creative expertise. Barrie is skilled at versatility and is as comfortable partnering with local franchise owners as she is with C-suite executives.  Some might say that facilitating cross-stakeholder collaboration is her superpower. An intuitive listener and enthusiastic negotiator, Barrie believes that working together is where the magic happens.

Favorite Marketing/Communications Challenge: Barrie loves cracking the code – getting to the heart of her client challenges while finding the most precise and productive solutions.

Personal Brand: A passionate team player who knows exactly when to infuse any situation with just the right amount of levity.

Can Often Be Found: Listening to Broadway or any ‘80s music or quoting a movie, “Friends” or “Seinfeld.” After work, she lives at the softball field or school theater with her daughter and discusses politics and current events with her law school-bound son.

Learn more about Barrie’s professional endeavors on LinkedIn.

Jason Fornicola

Jason Fornicola is a senior communications and marketing professional with 20 years of experience across multiple industries. He is director of communications in Full Tilt’s internal communications and employer branding practice, where he provides clients with strategic guidance to drive effective employee communications.

Prior to joining Full Tilt, he served as the director of communications for the City of Sandy Springs, Ga. where he led the city’s internal and external communications and marketing efforts. His communications experience also includes serving as the director of custom media for WTOP News and Federal News Network, both in Washington, D.C., where he managed the stations’ sponsored and custom content initiatives.

Jason’s innovative and strategic communications style maximizes opportunities for clients and solves their challenges through a thoughtfully curated multi-platform approach. His marketing expertise encompasses on-air, online, digital, video and social media, as well as in-person and virtual events. He has successfully executed communications and marketing campaigns for top brands including Microsoft, AT&T, PayPal, CVS, Amazon Web Services and many more. He is adept at program management and delivering high-quality communications and messaging that surpass client expectations.

Jason earned a B.A. in Broadcast Journalism from the Pennsylvania State University.

Favorite Marketing/Communications Challenge: Finding the right message, platform and frequency to connect clients with their intended audiences.

Personal Brand: A curious news consumer who is motivated to deliver results for clients.

Can Often Be Found: Spending time with family or running laps around the local high school track.

Learn more about Jason’s professional interests on LinkedIn.

Emily León

The agency life chose Emily León. With a decade of traditional communications agency experience across three states serving a diverse range of industries, and a three-year stint in-house in a premiere university setting, client service excellence, metrics-driven brand strategy and polished communications deliverables still make Emily tick.

From processing plants to healthcare facilities, executive leadership messaging training to community-driven grassroots campaigns, Emily believes that listening is the language of communications. She brings to client account leadership the best combination of big-picture thinking and efficient execution, bringing colleagues along the journey with clarity and empathy.

Emily has successfully led account teams in the service of high-profile clients like The Coca-Cola Company, Chick-fil-A, Perdue Farms, Kilpatrick Townsend and prominent civil rights attorney Ben Crump to name a few. Prior to joining Full Tilt, she served as the director of internal communications for Emory University. There she led the university-wide COVID-19 communications response starting in fall 2021 by developing and executing a robust, measurable and integrated campaign – supporting an audience of nearly 70,000 students, faculty, staff, parents and community members.

Emily earned a B.S. in Journalism and a minor in English from the University of Florida. An active member of the Georgia Chapter of the Public Relations Society of America, Emily serves on the Professional Development committee.

Favorite Marketing/Communications Challenge: Strategic planning for multi-year, integrated communications campaigns that connect people to brands and move the needle on client business objectives.

Personal Brand: “Share the love and share the load.” A positive relationship-builder and steady problem-solver with a pinch of zazz and whimsy.

Can Often Be Found: Putzing around Canton Street with my husband, Ben; tending to our needy yet rewarding rose garden; and spending time with our large family and silly mystery mutt.

Learn more about Emily’s professional interests on LinkedIn.

Liz Ovelman

What do you get from a client-side brand marketer with a psychology degree and a deep love of consumer behavior? A strong brand voice for clients.

