leadership
What makes us different is how we work together. Through a team of experienced professionals with prior senior-level public relations experience, we are able to provide the necessary talent to deliver winning public relations campaigns.
Aly Saxe, Managing Partner and Founder
With over ten years' experience in the mass communication industry, Aly has created award winning PR campaigns and helped clients start and grow successful businesses. Aly started her career as a broadcast journalist, working as a writer and producer at KVOA in Tucson, then KTVK in Phoenix. After working as a spokesperson for the Arizona Department of Transportation, Aly moved into the PR agency world where she focused on technology, BtoB services and consumer public relations on a national scale. Her clients are regularly featured in top industry press including USA Today, Forbes and BusinessWeek.
Aly earned a Bachelors degree in Media Art and Communication from the University of Arizona and a Master's degree in Journalism and Mass Communication from the prestigious Walter Cronkite School of Journalism at Arizona State University.
Aly lives in Phoenix with her husband Matt and her Boxer Macie. She enjoys running and volunteering with animal welfare organizations.
Julia Francis, Managing Partner
Julia has over fifteen years of diverse experience in marketing, communications and public relations, beginning her career in healthcare marketing, working at companies including Columbia HCA, HealthSouth and Lifecare Management. She then transitioned to high tech, serving as a Marketing Manager at iGo, Inc. and upon iGo's acquisition by Mobility Electronics (NASDAQ: IGOI), subsequently as Director and then Vice President of Marketing, where she created and managed the brand images for their award-winning portable power and computing solutions. Most recently, Julia has served as Vice President of Marketing for beamz, Inc., a privately held company that invented the innovative beamz music system, a product that she branded and marketed from inception to launch.
Julia attended the University of Wyoming where she earned a Bachelor's of Science in Social Sciences with an emphasis in Psychology. She went on to attend Westminster University in Salt Lake City, Utah where she earned an MBA with an emphasis in Marketing and Healthcare Administration.
Julia lives in San Francisco, California with her husband John and her Boston Terrier Maggie. She enjoys skiing, golfing, cooking and traveling.
Sarah Hawley, Media Specialist
Sarah is a seasoned media relations and PR professional with nearly 15 years helping businesses gain mindshare in vertical, mainstream and national press outlets. Sarah began her communications career as a corporate communications and public relations specialist for BHP, then the seventh largest company in the world. She then managed all public relations activities for Captaris (NASDAQ: CAPA), before changing courses and moving inward to agency-life. She moved to the heartbeat of technology innovation – San Francicso – and managed the west coast operations of Connect PR, which focused solely on technology clients . Here Sarah represented a client roster of innovative start ups as well as publicly traded companies such as Symantec, Internet Security Systems (now IBM ISS) and Initiate Systems. She has since gone on to build expertise in consumer markets and her work has been featured in top press outlets such as Forbes, The Wall Street Journal, ABC Nightly News and Daily Candy. Sarah attended Northern Arizona University where she earned a Bachelor's of Science in Public Relations with an emphasis in advertising. She lives in the Phoenix area with her husband Michael and two children and enjoys cooking, reading, horseback riding and golf.
Kristin Hege, Research Specialist
Kristin Hege has over 10 years experience in marketing, PR and business management. Starting her career in the food and beverage industry, Kristin was responsible for the marketing, management and organization of Jillian's restaurants around the country. After several years in the restaurant business, Kristin moved on to become the marketing manager and then CEO of startup company, TiFinity Toothbrush, where she oversaw the launch of the first-ever titanium bristle technology. Her understanding of technical innovation, manufacturing, and national product marketing led Kristin to Ubiquity PR, where she has been with the company since its inception in 2007. At Ubiquity, Kristin oversees all of the research, planning organization, and reporting for client accounts. Kristin is instrumental in keeping clients top of their industries by managing awards, tradeshows, and events research, and organizing results so clients have clear visibility into the success of their PR campaigns.