Agency Director
Dr. Yinglu (Elle) Wu
Dr. Wu is an Associate Professor of Marketing at Boler College of Business, John Carroll University. She received her Ph.D. in Marketing and Master of Applied Statistics from Louisiana State University. Dr. Wu offers expertise in online marketing strategies through both quantitative and qualitative analyses of consumer online shopping behavior and companies’ online activities. Dr. Wu has taught various undergraduate and MBA marketing courses, including digital marketing, marketing analytics & automation, advertising & brand promotion, and national advertising competition. She is inspired to start the student-run marketing agency to provide opportunities for students to immerse in entrepreneurial and marketing consulting work.
Agency Assistant
Kalliope Spirtos
Kallie is currently studying to receive her Master of Business Administration from John Carroll. Kallie has experience in marketing, management, and event planning from her previous experiences. She held an internship at Through Eternity Tours in Rome, Italy and worked as their social media manager. She also interned in the summer of 2020 with Cedar Point as a Guest Services and Special Events intern. She was promoted in the summer of 2021 to the Guest Services and Admissions Leadership Team. She also worked as a Graduate Assistant with the Boler Professional Development Program assisting with their event planning and social media marketing. Kallie felt inspired to be a part of this agency as she thought it would be a great opportunity to be a part of something bigger. Seeing something like this agency being built and also being part of the process would be an amazing learning experience. She is excited to grow this with this agency and see where not only she, but the whole team, can take it.
Student Fellows
Emily Doran
Emily is currently a junior at John Carroll University with a major in Marketing and a minor in Leadership. Emily has previous experience with marketing from interning as a marketing intern for The Downs Syndrome Association of Northeast Ohio. In her leisure time, Emily enjoys spending time with her family up at Lake Erie as well as playing video games with her little brother. Emily’s inspiration for joining this agency comes from believing this fellowship would be a great path to gaining hands-on experience doing client work.
Jessica Loos
Jessica is currently a senior at John Carroll University with a triple major in Marketing, Economics, and Political Science. Jessica has previous experience with marketing from interning with the Cleveland Dairy Queen corporate marketing manager in the summer of 2021 and interning as a Field Sales and Marketing Representative for Techtronic Industries “TTI” in the summer of 2022. Through these internships, Jessica has learned and used both Adobe Photoshop and Canva, and now has experience planning and promoting events as well as working with direct selling and point-of-purchase marketing. Jessica has shown leadership through her involvement as an officer for the John Carroll University Economics Association, working as a John Carroll University Intramural Sports scorekeeper and referee, and being involved in a committee for the University Club to plan major school events that makes the on-campus experience even more enjoyable for everyone involved. Jessica is excited to see how greatly this agency will grow and is honored to take part in that growth while also gaining knowledge and experience herself.
Olivia Myers
Olivia is currently a senior at John Carroll University with a major in Marketing. Olivia plans to earn her MBA in business analytics next year at John Carroll University. Olivia has previous experience interning at Believe in Dreams, a local nonprofit where she was the Digital Marketing Intern. Here she learned about design and content creation strategies. Olivia also interned for John Carrolls Global Business Culture and Entrepreneurship program as the Marketing Assistant. Here she helped promote the program to both international and John Carroll students. Olivia has shown her leadership skills by being the President of RallCap. RallyCap Sports is a volunteer program for children with special needs. Here she coordinates weekly sessions with her peers. She is also an active member of Women in Business and has been a SWAT leader at John Carroll the past two years in a row. Olivia loves interacting with others and using her eye for detail to reach the ultimate goal of the assignment. Olivia feels so honored and fortunate to be apart of the first ever Boler Marketing Agency and work with her amazing peers. This agency is the best environment to grow Olivia’s interest in marketing consulting.
Brooke Talbot
Brooke is currently a senior at John Carroll University with a double major in Marketing and Supply Chain Management and a minor in Leadership Development. Brooke has previous experience with marketing from learning and executing Adobe Photoshop techniques within the classroom on top of learning about brand promotion and customer engagement strategies. Brooke has internship experience consisting of warehouse operations and supply chain management and has published an article in an electrical distributor magazine. Brooke has shown leadership through her involvement as an executive board member of Women in Business at John Carroll University as well as serving as a John Carroll University SWAT leader for incoming first-year students. Brooke is currently working to incorporate a more sustainable mindset into both her personal and professional life. Brooke’s inspiration for joining this agency comes from her desire to expand her knowledge on digital marketing prior to graduation as she already feels fortunate enough to have had workplace experience with supply chain strategies.