For more than 15 years, Liz has led cross-functional teams and internal and external partners to achieve exceptional business results. Her brand experience spans industries and organizations large and small, from global consumer packaged goods leader Procter & Gamble (P&G) and hospitality giant InterContinental Hotels Group (IHG) to technology start-ups and sports marketing partnerships. Through her brand management and marketing expertise, Liz helps clients deeply understand their target audience and craft strategic programs that uniquely meet their needs.

Liz has led brand strategy and B2B / B2C marketing campaigns for iconic brands such as Ivory, Olay, Holiday Inn and Serta. She brings deep project management proficiency through her product innovation work to launch bar soap, body wash and next generation mattresses. With her keen analytical eye, Liz also helps clients understand the impact of their marketing activities and how to optimize them for greater results.

With a team-first approach, passion for elevating partners to meet their potential, and strong attention to detail, she collaborates effectively with C-level executives and key stakeholders.

Liz earned a B.A. in Psychology from University of Virginia, and an M.B.A. in Marketing from The University of Texas at Austin.

Favorite Marketing / Communications Challenge: Liz loves synthesizing landscape, brand and target data into brand strategy, transforming consumer insights into creative ideas.

Personal Brand: A creative, resourceful leader with a passion for unearthing unique solutions to challenges.

Can Often Be Found: Coaching Orangetheory Fitness, shuttling her daughters to horseback riding and dance, or watching Thoroughbred racing or college basketball.

Learn more about Liz’s professional endeavors on LinkedIn.

Micki Velmer

Micki’s professional background in the world of sports and live entertainment ignited her passion for developing high-performing teams and pursuing operational excellence in small-to-midsized businesses and start-ups. She has a keen ability to see the big picture and understand how to operationalize the way forward to achieve vision and mission while addressing any challenges that arise with creativity and finesse.  Where there is a will, Micki will find the way.

Since 2003, she has focused on optimizing processes to deliver marketing programs quickly and effectively to better serve clients. She’s worked with A-listers of all sorts,  most notably Santa, himself! (Yes, she really does know him.) From debuting tech at national auto shows to launching brand experiences at premier sporting events across the U.S., her experience spans B2B and B2C brands across automotive, CPG, financial services, industrial supply and sports and entertainment industries, as well as D2C tech.

Behind the scenes, Micki keeps the Full Tilt team functioning effectively and efficiently. She has notable experience in performance management, strategic human resource planning, professional development, business operations, forecasting, P&L, resource optimization, event logistics, experience design, brand partnerships and contract negotiation.

She currently serves as Technology Chair for Women in Sports Events (WISE) Atlanta. She lives in Dunwoody with her husband, sons and dog.

Favorite Marketing/Communications Challenge: Spotting an opportunity for optimization and charting the course for successful implementation.

Personal Brand: The make-it-happen puzzle sleuth.

Can Often Be Found: Drinking coffee on a sunny porch, rearranging furniture for the umpteenth time, or kayaking with her family down one of North Georgia’s rivers.

Connect and keep up with Micki’s professional interests on LinkedIn.

Berry Brady

After more than 25 years of working in media relations, Berry understands what makes a story worth telling. While working with editors and producers on a daily basis may not be everyone’s cup of tea, Berry enjoys picking up the phone to talk with all manner of professional in media. And because she understands how they work and what they need, they’re happy to take her call. Whether it’s national, international or local outlets, Berry balances client message with journalist need, facilitating stories that result in on-target placements.

Berry’s career started in Washington D.C. working at both the CBS and NBC affiliates. There she earned her advanced degree in creating news stories and learned the nuts and bolts of what is considered news. One of her favorite projects was working on the 20^th Anniversary of the AIDS Quilt. This two-week project enabled her to work with reporters from all over the world, helping them put their stories together in a once-in-a-lifetime package that was a true labor of love.

In addition to Berry’s pitching perseverance, Full Tilt clients appreciate her calm demeanor under deadline pressure and ability to rapidly synthesize facts into a cohesive story. She is proficient at finding the right reporter or producer to fit the story, as this is not a “one size fits all” business.

