Leadership Team

An agency's greatest asset is its people. With that in mind, we've searched the globe to assemble the most experienced, intelligent, creative, and diverse group of specialists at all levels of our company. Not only are they a talented bunch, but they're also committed to innovation and to building our clients' businesses as if they were our own.

Yvonne Tocquigny, Senior Partner - CEO

Yvonne began her advertising career as a passionately creative art director. After a brief stint working in a big-agency environment in Houston, Yvonne moved to Austin where she founded Tocquigny in 1980. Today, Yvonne manages the agency in a hands-on, open-door fashion. While she is still passionate about the creativity of the agency's products, she actively explores new avenues for that creativity, including strategy and cutting-edge media applications.

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Renee Brandon, Partner - Research

Renee Brandon leads Tocquigny's in-house research group providing valuable discovery and insights into our clients' business and marketing challenges. Renee's group works with our clients to translate these insights into programs that benchmark progress and show measured results.

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Skip Dampier, Partner - Chief Strategist and Executive Creative Director

Skip leads the agency’s strategic planning and consulting practice as Tocquigny’s Chief Strategist. With more than 20 years of experience with some of the world’s most respected brands, he brings a depth of expertise in business, marketing, brand, organizational, and interactive strategy development.

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Sheila Ferguson, Partner - Reporting & Analytics

Sheila Ferguson leads Tocquigny's analytics and reporting group, which offers expertise in data analysis, results tracking, modeling, and implementation of the latest technologies for decision support. Sheila's group works with our clients to recommend the methods, tools, performance metrics, and technologies that can be used to continuously improve their ability to identify and convert promising business opportunities.

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John Ryan, Partner - Marketing

John has been a successful public company board member, executive leader, entrepreneur, turnaround artist, and high-level strategic marketing consultant. Based in the New York area, John has been providing deep experience in executive and market leadership to some of the most recognized names in high-tech industries and business services for more than 25 years.