Meet the Buckland Team
Dave Buckland
Founder & CEO
Rachel Bulla
VP Client Partnerships
Cara Mezitt
Creative Services Director
Kimberly Yount
Account Director
Tyler Kasupski
Manager, Advertising
Kierston Allen
Account Manager
Michael Balzano
UX Designer
Alex Buskey
Graphic Designer
Brianne Kline
Digital Marketing Specialist
Imanni Guerrero
Copywriter
Mathiew “Maty” Medeiros
Sr. Digital Strategist
Ashley Braham
Director of Partnerships & Strategy
Donnie Ager
Global Digital Marketing Consultant, Ben & Jerry’s
Dave Buckland
Founder & CEO
Dave founded Buckland Co. in 2008 to provide guidance and direction as a trusted advisor and subject matter expert to businesses and entrepreneurs. For Dave, digital marketing is all about joy and creation. Since he was a little kid, he’s loved making things as awesome as possible. From the team and the clients, to the technology and the company commitment to being awesome, Buckland Co. is an amalgamation of all things that make him happy.
Before launching his consulting firm, Dave spent ten years at Burton Snowboards, where he advanced from an intern to director role within five years. Additionally, Dave spent seven years as COO at ZQuiet, where he oversaw the vision, strategy, and execution for all facets of operations, marketing, and customer service. Since then, he’s provided a single point of contact and a team with talents and qualifications to align with the unique needs of a variety of clients.
Dave believes he has a responsibility to make the world a place in which his children and grandchildren can flourish. As a committed 1% for the Planet member, Dave believes in doing business that extends beyond profit—and is proud to be an active player in solving the most pressing environmental issues of our time.
Rachel Bulla
VP Client Partnerships
Rachel is enthusiastic about growing companies and loves when business owners are impacted in meaningful ways. In fact, she’d love to teach a class for small business owners on supplementing brick and mortar store revenue with ecommerce.
Before Buckland Co., Rachel cut her teeth at companies like Capitol Records, SiriusXM, Burton Snowboards, Dealer.com, and Cox Automotive. From growth and e-commerce strategy, to sales funnel optimization and business development, she enjoys breaking complicated or overwhelming strategies into digestible tasks that contribute to success.
Rachel appreciates the flexibility and personal growth opportunities that Buckland Co. provides, and is grateful for the opportunity to focus on self-betterment and personal reflection. A self-professed connector of people, she enjoys introducing individuals and businesses that might not have otherwise crossed paths.
Cara Mezitt
Creative Services Director
Cara has seen it all: from production management at Burton Snowboards, to account management at Select Design, to graphic design for Keurig. In fact, she’ll proudly respond to a smattering of titles, whether it’s print nerd, working mother, entrepreneur, or, simply, graphic designer.
Cara’s day has many stages, parts, and responsibilities. Being part of Buckland Co. team not only allows her to feel fulfilled—it provides her the time to pursue her passions. She’s thankful to work for a company that truly supports balance and listens to the needs of its team members.
Cara is passionate about eliminating single use plastic from our lives. She believes that “getting out of your own way” is a productive, healthy exercise—and one that can bring great joy.
Kimberly Yount
Account Director
Kimberly loves helping clients grow their brand. Working for Buckland Co. allows her to interact with clients in different capacities, and her experiences in account and project management, social media strategy, and content creation have given her the tools to tackle new challenges.
From managing sales and buying products for Amoeba Records, to starting her own booking company, Kimberly got her start in the music industry. She still carries a strong entrepreneurial spirit; as a side hustle, she owns and curates an e-commerce pop culture accessory brand.
Kimberly strongly believes in and supports organizations like Planned Parenthood and Flint Water Crisis, and is a volunteer for the French Bulldog Rescue Network. And she was once on a MTV dating show.
Tyler Kasupski
Manager, Advertising
Tyler’s passion has always been marketing and advertising. While he manages the advertising team at Buckland Co., he’s heavily involved in day-to-day campaign management and optimization for various clients. From SEO and SEM, to talent development and client retention, Tyler balances people skills with an analytical mind.
Tyler loves his job because it’s extremely challenging. Each business has different hurdles, and learning and understanding their needs is rewarding. Because the digital space is ever-changing, Tyler is always learning and adapting. He also has the pleasure of working with the smartest people he knows—which makes things a little easier.
Before his time at Buckland Co., Tyler spent ten years working in several capacities for Dealer.com. His passion for cars extends beyond his professional experience, however; if he could, he’d teach a class on maintaining vintage BMW's.
Kierston Allen
Account Manager
Kierston proudly considers herself the Swiss Army knife of the West Coast hub. Drawing on her experiences at Dealer.com, Banfield Pet Hospital and Reynolds & Reynolds, she delivers a broad range of services, including social media management, email marketing, e-commerce support, and digital advertising to a variety of clients.
A driven, multi-dimensional leader, Kierston is dedicated to fostering a productive workplace culture of camaraderie, trust, creativity, and well-being. She appreciates the flexibility that comes with working at Buckland Co. and loves being able to learn and develop new skills. She’s also happy to be reunited with some all-stars from her previous workplace.
Michael Balzano
UX Designer
Michael has been creating things as long as he can remember. A designer by trade, Michael
has served in multiple roles
—
including illustrator and creative director
—
across the CPG
industry and the agency and magazine realms. And he’s worked for companies like Rolling
Stone, GQ, Gourmet, EatingWell, and Keurig Green Mountain.
