Meet the driving force behind DRIVE

DRIVE - a 100% women-owned and operated agency.
Drive is comprised of three life-long friends whose altruistic nature led them to create a business they believed in for all the RIGHT reasons — to genuinely help others by collectively sharing their experience and talents. The collaboration successfully formed a cohesive and all-encompassing alliance — shaping a media, marketing, and events agency, tailor-made for you. Each’s own areas of expertise come together seamlessly to help DRIVE your business or event to the next level.

Meet Alyssa. What DRIVE’s Alyssa?
FAMILY, GREAT WINE, ENTERTAINING
Favorite food? Crab legs
~A Solon, OH High School and University of Cincinnati graduate with a BS in Marketing, Alyssa has spent 25+ years in marketing, partnerships, branding, and client relations. Marketing blends her love for creativity, organization, and analytics. Seeing an idea come to fruition and attract a target audience is part of the excitement, and a rewarding aspect of her work. Inherently a people lover and relationship builder, the client engagement role is effortless.
Fun fact: Alyssa loves a good 5 a.m. spin class. Talk about motivation!

Meet Christine. What DRIVE’s Christine?
TRAVEL, FASHION, DESIGN, PIZZA
Favorite designer? Vivienne Westwood
~Christine graduated high school from Kenston High in Bainbridge, OH and received a BS from The Ohio State University in Fashion Merchandising. Christine enjoys seeing brands come to life by providing creative direction in efforts to develop an overarching strategy for print, digital, and traditional marketing. Combining email, web refresh, and social media, she is tenured in growing and preserving brands and is an effective storyteller. She thrives on the high energy of being on-set during a photoshoot but equally enjoys quietly building out the strategy for social media campaigns. She has traveled the globe extensively focusing on retail expansion for brands including Rebecca Minkoff, Jimmy Choo and Sheryl Lowe which has lent itself to organically forming client relationships for all business platforms.
Fun fact: Christine lived in New York City for over twenty years and misses the pizza immensely. So, if you have any local favorite pizza shop recommendations, please feel free to share them with her.

Meet Kristin. What DRIVE’s Kristin?
HUMOR, CREATIVITY, COMPETITION, COOKING
Favorite Movie? Sixteen Candles
~Kristin graduated from Kenston High School in Bainbridge, OH and went on to receive a BA in Psychology from The Ohio State University. After graduation, Kristin took a part time job with a catering company when living in San Francisco and caught the “events bug.” She is now a proven event planning and curation expert. Kristin works to host an event to fit the look and feel of what you want to promote, reveal, or celebrate. Kristin brings 25 years of sales and marketing experience, namely in culinary and events arenas to DRIVE. Her resume includes management positions with some of Cleveland’s most notable restaurants, catering, and events companies. She has been a part of planning and designing some of the largest fundraisers, galas, business launches, and promotional events in Cleveland, along with planning more personal engagements like weddings and anniversary parties. Kristin also acts as a consultant on various culinary and event venue business ventures. She brings wit and humor to her process — taking the stress out, and bringing the laughs in. Kristin’s motto: never take yourself too seriously.
Fun fact: In 2013, unbeknownst to Kristin at the time, she helped orchestrate a scene in the movie, Bad Grandpa with Johnny Knoxville. It’s a long story, lol.