Favorite Marketing/Communications Challenge: Finding the right message that will fulfill both the client’s need and that of the media. Berry enjoys drilling down to find the news “nugget” that turns a story into news.

Personal Brand: The media insider who knows which story, where it goes and when it has most impact.

Can Often Be Found: At the gym! Berry loves working up a sweat whether lifting weights, walking or doing a downward dog in yoga. Berry is the mother of two young adults, and being their mom is her favorite role in life.

Learn more about Berry’s professional experience on LinkedIn.

Dalia Baseman Faupel

No matter the business challenge or opportunity, Dalia’s focus is the message.

Over a decades-spanning career in public relations, internal communications, journalism and content development, she has leveraged her love of words and their usage to achieve powerful results on behalf of numerous brands and organizations.

For international public relations firms, Fortune 500s and small businesses, she has crafted external and internal content in the form of web copy, articles, presentations and digital and print publications. Dalia’s background informs a strategic, audience-focused approach to message development that creates compelling, engaging interactions.

She has won awards for outstanding work, including industry recognition for press kit development, editorial magazine content and direct marketing materials. Clients and partners appreciate Dalia’s ability to clarify complex concepts as well as her attention to detail and expertise in channeling a brand’s personality and voice. As an editor, she makes the best better, elevating and polishing material to ensure it resonates with intended audiences.

Favorite Marketing/Communications Challenge: Dalia enjoys the challenge of helping organizations tell the story that seems too complicated for anyone to “get.” She also thrives on building editorial infrastructure, thoughtfully piecing together the communications puzzle to reach desired audiences when and how they’ll be most receptive.

Personal Brand: The imaginative wordsmith behind messages that matter.

Can often be found: Exploring hiking trails around metro Atlanta with her adventurous rescue dog, traveling to new cities and photographing favorite places and people, especially her family. She loves to be in the audience at her children’s respective rock band, school band, and choral performances. Usually, she’s singing along.

Learn more about Dalia’s professional experience on LinkedIn.

Kelly Puckett Frommer

Kelly’s brand stories move audiences to action. For more than 20 years, she has crafted compelling communication strategy and content that engages internal audiences and customers to drive business results. Through her work with international companies headquartered in Atlanta and mid- and large-sized hometown favorites, Kelly has helped employees understand their benefits without boring them, led a food press tour of New Orleans to celebrate a restaurant company’s anniversary and counseled senior management teams to successfully communicate acquisitions and divestitures.

Kelly enjoys learning new industries and working with clients to make a complex business issue understandable to the workforce and client base, and to reporters when appropriate. Colleagues note that she is comfortable collaborating with both C-suite leaders and front-line team members to achieve corporate goals and foster communication both up and down the organizational ladder.

She frequently partners with HR leaders to build programs to improve employee engagement and address union issues. At Full Tilt, she guides communication strategy and content development for a variety of clients and industries.

Sharing her time and marketing skills with nonprofit organizations and industry associations is important to Kelly, and she serves on the social media and comms committees for local organizations. She also co-leads a Girl Scout troop, which requires many different types of engagement and conversing!

Favorite Marketing/Communications Challenge: She loves understanding business needs and helping leaders create and tell a good story to build brands, attract customers, inspire employees and manage change.

 Personal Brand: A cheerful diplomat who helps all corporate citizens communicate better.

Can Often Be Found: Enjoying baseball, basketball and volleyball games at a North Fulton park or playing with her Goldendoodle. She’s a pro at working wherever makes sense, whether that’s a coffee shop, parking lot or library while family members practice their particular sport.

 Learn more about Kelly’s professional experience and interests on LinkedIn.

Emily Arthur Armantrout

An information junkie, Emily dives deep into current events, keeping the complex industries and the Full Tilt accounts she supports in mind as she analyzes dozens of daily newsletters in her inbox. Emily synthesizes the data she gathers into easily digestible formats for clients and coworkers alike, identifying trends and best practices along the way.

