Executive Leadership

Scott’s genuine passion for elevating THE HARKEY GROUP agencies and the industry is reflected in his forward-thinking work and successful leadership.

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His experience in media, analytics, and traditional and digital marketing has helped him spearhead integration initiatives for international brands across a mix of verticals, including CPG, luxury hospitality, education, gaming, entertainment, and technology. Scott’s understanding of CMO, brand, and marketing trends is rooted in deep knowledge of the industry. And his velocity, passion, and problem-solving position him as an indispensable partner who delivers profitable business outcomes.

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Scott is also a proud member of the Forbes Agency Council and 4A’s Business Council, and has been a national speaker for ANA, Media Post, Media Life Magazine, Digital Marketer, and more.

With more than 20 years in marketing, branding, and public relations, Meagan has extensive experience with the development and implementation of marketing strategies in a variety of industries.

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In her current role at O.H. Partners, Meagan oversees the agency’s organizational health, attracting top brand partners and the best-in-class talent.

David has been a financial partner in many pioneering highly creative and strategic private or PE-backed ad agencies, branding and design firms for 30 years. He has guided many companies through the critical transition from a “founder-driven” culture to mature enterprises focusing on earnings protection, margin discipline and long-term enterprise value.

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In his current role at OH, David manages and guides our finance, accounting and HR teams in supporting our creative-focused and innovation-minded culture. Balancing the agency’s desire for award-winning work and ad campaigns that drive client performance, David’s sole purpose is to ensure the agency’s business foundation drives these efforts.

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Since 2016, David and his consulting team have been providing CFO guidance to founders and CEOs across a wide range of middle-market service companies spanning marketing, tech, branding, real estate, commercial and experiential production education, and more.

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In 2011, David led the sale of Concentric, a NYC-based pharma agency, to the public company, MDC Partners. Over the next six years, he supported the founders in diversifying the client base, expanding the healthcare groups’ revenue, driving improved earnings performance, and increasing the agency’s enterprise value within the portfolio.

David stays active with his family from his home base in Bergen County, N.J. He enjoys the challenge of a tough golf course, catching a wave in Montauk or a hike in the mountains of Montenegro.

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With a keen ability to create compelling and results-oriented programming, Todd provides innovative and integrated solutions for clients. Todd’s expertise in agency operations, paired with his in-house experience, allows him to bridge the gap between client needs and agency efforts. This, along with the ability to pull right-fit resources from multiple organizational agencies, positions Todd as a client ally and advisor. 

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Todd brings a holistic and evolving point of view of the marketing landscape, as well as over 20 years of marketing and communications experience in thought leadership, strategic communications, brand marketing, and content strategy. His award-winning work in multiple industries has been recognized by Sabres, Webby’s, AdAge, PR Week, Drum, Effies, Provoke, PR Daily, HSMAI, Travel Weekly, PRSA, and AAPC.

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Most recently, Todd led the integrated marketing team at Allison+Partners, where he led successful programs for global accounts pioneering new offerings for the agency. Prior to that, he was the director of brand marketing for Best Western Hotels & Resorts.

In a career that has spanned more than 35 years, John has led some of the most recognizable and successful marketing campaigns in the hospitality world. Beginning in New York City, his passion for marketing took him to Las Vegas and a transformative opportunity to work alongside gaming and resort visionary Steve Wynn. For 15 years, he led the efforts behind the memorable campaigns and brand launches for the iconic Mirage, Treasure Island, and Bellagio hotels.

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In 1999, SK+G was formed with the idea of creating a world-class lifestyle marketing firm. For nearly 20 years, the firm crafted and shaped some of the world's premier hospitality and restaurant brands, including Borgata Hotel Casino & Spa (Atlantic City), Montage Hotels & Resorts, CityCenter Las Vegas, Wolfgang Puck Fine Dining Group, Aria Resort & Casino, Galaxy Macau (China), Baha Mar (The Bahamas), The Grand Del Mar (San Diego), Planet Hollywood, and Virgin Hotels.

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In January 2019, John and his award-winning team joined THE HARKEY GROUP to form one of the dominant independent holding companies in the Southwest. In 2023, continuing to lead the way in travel, hospitality and lifestyle marketing, MONOGRAM was formed as a specialty agency within the group focusing exclusively on this burgeoning category.

On paper, Brandon Barnard is the President at Matter Films in Phoenix, Arizona. In practice, he is a creative in pursuit of new ways to move audiences through visual storytelling.

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Brandon has built an experienced team at Matter Films that has worked to rethink, rebuild, and streamline the process of script-to-screen production for clients of all shapes and sizes. He began his career as a freelancer, providing a solid base of experience in all forms of commercial video production. With that raw start, Brandon, along with his entire team, are hands-on with their work.