About us

At Elevate...

We help companies identify their brand’s most favorable attributes—and potential sensitivities—from the perspective of their target consumers. These findings help our clients optimize their marketing strategy and become more relevant to their ideal customers.

In turn, your company can better deliver on key performance indicators (KPIs), whether those goals involve lead generation, driving traffic to a website or store, making customer acquisition more cost efficient, or simply improving brand devotion.

Our clients benefit from a team of highly trained researchers, data scientists, and Emmy-Award winning creative artists. We use the best research practices and methodologies available to support our data collection process and creative storytelling techniques to bring them to life.

At Elevate, we help our clients rise above advertising that simply reaches eyes and ears to achieve messaging that touches hearts and minds.

Our Core Values

Integrity

Integrity

Whether it relates to our relentless pursuit of quality data collection or the way we interact with our clients directly, integrity is at the heart of everything we do.

Innovation

Innovation

Because that is how it has always been done” are words you will never hear from us. Our team is committed to inventing and spearheading new advancements in the collecting of consumer feedback and marketing strategy. In fact, we even have “innovation hours” dedicated to it!

Speed

Speed

We get it: things change quickly and you need answers fast. At Elevate, we personally answer our phones and get you those answers lickety-split. We don’t outsource anything, which fuels our ability to move quickly.

Accuracy

Accuracy

We understand our findings often pave the way to big changes, so having sound insights to help drive those decisions is paramount. Rest assured, everything is checked twice at Elevate!

Truth

Truth

We are truth-seekers. Count on us to ask the hard questions that need answering without bias or judgement. We promise not to "sugar-coat" anything we uncover but we also promise to do so professionally and respectfully. We have no agenda but to seek the truth.

Care

Care

We are a group of inquisitive thinkers that care about helping local businesses succeed. We understand that they fuel our economic growth and take a lot of pride and care in having a part in that.

Meet The Team

Meet the team of leaders waiting to help you get started:

Team

Nicole Bergen Founder

Jennifer Johns Sr. Director, Development

Team

Scott Wyman Head, Operations & Strategy

Team

Robert Wendt Sr. Director, Research & Strategy

Sam Walton Director, Research & Strategy

Chrissy Colton Senior Consultant

Terrance Burzynski Senior Consultant

Ronda McCullough Senior Consultant

Madison Hutchison Client Relations Specialist

Team

Michelle Behrman Director, Programming/Fielding

Team

Emily Conklin Director, Data Visualization & Storytelling

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