Our Team

Since 1975, the team at Art + Business ONE (A+B1) have served clients ranging from early-stage entrepreneurs to Fortune 500 corporations. Our experience in brand development runs the gamut from worldwide players to respected local and national enterprises.

We believe in the power of big ideas. We also believe in the authority of a disciplined, systematic approach. Our long-time clients recognize our expertise in converging artful thinking with systematic business strategies.

When you meet us, you will be impressed with our diversity of expertise. When you work with us, you will experience our singular focus on your business goals.

Lance Jackson

President / Strategic Brand Director

Pat Jenni

Senior Vice President / Resource Director

Cindy Milnick

Vice President / Creative Director

Ethan Demby

Director of Integration

Bryan Davis

Brand Internet Director

Marc McClure

Brand Manager

Jessica Davis

Brand Design Director

we are
strategists,
artists,
designers,
writers
and technologists

Lance Jackson

President / Strategic Brand Director

For Lance, achieving that delicate balance between the rational and the abstract has been a lifelong pursuit with a career that spans over 40 years. Lance has created brand strategies for a bevy of blue chip brands. He founded his firm in 1975 and immediately began designing corporate identities, sales collateral and advertising programs. Within a few years, his firm was pioneering the idea of integrated marketing communications. Today, he guides brand building strategies that are artfully rendered and focused on his clients’ business objectives.

Career highlight(s): Starting my design firm in 1975 upon graduation from design school. I knew if I could cover the overhead of my office rent and have enough left over for new markers and sketch pads everything would be fine…and it has been fine for 45 years.
Best travel experience(s): Italy, Italy Italy. The history, the art, the people and the food – WOW!
Favorite food/restaurant: Sushi – anywhere.
Where are you from/born: I am a native of Colorado – third generation.
Favorite movie: Bird Cage. It is a family favorite and we laugh at the same scenes even though we’ve seen it dozens of time.
Music choice: Neil Young, Leonard Cohen and Willy Nelson
Favorite time period: I defined myself via the late 60’s and early 70’s. Politics, protest and defining philosophies. It was the best of times.
Favorite artist(s): Kandinsky, Picasso and Monet
Morning ritual: Walk my dog – who reminds me daily what it means to be in the moment.
Morning hot drink: Espresso.
Go-to Happy Hour cocktail: Dewars scotch. My then future father-in-law introduced it to me 48 years ago when he found out his daughter was about to marry an art major…he needed a stiff drink.
Typical weekend adventure: Our weekends are occupied with the typical “to-dos” and, whenever possible, spending time with our grandson Bob.
Favorite Sports Team: Growing up and living in Denver my entire life it’s of course the Broncos – through thick and thin.

Pat Jenni

Senior Vice President / Resource Director

Patricia offers more than 28 years of professional experience in advertising and marketing communications. Her industry experience spans real estate, community development, professional services, retailing, health care and technology. Patricia manages many aspects of the client relationship including collaborative processes and asset management – enhancing client access, confidence, control and overall productivity and accountability.

Career highlight(s): Owner of several businesses and working with Lance Jackson since 1987
Hobbies: Reading, 4-wheeling, soap making, collectible car shows
Best travel experience(s): Holidays on Captiva with family
Bucket list item(s): Visit Hawaii, Australia, New Zealand, tour USA
Favorite food/restaurant: Mexican and Italian
Accomplishment: Successful businesses, MBA Marketing/Biz admin, raising a family and enjoying grandkids
Organizations you support: Adoption Options, Bayaud Enterprises, Post Polio/Easterseals
Where are you from/born: Denver, CO native (3rd generation)
Favorite neighborhood: Wash Park
Favorite movie: Dr. Zhivago
Music choice: Classic Rock and Roll
Favorite artist(s): Lance Jackson
Favorite time period: Today
Morning ritual: At the dog park in Cherry Creek with the sunrise
Morning hot drink: Java
Go-to Happy Hour cocktail: Red Wine
Go-to exercise: Walking

Cindy Milnick

Vice President / Creative Director

Cindy has assembled an impressive and award-winning career portfolio that spans over 20 years of brand development for architecture and planning, real estate, business-to-business, consumer goods and high technology. Her passion for design is expressed with intelligence and sensitivity to your brand and to your business objectives. From beginning to end, she checks her creative against business strategy and exudes absolute professionalism, consistency, and integrity.

Career highlight(s): Won $500 for Women’s Day magazine Earth Day poster contest at age 3 (used to buy first bike)
Hobbies: Bicycling on dirt
Best travel experience(s): Moab, Moab, Moab
Bucket list item(s): Visit every National Park, live in a van
Organizations you support: Denver Dumb Friends League
Where are you from/born: Milwaukee
Music choice: The Avett Brothers
Favorite artist(s): Keith Haring
Favorite Designers: Massimo Vignelli, Paul Rand

Ethan Demby

Director of Integration

Ethan’s passion for a holistic convergence of social business and artful strategies propels innovative thinking for conceptualizing new opportunities for your brand. His experience in managing successful growth of brand presence and creating efficient processes for internal and external communication, coupled with his interest in psychology, contribute to Ethan’s effective communicative strategies and methodical process programming