Despite a deluge of information and an evolving social media landscape, Emily balances traditional tactics with up-to-the-minute experimentation for clients and for the team, including operationalizing Full Tilt’s internship program.  With experience in nonprofit and retail management, she brings a diverse outside perspective to marketing, communications and public relations as she pursues additional professional certifications in addition to her current Sprout Agency Partner and Hootsuite Social Media Marketing credentials.

Emily cares deeply about her community, from her own backyard to nationwide causes, supporting To Write Love on Her Arms, WABE Atlanta, NPR, and the Navy-Marine Corps Relief Society. Because Full Tilt’s culture focuses on integrity, empowering others and caring deeply in all things, it’s an ideal fit for Emily’s commitment to excellence in both her professional and personal life.

Favorite Marketing/Communications Challenge: Emily enjoys immersing herself in a project, becoming a temporary subject matter expert for a given task. She’s most adept at behind-the-scenes support work to help her teammates shine.

Personal Brand: An intuitive and curious collaborator who takes the trivial out of trivia.

Can Often Be Found: Recharging her battery with a beloved book and oversized mug of tea—Twining’s Irish Breakfast Blend, please.

Learn more about Emily’s professional experience on LinkedIn.

Jordan Coleman

Jordan believes effective communication, imagination, and passion are at the heart of brand storytelling. Her continuous drive to submerge herself and perfect the art of the word began with learning Latin and continues in her ability to ensure messages carry their intended meaning to their intended audiences. Creating and solidifying meaningful interactions with clients, she builds strong and strategic marketing programs that drive desired results.

For more than a decade, Jordan has immersed herself in mastering various forms of marketing communications, from managing public relations at CNN to editing publications for Atlanta non-profits.  She counseled and worked with a wide range of clients, including media companies, faith-based organizations, motivational speakers, and youth empowerment movements. She also developed expertise in digital, social media, and consumer marketing, including stints working in radio and theatre.

Jordan earned a bachelor’s degree in media communications and journalism from Georgia State University.

Favorite Marketing/Communications Challenge: Getting to the heart of a brand’s purpose and intention and translating it into influential audience concepts.

Personal Brand: The bold creative who loves to nurture ideas that influence audiences.

Can Often Be Found: Riding horses, getting lost in a good book, enjoying films, serenading herself while in the kitchen, and exploring all nature has to offer on hikes with her pup.

Connect with Jordan on LinkedIn.

Hannah Karlson

Working in a plethora of different landscapes enables Hannah to impart a unique set of skills to the public relations domain. In addition to her media relations expertise, she provides key insights into digital marketing and SEO tactics, which establish a modern and well-rounded public relations strategy. Hannah combines traditional PR best practices and valuable industry knowledge with new project management and organizational strategies to maximize results for Full Tilt clients.

Before joining the team, Hannah held roles in account management, public relations, and content strategy for a top digital marketing agency in Atlanta. She gained lifelong experience in project management, content development, email marketing, HTML, Google My Business optimization, and other SEO deliverables while remaining engaged with her professional passion: media relations.

Hannah earned a bachelor’s degree in public relations from Georgia Southern University.

Favorite Marketing/Communications Challenge: Brainstorming creative ways of organizing, pitching, and communicating, to help boost efficiency.

Personal Brand: The connector between PR and digital marketing.

Can Often Be Found: Volunteering at a Furkids event, playing with my beloved children (furbabies), sitting on a rooftop drinking wine, redecorating the house, or watching Netflix with my favorite human.

Keep up with Hannah on LinkedIn.

Allysa Neese

A lover of all things creative, Allysa taps into trends and evolves with the ever-changing digital media industry to keep her skills current and her clients ahead of the pack.  She creates engaging content for clients, conceives new ways to connect with intended audiences, and manages tactics and timelines to keep projects running smoothly.

