MEET OUR TEAM

Bonnie Knoedler
President
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Bonnie LOVES Sushi, being with her son Drew, watching him play basketball and traveling.

Amy Denzen
VP of Operations - DCA/PIT

​As our resident Minnesotan, Amy gets a kick out of watching the company overreact to the cold weather in DC. You mean 2 inches of snow isn't supposed to bring traffic to a screeching halt?!?! ​

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INTERNATIONAL OPERATIONS:

Jorge Matus
International Operations Manager

Jorge loves soccer and IPA beers. His favorite place to eat is Pizza Paradiso. He likes to buy tennis shoes and is the undisputed Poker champion of the office.

Asset Uteuliyev
International Operations Specialist

Born in South of Kazakhstan, Asset loves watching his favorite soccer team – Arsenal FC, snowboarding and guitar playing (although he's not that good). He loves art-house movies and the National Geographic Channel :-) Asset loves the DC area because it’s so diverse and he loves learning about new cultures, places and traditions.

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DOMESTIC OPERATIONS:

Steve Robinette
General Manager/ Domestic Operations

This is Steve at 2 1/2 years old. What you can't see is that he's riding a horse - a plastic horse. He could not afford a real horse, so he had to ride a plastic one. The good news is that he never had to feed the plastic one :-)

Diana Grippo
Operations Manager/ Domestic Operations

Bill Howard
Domestic Operations
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Diana was born and raised in the northern VA /D.C area, which means that she is an authentic DC sports team fan!  She is quite adventurous and loves a good challenge. She enjoys traveling, cooking (especially Italian food), music, watching/playing sports, fine cuisine, writing, and beaches. She is an eternal optimist and an avid cat lover as well (as you can tell by her pic).

Bill enjoys playing the piano/keyboard, photography and bike riding. He loves spending time with family and friends, trying new restaurants, live music, and going to comedy clubs.
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Jenny Chuluun
Domestic Operations​

Jenny enjoys reading and spending time with her two children and husband. She loves to listen to classical music and likes dark chocolate. In her free time she likes to go roller skating and ice skating with her daughter and loves Asian and Italian cuisine.
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Chandler Davis 
Domestic Operations

Derrick Folk 
Operations Specialist

Chandler is a native Floridian loving city life and all that comes along with it, except the metro system. An avid photographer, you are more likely to see him behind a camera than in front of a TV. As a southern gentleman, he excels in the use of the manners of generations past!
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Born and raised in the Washington D.C area, A real sports Junkie, Philadelphia Eagles fan, (Fly Eagles Fly) I love spending time with my wife and two children. On my spare time I enjoy running two fantasy football leagues, and playing Fanduel.​
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Drew Knoedler
Operations Specialist

Drew Knoedler is a gregarious kid. He starred in numerous plays as a young lad, and loves the game of basketball. He enjoys any type of music, lives for adventures and is always pleased to go home to see his two dogs.​

Desmond Labor
Driver

Des was originally born in Sierra Leone, but he's been living in the States for 33 years. He has two beautiful children (a boy and a girl) and enjoys relaxing at home when he's not at work!

​Eric Estrada
Driver

Eric was born in the States, but his mom is Panamanian and his dad is from Puerto Rico. He has 3 beautiful daughters and loves to play soccer and watch football!

TRADESHOWS AND MARKETING:

Keli Davis
Director of Marketing, Tradeshow Division

Keli’s whole family lives in North Carolina and she’s in Northern Virginia, but they couldn't be any closer! She loves college basketball (GO TAR HEELS!), post-apocalyptic fiction, and her two sweet pups – Murphy and Gatlin. 

Lorean Jacobs-Cobb
Tradeshow Specialist
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Lorean is originally from Hampton Roads in Virginia, so her first love is the beach (we can't blame her for that!). She is a mother to the sweetest Yorkie you'll ever see - named Dolce - and has a passion for Astrology.

CUSTOMER SERVICE:

Shellie Walters
Customer Service Manager

Tiara Caldwell
Customer Service

Michelle Steen
Tradeshow Specialist / Customer Service 

Shellie’s favorite thing to do is spend time with her husband and family.  She is also a self-proclaimed HGTV addict :-)

Tiara enjoys watching lots of HGTV, which in return gives her really great decorating ideas of her own :-). In her free time, she loves going to different craft and home good stores to put together ideas to fully interior decorate her home. She truly believes this is her second calling! She also enjoys taking care of her husband! :-)

Michelle’s just a Carolina girl, living in a Virginia world who believes that everyone’s mission in life should be to be so busy living their lives that they have no time for hate, regret or fear.  Her personal mission in life is to inspire people to live their best lives and to be the best that they can be.

SALES:

Ed Oppenheimer
Sales Rep

Ed loves spending time with his two sons that are in college. He loves sports, both playing, and as a fan. He lived and died with the Nationals this year. As you can tell by his picture, he loves to eat ;-)

OFFICE ADMINISTRATION:

Debra Stewart
Staff Accountant

Wow - Debra has some sass!! Debra is continually voted "best dressed" in the office and enjoys reading and spending time with her family (especially her granddaughter) in her spare time.

Tommy Chau
Accounts Receivable Associate

Tommy is originally from Hong Kong and plays basketball every chance he gets. He also has the most impressive shoe collection of anyone in the office.

Benjamin Lynch
Accounting Assistant
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​Benjamin grew up in Alexandria Virginia playing lots of soccer. He is one of four brothers and his favorite food is anything that comes out of the Maine Avenue Fish Market! He loves to travel to different countries all over the world and go on adventures.

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INTERNATIONAL OPERATIONS:

John R. Henley
International Operations Manager

Even at a young age John wanted to be a musician. He attempted to play the saxophone, but with his Chiclet teeth it was difficult to get a good tone. So after winning a couple corn cob eating contests at the local Fair Grounds, he was able to buy his first guitar!

DOMESTIC OPERATIONS:

Diane Shutey
Domestic Operations Manager

Diane grew up on a farm with her identical twin sister, so she's used to working hard ALL the time. She said they didn't have many photos growing up, so we are lucky to have this one! 

John Morton
Domestic Operations

John is the youngest of 4 and his dad would line all 4 children up every quarter for haircuts. This is probably the only time he's ever had a bow tie on.

Randy Newman
Domestic Operations

Randy was born in New Jersey, but grew up in Pittsburgh. He loved playing baseball and was lucky enough to drive cross-country when he was 13!!

SALES:

Patrick Arena
VP of Sales

Thanks to being the youngest of six kids, Patrick's family was a typical Brady Bunch family. Three boys and three girls. He enjoyed sports and always was outside until dark.  

Christian Brown
Area Sales Manager

Don't they say 'an apple a day keeps
the doctor away??' Christian takes
that to heart ;-) 
His favorite animal is an armadillo and likes anything deep fried (who doesn't, right?). He DOESN'T like romantic comedies and enjoys quantum physics and the Anthrocon Convention. One of our most eclectic employees ;-)

Lisa Rucker
Account Executive

Meet Tippy everyone. No, Tippy was not Lisa's nickname, it was the name of her dress. Lisa named ALL of her dresses as a little girl - how cute is that?!?!