Hobbies: Snowboarding and jogging
Best travel experience(s): Heliskiing in New Zealand
Bucket list item(s): Skydiving in Israel
Favorite food/restaurant: Uchi Sushi in RiNo
Accomplishment: Being a father
Organizations you support: Restorative Justice Education, Denver Health, Anti-Defamation League
Where are you from/born: Denver Native
Favorite neighborhood: Montclair (my neighborhood)
Favorite movie: Big Lebowski (a family favorite)
Music choice: R&B
Favorite artist(s): Lee Ufan
Favorite time period: The ’80s
Favorite architecture style / Favored architect: Mid-Century Modern
Morning ritual: Making smoothies with my daughter (lots of turmeric)
Morning hot drink: Cortado with oat milk
Go-to Happy Hour cocktail: Old Fashioned with Buffalo Trace
Typical weekend adventure: Snowshoeing with my girls
Go-to exercise: Pilates and Running

Bryan Davis

Brand Internet Director

Bryan has successfully bridged the gap between designer and developer. As a perpetual student of design and web development, Bryan has honed his skills in a variety of industries including sports programming graphics, for which he won a Heartland Emmy Award two years in a row. Bryan’s strong background and passion for design and technology has lead to an impressive portfolio of his varied skills.

Career highlight(s): Walking into Tattered Cover and purchasing “Teach Yourself HTML in 7 Days”. That book kicked off my obsession with web development and my career.
Best travel experience(s): Spending two weeks in Costa Rica to celebrate my son and niece graduating from high school. It was the trip of a lifetime.
Favorite food/restaurant: Sushi Den
Where are you from/born: I am a Colorado native, but grew up in the Pacific Northwest. I jumped at the chance to move back to Colorado after graduating high school.
Favorite movie: Rounders. The cast of actors is fantastic, and John Malkovich steals the show.
Favorite book: Ready Player One. If you enjoyed the movie, definitely read the book.
Music choice: I have a very eclectic taste in music, just depends on the mood. Never country though. 🙂
Favorite time period: I love the 80s. Explains why Stranger Things and The Goldbergs are two of my favorite TV Shows.
Morning ritual: I walk my dogs every morning before work. Spending some time outdoors before the sun comes up gets my day going.
Morning hot drink: Coffee is a must-have for me. As Hopper says “Mornings are for coffee and contemplation.”
Go-to Happy Hour cocktail: Nothing better than a Mai Tai in the middle of a Colorado winter.
Typical weekend adventure: Our weekends are usually spent at the hockey rink with the boys. I wouldn’t trade it for the world.
Favorite Sports Team: Seattle Seahawks…sorry Broncos fans.

Marc McClure

Brand Manager

Marc’s background in design empowers his focus on managing brand deployment. His concentration in digital communication is commonplace in his support of design and production efforts for digital brand presence. Marc’s experience with Art + Business ONE and LJ Studio 209 has given him a unique perspective in the development and production of brand related communications.

Career highlight(s): Becoming a Partner at the beginning of 2019
Best travel experience(s): Making handmade pasta on a Tuscan hillside in Florence
Bucket list item(s): Travel to all seven continents
Favorite food/restaurant: Izakaya Den
Favorite movie: Tropic Thunder
Music choice: Deathcore, Rap, Progressive Metal
Favorite artist(s): Salvador Dali & Ct Nelson
Go-to Happy Hour cocktail: Macallan 12 on a big rock
Go-to exercise: Weightlifting

Jessica Davis

Brand Design Director

Jessica has more than a decade of experience working in the creative space, and contributes added expertise in marketing strategy and implementation for the homebuilding industry. A skilled graphic designer, she provides visual direction for brand design and collaborates to develop dynamic print, electronic and environmental applications as elements in clients’ holistic brand programs.

Hobbies: Music, Arts, Travel, Running, Cycling, Swimming, Tennis, Hiking and Skiing
Best travel experience(s): Visiting Morocco with my Grandmother, who grew up in Casablanca & Off-shore Sailing from East Coast to Carribbean
Bucket list item(s): So many…here’s a few…complete an Ironman, African Safari, Gorilla Trek, Cappadocia, Turkey, Sail the Mediterranean, Swim with Pink Dolphins in the Amazon, Volcano Trek in Indonesia, Learn French and Spanish, Own Vacation Home in La Jolla
Favorite food/restaurant: LeRoux, Brasserie Ten Ten, Satchels, Sushi Den, Juniper
Accomplishment: Vineman, 5 Marathons, including Boston, Triple Bypass (x2)
Organizations you support: Food for Thought, HomeAid, Home Builders Foundation
Where are you from/born: Denver Native
Favorite neighborhood: Cherry Hills, for the land, country feel and beautiful architecture. La Jolla, for when I retire.
Favorite movie: Pretty Woman
Music choice: Electronic
Favorite artist(s): Henry Moore’s Monumental Sculptures, Andy Goldsworthy’s Outdoor Exploration, M.C. Escher Metamorphosis
Favorite architecture style / Favored architect: Frank Lloyd Wright, Gaudi, Frank Gehry
Morning drink: Iced Vanilla Soy Latte
Go-to Happy Hour cocktail: Aperol Spritz
Go-to exercise: Anything outdoors

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