Nate Johnson

Youth has its benefits. Prefrontal cortex development is usually not one of them. On the other hand, when you can get youth, talent and experience in one shot: bingo.

Nate Johnson specializes in research, writing, editing and media relations. He believes that if effective written communication is a dying art, it’s up to him to revive and leverage it to the maximum benefit of our clients, one project at a time.

Not too very old, Nate has been to college (played baseball there), got his law degree, served in the U.S. Naval Reserve, taught English as a second language in Honduras, worked as a grassroots organizer for nonprofits, and has done field work for various political campaigns. All that. It’s still early.

He lives in St. Paul, goes to lots of Twins games, and plays amateur ball for the Nordeast Bombers. Season tickets available upon request.

Marina Maric

Grrr. Europeans. So damn smart. They speak lots of languages, are pretty much born fashionable and have interesting, valuable perspectives on trends and social media.

Marina Maric seamlessly coordinates and manages relationships between traditional public relations and new technology for our clients. She is an accomplished public relations professional with experience that includes work with major media outlets as well as influential political blogs and online resources.

She left home (Bosnia and Herzegovina) at 25 to seek higher education in Minnesota, graduating from the College of St. Benedict in 2007. She lives in Minneapolis’ Warehouse District with her boyfriend Johnny and their tiny designer toys. Really.

BTW. Born in the country formerly know as Yugoslavia, she learned to shoot a Kalashnikov rifle before the age of 7. NBS.

Jing Zhang

Understated, relentless badass work ethic, four degrees, international business acumen – book smart, street smart, international trade smart.

Jing has an extensive background building connections and facilitating communication between U.S. and Chinese businesses, governments, and non-profit organizations. Fluent in Mandarin and English, she is helping drive Ainsley Shea clients’ moves into China and Chinese interests’ moves into the U.S.

Jing regularly travels between the U.S. and China to help foreign and domestic clients form businesses, identify strong investment opportunities, develop sound marketing strategies, and build brands. With a vast network of close connections in China, Jing is valuable to companies seeking expansion and development in the world’s second largest economy.

A deceptive strategic resource for the U.S., China, or anywhere else, the most recent of Jing’s many academic degrees is an MBA from the University of St. Thomas (MN).

Annamarie Saarinen

Soundly, quietly hell-bent on saving lives, saving tax dollars, saving trees and fostering relationships. Got health care, IT, medtech, biotech, environmental? Queue up.

She makes 20 years in local, national, international public affairs, communications, and policy look like 10; 40 is the new 30.

A self-proclaimed informatics nerd, Annamarie is all about the data. Measure away.

She serves on several state and federal workgroups, has provided testimony in support of critical healthcare, environmental, agriculture and education policies.

Search terms for more info: busy devoted mother of three, passionate about children, helped launch a national coalition to leverage health technology to improve outcomes and reduce disparities for newborns.