Michael considers himself both a creative problem solver and an unapologetic design dork. He
likes to remind people that technology is just another tool and believes in the fundamentals
of
design that may otherwise get overlooked in our time of rapid development.
Ultimately, Michael loves to turn things upside down and inside out to approach problems from
new angles. As a nature lover, he supports a wide range of causes centered around
protecting
animals and the environment.
Alex Buskey
Graphic Designer
Alex loves working with a variety of different brands daily. He thinks it’s fascinating to see how each one addresses the same problem and dissect the successes and failures. Alex loves his job because he loves to be busy and productive. His background in real estate marketing, and his work on Keurig Green Mountain and ZQuiet have enabled him to develop project management, production artist, and graphic design expertise.
For Alex, building out brand refresh artwork builds mental fitness—and looking for ways to shave off inefficiencies is addictive. Alex is a firm believer in writing things down on paper, as it aids memory, promotes focus, and calms anxiety. While there are a lot of fantastic record-keeping apps out there, none of them have this effect.
For many years, Alex and his family have opened their home to high school exchange students from countries like China, Japan, Thailand, and Bhutan through Green Across the World, an environmental and cultural exchange program. The program has been beneficial to his family and the students involved, both culturally and through their environmental science curriculum, and is a great way to gain insight on our environmental impact.
Brianne Kline
Digital Marketing Specialist
Brianne is a digital marketing specialist whose responsibilities
revolve around social media
strategy and email creation. On any given day, she can be found interacting with Instagram
accounts, monitoring digital ads for clients, and designing creative for a variety of brands.
Photoshop and Canva are her tools of choice and make her days that much easier.
Brianne is driven by creativity and connection, which she channels daily to help grow brands.
She enjoys contributing to digital campaigns that propel the success of her clients. Specifically,
she loves designing creative based on client’s unique characteristics.
Working for Buckland Co. offers Brianne the opportunity to create genuine connections with
coworkers and clients. She’s grateful to work with a diverse team who share different
perspectives and empower her
to grow professionally. Her advice is simple, yet effective: Work
hard and be nice.
Imanni Guerrero
Copywriter
Imanni’s love for writing runs deep. She has a BA in Screenwriting from Chapman University
and uses it everyday in her work with clients. With formal training in writing
for different
characters and voices, she’s able to dive deep into a brand’s tone and translate it across copy.
Imanni sees marketing and advertising as an opportunity to tell a client’s story. She feels most
accomplished when she’s able to grasp a brand’s identity and evoke it across multiple
platforms—whether that means blogs, social media, or emails. Collaborating with the rest of the
Buckland Co. team to achieve that is one of her favorite parts of her job.
In addition to her love for movies and screenwriting, Imanni is passionate about martial arts and
is a blue belt in jiu jitsu. When not working, you can find her rolling on the mat or talking about
jiu-jitsu submissions.
Mathiew “Maty” Medeiros
Sr. Digital Strategist
Maty is passionate about helping brands who strive to improve the quality of one’s well-being. So, it only makes sense that he loves to work at Buckland Co., where he gets to create insight-driven marketing strategies for clients whose values align with his.
Before his time with Buckland Co., Maty oversaw brand marketing for Narragansett Brewing Company and worked on the agency side in an analytics role. Whether it’s branding, content production, or strategy, he is drawn to creative work that is both rewarding and impactful.
Maty teaches an online digital marketing course at the University of Vermont Business of Craft Beer, where he helps students launch and grow their breweries. When not trying to improve our planet, Maty enjoys surfing, snowboarding, cycling, and playing music. In fact, he once auditioned to play guitar for Limp Bizkit (he didn’t make the cut).
Ashley Braham
Director of Partnerships & Strategy
Ashley has the overarching goal of constantly helping improve her client's businesses. Ashley built her career in the fashion and beauty space in New York City, working for companies like Polyvore, VOGUE, Conde Nast, Hearst.com, and Yahoo. She moved to Los Angeles in 2016 to work for Tumblr, and currently serves as the West Coast director of strategy at Buckland Co.
From account management, to sales, to brand strategy, her career has been driven by building relationships. Every day is different and no two clients are alike. Ashley loves her job because she gets to listen, ask questions, and present solutions.
As a former Penn Stater, Ashley holds THON—a student-run philanthropy organization committed to childhood cancer—near to her heart. A travel fanatic who has lived abroad, Ashley loves putting together crazy adventures and sharing them with family and friends. So much so that she considers herself somewhat of a personal travel agent.
Donnie Ager
Global Digital Marketing Consultant, Ben & Jerry’s
Donnie Ager is a global digital marketing consultant at Ben & Jerry's. With a focus on
comprehensive integrated marketing design and execution,
his background includes SEO,
SEM, programmatic display, social media marketing, email marketing, and analytics. He’s
previously worked at MyWebGrocer, Vermont Teddy Bear, and Commando, and on brands
such as Kellogg's, General Mills, Keurig Green Mountain,
Vermont Teddy Bear, and
Pajamagram.
Donnie loves testing ways to incorporate data into digital marketing. Currently, he works with
more than 30 countries to determine which strategies work best for Ben & Jerry's based on a
trove of quantitative and qualitative data analysis. This demands constant learning and creative
problem solving. And he wouldn't have it any other way.
Although Donnie is a fitness fiend, he won’t say no to baked goods
—
especially Danish Kringle.
His business advice? If the client doesn't like what you're saying, change the conversation.