Marc Lefebvre

Marc’s our fearless leader, and the “L” in “DLA”. Though he stands at a mere 5’7”, his creative genius makes up for his shortage in stature. He’s the man behind the curtain of the agency, but with a lot more power than the guy in that Wizard of Oz movie. Marc provides the creative direction for all our accounts, and coordinates project management between the designers, software architects and suppliers. He also uses words most of us don’t understand, but it doesn’t matter as long as the websites and mobile apps work like they’re supposed to (which they do).

With more than 20 years of creative, multimedia and print experience, Marc has worked with some of the biggies: Caterpillar, Allstate, and American Express Financial Advisors. Around town, he’s been the go-to guy for the folks at Heritage Bank of Central Illinois, Peoria Park District, Peoria Surgical Group, The Catholic Diocese of Peoria and The Children's Home. Now producing and marketing Mobile Apps on a world-wide basis, Marc is also the go-to guy of appitudez. He’s the epitome of a perfectionist, and a snappy dresser as well.

Michelle Lefebvre

Michelle is a firecracker in heels — size 4 heels, that is — and the “other half” of the DLA partnership. With more than 20 years of communications experience, Michelle has served as Marketing Director for MassMutual’s Central Illinois Agency, Editorial Director for an international marketing firm and Deputy Communications Director for a U.S. Senate campaign.

Fueled by Mountain Dew, Michelle runs a tight ship at DLA and appitudez — managing the employees, directing the agency’s marketing and growth strategies, and integrating their communications plans. She’s big on branding (as everyone should be) and puts the power of marketing to work for the fast-growing Mobile App industry. See what's happening with the latest launch at www.facebook.com/heartstringsmobile To ensure that your Mobile App marketing goals are achieved, she puts her nose to the grindstone, her ear to the wall and eyes on new opportunities. Put those features all together and you have more than just another pretty face in great shoes.

Gayle Siems

Gayle loves numbers. She lives for them. She eats them for breakfast. Actually, she eats oatmeal for breakfast, but you get the idea. After earning her BS in Accounting from Bradley University — GO BRAVES! — she married Brian, her high school sweetheart (everybody say “AAAWWWWWW!!!”). They are the proud parents of two daughters — Taylor and Natalie, and a “hairy little son”, a miniature dachshund named Tucker.

Gayle’s the queen of quarterly reports, a virtuoso of valuation and an all-around awesome accountant. When her fingers aren’t burning up a 10-key, Gayle can be found outside — hiking, fishing and camping. Her number one vacation was trekking to the bottom of the Grand Canyon with her family. Whether she’s hiking the hills or plowing through payroll, she’s number one in our book!

Paula Schulzki

Paula’s a lifer. She’s been with DLA since the beginning, even though she’s now living in the Big Apple working as an art director at advertising giant Saatchi & Saatchi Healthcare Advertising. (We like to throw out that we swim with the big fish.) She’s currently the art director on the Nexium account, for all you acid reflux fans.

A talented designer, Paula has worked on accounts for Caterpillar Investment Management, Caterpillar Training Institute, ChoicePoint Precision Marketing and Heritage Bank of Central Illinois. She’s a trouper who pitches in on key DLA accounts when we get swamped. (Thanks, Paula!)

Spencer

The newest team member springs into action each morning, always excited to come to work. Spencer has completed training in Sit, Stay and Snuggle – but hopes to achieve advanced education in “Fetch that paper from the printer.”

Responsible for maintaining a positive work environment, Spencer spends a short time each day greeting staff, delivery people and clients before fulfilling his other main duty of sleeping quietly.

Prior to joining DLA, he spent three weeks at Foster Pet Outreach after being found lost and lonely. We are pleased to welcome this rescue beagle to DLA Creative!