Sarah Frye

CEO, Communication & Marketing Specialist

Sarah Frye is an accomplished entrepreneur and public relations specialist. She also wears many additional hats as a writer, editor, networker, and as a business strategist/consultant. As owner of SF Consulting Services, LLC., she has succeeded in helping her clients reach their goals through national awards, media attention, and brand awareness. Frye works with clients from varying industries ranging from large public companies to small startups. She has experience working in leadership development, HR, e-commerce, energy, music, agriculture, legal, financial and professional services, and with franchises and more.

Her networking skills have been vital to the expansion of the many companies she has worked with. Some of her close connections include local chambers of commerce, youth initiative programs, nonprofits, entrepreneurial development organizations, and the media — all valuable contacts when aiming for business growth. These skills also pour over into her ability to skillfully generate positive publicity for her clients. Some notable media outlets she has utilized to help spread her client’s messages to millions across the globe include ABC World News, The Washington Post, NBC’s Today Show, Franchising Today, Forbes, Entrepreneur, and more.

As a writer and designer she has experience managing corporate communication including web content, media kits, newsletters, press releases, and other marketing materials. Her ability to understand a business is reflected through her compelling editorial pieces that demonstrate the efficiency needed to communicate important messages. Frye stays up to date with digital trends and effectively distributes quality content for clients via SEO and social media including through blogging, Instagram, Twitter, Facebook, and LinkedIn.

Frye understands the inner workings of a business and knows what it takes to get noticed. As a consultant, she offers personalized attention, business strategy, and rapid customer service and uses her network of experts to promote companies to the best of her ability.

In addition to owning her own business, Frye is currently the senior director of national accounts for The ExCo Group, a group of former Fortune 500 CEOs and global business leaders whose purpose is to help boards, executives, and teams unlock their full leadership potential and deliver high-impact performance for their enterprises. In this role, she oversees the firm’s C-suite mentoring operations globally. She is also on the Executive Council of the award-winning nonprofit, Bpeace and is an advisory board member for IncubateX_NFT, Shorline Ventures, and Entrepreneuron.

Frye has a bachelor’s degree in journalism from San Diego State and resides just outside of Chicago with her husband Mark and three-year-old daughter Lelia.

Ann Consuelo

Account Coordinator

Ann Consuelo is a virtual assistant with a passion for facilitating seamless operations and providing exceptional support. With a background in appointment setting, calendar management, and social media management, Ann excels in optimizing productivity and enhancing brand presence.

With a diverse skill set ranging from customer service to sales representation, Ann brings a unique perspective to the table. Her commitment to delivering outstanding results stems from her dedication to exceeding expectations and driving success.

Outside of work, Ann enjoys spending time with her family, exploring new hobbies, and staying active.

Ann is based in Cavite, Philippines and works remotely.

Jason Jannati

Strategic Partner, Consultant

Jason Jannati is a strategic partner to Sarah Frye and highly sought after consultant by entrepreneurs across the globe. Jannati is an inspirational speaker and a well known leader in sustainable community development, entrepreneurship, and business acquisition.

He has extensive experience in social entrepreneurship and is passionate about building companies centered around helping people and planet. As a champion for job creation, Jannati has been recognized at the Obama White House for his contributions to the nation’s economy.

Alicja Cooper

Account Coordinator, Chicago Marketing and Account Management

With more than nine years of experience in the consulting and retail industries, Alicja Cooper is a strategic account coordinator who focuses on customer engagement and retention, marketing content creation, and project management. Born and raised in Poland, she is passionate about helping clients achieve their goals and growing their businesses and stays up-to-date on industry trends and the latest technology.

In her role as a strategic account coordinator, she is responsible for prospecting new business, building and maintaining client relationships, facilitating client meetings, and coordinating the design and implementation of comprehensive marketing plans and deliverables. She also collaborates with external partners to gain an understanding of emerging technologies and how they can benefit client’s needs and objectives. She excels at organizational, time, and budget management to ensure all projects are completed on time, within scope, and with high quality. Additionally, she assists the CEO with various administrative tasks as well as with the recruitment and hiring of project managers.

Gabe Bustos

Entrepreneurship, Website Creation, Digital Marketing Strategy

Gabe Bustos believes in the power of entrepreneurship to create a more thriving, interesting, and abundant world. As marketing production director at Entrepreneuron, Gabe excels at bringing digital marketing strategy to life by producing SEO-powered websites and content marketing that attract and nurture leads for mission-driven start ups.

With a passion for music, Gabe has led many cross-functional teams in his progressional career. He has done an array of activity ranging from producing three studio albums and three national tours for his musical band, creating a hands-on environmental education programs for more than 40,000 school-age students across the state of Maryland, and created 20+ hours of interactive online financial literacy programs for 4,000 learners nationwide. In addition, he has designs custom digital marketing campaigns and strategy for start ups that gross up to $4M in annual combined revenue.

Brené Brown, Paul McCartney, and the writers at Pixar are some of his heroes. If you’d like help reaching more people online and converting that traffic into greater profit and impact for your organization, Gabe is the person to know.

Thomas Jacobs

Search Engine Marketing, Chicago SEO

Thomas Jacobs is senior member of the digital marketing community. Beginning work in the industry in mid 2011, he has learned multiple disciplines in recent years including SEO, paid search, paid social, programmatic, native, and other ad hoc projects. He strives to create a custom marketing mix to align with the goals of each client.

Tom and Sarah partnered up while working on a legal client in 2012. Sarah was writing, publishing, and promoting blogs, articles, and press releases while Tom recommended keywords, optimized the meta data, and helped build visibility of the website. Their strengths have complemented each other and their partnership has continued to grow through the years.

Working across a high number of industries, Jacobs has continually hit goals, KPIs, and lead generation numbers for clients. Whether it is through increases in organic traffic through rankings, increases in the search engine results pages, or running paid social lead generation campaigns, clients have given a 100% would recommend rating.

Yana Naga

Freelance Design, Chicago Graphic Design

Yana Naga is a freelance graphic designer, creating identities and branding. She is the owner of Aria Creative, a Chicago based creative studio offering professional design and print solutions. Established in 2005, Aria Creative specializes in graphic design services, design consulting, print production, restaurant graphics, billboard design, ad design, email design, websites, printing, and more. 

Naga has covered a great range of projects for online ad outlets and has an extensive knowledge of print production processes.

She has provided design, print, and online services for industries ranging from foundations and educational organizations, to corporate financial services, real estate development and construction, restaurants, high-end B2B, retail, and more. Some notable clients include Hillary Clinton campaign, Giordanos, ROTI, SunChemical, Gene & Georgetti, and Allegra Marketing to name a few.

Naga has participated in international competitions and has received awards for several designs. She holds a bachelor’s degree in fine arts from Indiana University and has more than 15 years of experience in the field. She is fluent in English, Russian, and Armenian.

Bob Spoerl

Marketing, Chicago PR

Bob Spoerl has a knack for getting clients in the news and a passion for helping the underdog win. He has helped clients land coverage on/in the Wall Street Journal, New York Times, CNBC, CNN Money, the Associated Press, Fox Business, and the Chicago Tribune to name a few. 

His professional background is focused on B2B and franchise clients working in a variety of sectors: from tech startups, to healthcare, to restaurants, and retail concepts. 

Spoerl is a marketer with a background in journalism, which not only helps him gain earned media for clients, but also makes him an asset in the shared and owned media spaces.  

He holds degrees in journalism from Northwestern University and English and philosophy from Loyola University Chicago. When he is not busy turning clients into sources, he is with his family, running, or playing guitar. Maybe even all at once.