Before joining the Full Tilt family, Allysa worked as a content creator through an Atlanta-based marketing agency. There, she generated graphics, social media posts, blogs, and reviews for a variety of clients. Allysa also has experience in the world of filmmaking, through which she developed crucial creative and strategic skills that she channels into her passion for marketing. She earned her bachelor’s degree in film & digital media from the University of North Georgia and later earned her master’s degree in narrative media writing from the University of Georgia. She strives daily to expand her knowledge and achieve greatness on behalf of Full Tilt clients.

Favorite Marketing/Communications Challenge: Collaborating with colleagues on new projects and creating a cohesive vision.

Personal Brand: The digital media director who creatively connects companies with their audiences.

Can Often Be Found: Exploring new places with her husband, cooking with her family, or getting cozy on the couch with her cats and a good movie.

Learn more about Allysa’s professional experience on LinkedIn.

Will Popiel

With a passion for both analog and digital art forms, William Popiel contributes a creative perspective to Full Tilt’s Social and PR teams. Brainstorming outside-the-box solutions to everyday problems is just part of what Will does best, as his broad skill set and knowledge of today’s platforms materialize these solutions into practice, with excellent results.

In just a year of agency experience, Will has secured media placements for nationally and internationally-known clients such as Mizuno, RaceTrac and Tire Rack. In addition, he has successfully helped manage and grow the online presence for brands such as BorgWarner, Penguin Dry Ice, SolMicroGrid and SkillPointe.

Prior to joining Full Tilt, Will earned a bachelor’s degree in business administration from the University of Cincinnati. There, he also honed his skills in graphic design, audio engineering and video production while participating in Cincinnati’s local music scene performing in multiple bands.

Favorite Marketing/Communications Challenge: Crafting visual content to ensure a brand’s story captures the imagination.

Personal Brand: A perpetual optimist who approaches even the toughest of obstacles with positivity.

Can Often Be Found: Playing guitar at a local club, recording music in his home studio or out-and-about town shooting a roll of film.

Learn more about Will’s professional experience and interests on LinkedIn.

Taylor Patterson

A strong focus on digital trends and emerging communication channels, combined with creative perspectives, make Taylor Patterson an essential member of Full Tilt’s social media and PR Teams.  

In her previous roles with M Booth, Taylor’s content creation and vertical marketing skills helped win media placements in major consumer publications for clients like PATRON Tequila, Campari, Wild Turkey, BEHR Paints, KILZ and Magnolia Home. She is skilled at developing strategies that build brand awareness with target audiences while navigating the ever-changing algorithms of various social media platforms.   

Taylor earned a bachelor’s degree in journalism and mass communications from Samford University.  

Favorite Marketing/Communications Challenge: Cracking the code for authentically accurately representing a brand in ways that appeal to prospective consumers.  

Personal Brand: The explorer whose ability to find what’s next is her clients’ secret weapon.

Can Often Be Found: At the movie theaters, running, or at a thrift store searching for vintage furniture to reupholster. 

Keep up with Taylor on LinkedIn.

Amber Center

As office manager and executive assistant for Full Tilt, Amber draws on her experience as a small business owner and expert in the fields of hospitality, finance, and real estate to enhance and strengthen all aspects of the agency and its commitment to stellar service.

Amber’s management of administrative tasks enables our senior leaders to keep their focus where it belongs: on clients.  Her care and attention to our creative office space — a renovated two-story home built in 1910, nestled in Roswell’s tree-lined historic district — ensures that it is gracious and welcoming to staff and guests alike.

Her business background includes working in finance and international banking, and serving as founder and CEO of Amber’s Rum Cakes and Your Private Chef ATL. She earned a culinary arts degree from Keiser University and interned at the World Center Marriott in Orlando, Florida, where she worked on some of the largest corporate events held in the U.S.

Favorite Marketing/Communications Challenge: Starting something new and watching it grow into something amazing!

Personal Brand: The problem-solver and contingency planner, smoothing the way for success.

Can often be found: Working on home improvement projects, trying new restaurants, hiking, cooking, and spending time with my family