As CEO of disruptor media shop Hearts & Science, Ralph brings a wealth of experience building innovative, award-winning media strategies for some of the world's most beloved brands. A charismatic leader and futurist, Ralph is leading the way creating ambidextrous capabilities, culture mining for insight and building a diverse talent team that delivers divergent thinking. He believes the old marketing playbooks are broken and marketers need to continuously adjust media approaches, adopting a similar philosophically to software updates in the tech world. He is comfortable in a world of big business and entrepreneurship and was named one of Adweek’s Media All-Stars, and his team has won numerous top awards for digital creativity. A child of the Puerto Rican diaspora Ralph was born and raised New York City, and is passionate about creating pathways for the next generation of diverse leaders, he can often be found mentoring young minority entrepreneurs and start up’s in the media space.

Crunching numbers and deciphering analytics, Jeff lives and breathes where finance meets creativity. He loves perfecting his craft in an evolving environment like advertising and media and is always analyzing spreadsheets to provide additional value for clients. He wears many hats and gives equal attention to Hearts & Science, its employees and its clients.

Jeff has a firm grounding in finance, starting his career as a senior accountant at the Arthur Andersen accounting firm (now Accenture) before becoming the director of finance at Stillking Films Group. He later made his full foray into the media industry as a finance director at Ogilvy and later at OMD. 

Jeff’s diverse work background has enabled him to successfully adapt to different personalities across the agency while still providing support as a business partner. A man of many talents, he also spent six years in the Louisiana Army National Guard and earned his MBA from Columbia University.

Whether it’s making a mean guacamole or streamlining digital and programmatic, Sharon always strives for excellence. She is excited to inspire teams at Hearts & Science to put data at the forefront of their investment decisions and knows that this approach will help build trust with clients. 

Sharon has been a key part of the Omnicom Media Group family for the last 25 years. From her early stage career in research and sales for A&E and BBDO to the east coast regional director at OMD, Sharon is ready to help others pivot along with an ever-changing media landscape. She was named Media Buyer of the Year by TVWeek in 2018 and has maintained a curious attitude toward continuously learning in the midst of an evolving industry. 

But it’s not just accolades and experience that Sharon has been collecting along her career—she also has a diverse set of Brady Bunch paraphernalia. Ask her about it!