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Managing Partners

Deborah Fell

Managing Partner, Northeast

Matches CEOs with the best-fit fractional CMO to accelerate the growth of their company while providing CMO, coaching, and advisory support.

Paul Sparrow

Managing Partner, South

Focused on placing battle-tested CMOs and CSOs in right-sized client engagements to generate growth strategies that achieve revenue acceleration and profitability.

Karen Hayward

Managing Partner, West

Works with SaaS companies and technology innovators to accelerate growth and deliver breakthrough revenue.

Sharon Spooler

Managing Partner, Midwest

Supports and matches CEOs at start-ups, VC and PE funded, and privately-held companies to drive profitable growth with a metric-driven approach.

Slade Kobran

Managing Partner, Private Equity

Supports Private Equity portfolio company growth and value creation as GPs seek to deliver differentiated returns to their investors.

David Vroom

Managing Partner, Special Projects

Matches CEOs with the perfect fractional chief marketing officer to identify growth opportunities and develop strategies to optimize profits.

Adriana Lynch

Area Managing Partner & CMO

Works with food and beverage, health and wellness, hospitality and entertainment, skincare and make-up, and consumer products. Expertise in retail, as well as direct to consumer e-commerce.

Stuart Foster

Area Managing Partner & CMO

Works with CEOs at consumer, hospitality and entertainment companies to drive results and deliver revenue growth by leveraging consumer insights and deep functional skills.

Carol Eversen

Area Managing Partner & CMO

Works with B2B SaaS, technology, and services providers - including financial, media, marketing, and legal services - to accelerate growth and exceed P&L goals.

Topher Wurts

Area Managing Partner & CMO

Works with non-profits, technology, mobile and financial services companies to create measurable strategies to accelerate company growth.

Jon Rice

Area Managing Partner & CMO

Works with retail businesses, restaurants and franchisors to enter new markets, grow revenues, cut costs and revive distressed brands.

Rich DePencier

Area Managing Partner & CMO

Works with founder-led, small to mid-size businesses and PE-backed B2C and B2B companies in CPG, Retail, Food & Beverage, Beauty, Health and Home Care, Travel/Leisure industries to create disruptive growth plans for omni-channel expansion, new product launches and innovative marketing plans.

Erika Rosenthal

Area Managing Partner & CMO

Works with CEOs at healthcare services, IT, SaaS, medical device, life science, biotech, and retail/hospitality companies to develop effective growth strategies, improve patient/customer care, and increase profits.

Art Saxby

CEO, Founder and Principal

CEO, Founder and Principal of Chief Outsiders’ global fractional CMO practice; directs a tribe of world-class marketers with a rich playbook to bring new growth, brand strength and profits to clients.

Pete Hayes

Principal

Co-directs a tribe of world-class, executive-as-a-service marketers to accelerate growth for clients with infusions of instant senior marketing talent. He is also the co-author of “The Growth Gears.”

Clay Spitz

Chief Operating Officer

As COO, Spitz organizes and systemizes operations so that our Fractional CMOs & CSOs can stay focused on making big things happen for the growing client base of Chief Outsiders.

Paige Chadwick

Partner & Chief Learning Officer

Building on our rich culture of "learning from each other," Paige directs the processes and tools that enable our CMOs to onboard quickly, manage successful client engagements, do great work, and be active participants in our collaborative learning culture.

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Leadership Team

Managing Partners

Deborah Fell

Paul Sparrow

Karen Hayward

Sharon Spooler

Slade Kobran

David Vroom

Area Managing Partners

Adriana Lynch

Stuart Foster

Carol Eversen

Topher Wurts

Jon Rice

Rich DePencier

Erika Rosenthal

Corporate Office

Art Saxby

Pete Hayes

Clay Spitz

Paige Chadwick