Meet Our Team
From visionary strategists to skilled designers and insightful communicators, our team embodies a collaborative spirit that fuels our clients’ success. Explore the profiles and personalities of our team members and experience the synergy that defines Palo Creative.
Management Team
Rob Palowitz
president & ceo
Rob Palowitz
president & ceo
Meet Rob, the driving force behind Palo Creative. With 30+ years in marketing, design, broadcast media, and digital development, Rob fuels our success. Leading Palo with an entrepreneurial spirit, his journey began before its 1999 inception, enriched by years in direct mail marketing. When not shaping the company, you'll find him golfing or casting a line, indulging his love for fishing.
Ron Scirocco
senior vice president
Ron Scirocco
senior vice president
This is Ron. He has a slight obsession with Peach Tranquility Tea from Starbucks and is a master organizer, which makes for an excellent project manager. With 25+ years of marketing expertise and experience, we lean on him to help us develop and deliver effective marketing concepts and campaigns to our clients.
Linda Hughes
operations vice president
Linda Hughes
operations vice president
We dare you to find a bigger fan of “The Boss.” The Bruce Springsteen aficionado has attended roughly 20 of his concerts and has the T-shirts to prove it. Aside from jamming out to Bruce, Linda keeps things in the office running smoothly and makes sure the snack cart is well stocked. As the company’s operations VP, she keeps the team organized and handles all things financial.
Jon Elias
marketing strategy vice president
Jon Elias
marketing strategy vice president
Meet Jon, our resident marketing strategy VP and sports enthusiast. Having an analytical mind comes in handy when helping companies improve their visibility through search engine optimization and digital campaigns. Let’s just say everything Jon does is backed up by stats – let's just say he’s a true analytics guy.
Client Success Team
Don Dragish
business development manager
Don Dragish
business development manager
Marketing. Design. Community leadership. Sales. Business development. Don Dragish Jr. does it all. As our business development manager, he cultivates strong relationships with potential clients and educates them on how Palo Creative can help them reach their marketing goals.
Troy Ledbetter
client success director
Troy Ledbetter
client success director
If you ever see Troy in public, he’ll probably be sporting his Palo fantasy football league championship belt. This Cincinnati Reds and Ohio State Buckeyes fan is our client success director, and he leverages his marketing agency and business experience to make sure our team understands our clients’ marketing challenges and goals.
Hannah Keeling
client success manager
Hannah Keeling
client success manager
When Hannah isn’t listening to live court cases, she’s running on adrenaline-riding roller coasters, ziplining, and whitewater rafting. As a client success manager, Hannah’s high energy and marketing and project management background help her shine. She ensures that clients understand the business benefits of strategic digital marketing and advertising initiatives.
Jackie Kane
client success associate
Jackie Kane
client success associate
Jack. JKane. Jackie. Rising from marketing intern to client success associate, her robust marketing expertise and organizational skills ensure tasks and deadlines are met. A dynamic problem solver, her enthusiasm extends beyond accounts, supporting various projects. A proud Pittsburgh native, Jackie finds joy in its charm, infusing laughter wherever she goes, all while expressing her unique sense of style and fashion.
Marketing Strategy Team
Emily Monte
marketing strategy specialist
Emily Monte
marketing strategy specialist
Meet Emily, our marketing strategy specialist who’s always on the move. When she’s not busy crafting successful marketing plans for clients, she’s exploring new destinations around the globe. Emily’s marketing skills are as sharp as her sense of direction, which is why she’s adept at increasing client visibility and conversions through SEO, SEM and other marketing tactics.
Creative & Content Services Team
Steve Criado
creative director
Steve Criado
creative director
Steve is passionate about a lot of things: the 49ers, Star Wars, 3D printing, his family and design. He’s a critical thinker when it comes to creating cutting-edge ways to communicate with audiences. And he’s an expert in helping businesses discover their brand identity through visual storytelling and concepts.
Steve Plummer
senior designer
Steve Plummer
senior designer
Make it unique. Make it real. Make it interesting. And make sure it says something. That’s what "Plummer” tries to do with everything he creates. A huge music fan and art lover, he’s always thinking about the next exciting and fresh marketing concept. When not deep in thought, he’s either hiking, biking or just being outdoors – in all kinds of weather.
Vince Bednarik
graphic designer
Vince Bednarik
graphic designer
When it comes to anime and the NBA, you’d be hard-pressed to find someone more knowledgeable than Vince. But that’s not where his expertise ends. Where he really excels is designing clever, nuanced and thought-provoking visuals that establish powerful brand identities. His impressive composition, layout and illustration skills come in handy too.
Scott Lendak
lead writer
Scott Lendak
lead writer
You can find Scott curled up like a potato in front of his TV binge-watching the latest blockbuster flicks with his wife and a bottle of wine. Whether or not he gets through the entire film depends on how many glasses of wine he has. When in front of his computer, Scott excels at writing thought-provoking copy for a variety of mediums and clients in various industries.
Bella Palowitz
creative content associate
Bella Palowitz
creative content associate
Lights, Camera, Action! If you watch Empire or Chicago Fire, you’ve probably seen her on as a guest star. In addition to being a television star, Bella has a love for reading and journaling. Her creativity goes beyond the screen, as she specializes in creating graphics, writing blogs and managing social media content for our agency and our clients.
Web & Technology Development Team
Jim Komara
web & technology director
Jim Komara
web & technology director
If we’re ever faced with a survival situation in nature, we’d be fortunate to have Jim around. This outdoorsman loves to fish and camp, and he also has a black belt. We’re not sure if that would help in nature, but it couldn’t hurt. Jim serves as our human computer – we've got questions, he has answers. He’s our guy for executing all things web, which includes bringing client websites to life.