Our Management Team

The strength of the Strategic Guru team is the depth and diversity of our experience. We are able to call upon the many talents of our staff, including project managers, copy writers, graphic designers, web developers and social media experts, to meet all of your needs. Learn a little bit about the key players on our team:

Carolyn Rhinebarger, Chief Brainstormer

With a 25-year sales and marketing background, Carolyn Rhinebarger is founder and Chief Brainstormer for Strategic Guru. Listening to needs, creative problem solving and helping clients achieve long term goals are the hallmarks of her career. Her methods focus on one principle: create and implement a marketing strategy that speaks to prospects’ needs and sales will follow.

Carolyn has been featured in Business Leader Magazine and Growing Wealth magazine, has appeared on Small Business TV and business radio, is a guest columnist for carolinanewswire.com, and speaks around the world on strategic marketing.

Sandy Andrews, Business Builder

Sandy Andrews’ experience in smart marketing produces real results for clients and spans over fifteen years. Her ability to assist diverse businesses by assessing their needs and implementing tactics that meet goals means that budgets yield tangible returns. Sandy’s in depth understanding of public relations, media, brand development and customer acquisition provides clients with a complete tool box of intelligent, effective solutions.

A summa cum laude graduate of Psychology from Plymouth State University in New Hampshire and a native of Pennsylvania, Sandy has resided in the Triangle area since 1985. She has executed successful campaigns for clients whose geographical footprint spans the globe, the region or just the neighborhoods that we call home.

Chelsea Junget, Project Manager

Chelsea Junget is a native Californian recently relocated to North Carolina – but don’t hold that against her! A graduate of the University of San Francisco, she has experience in a variety of media, including radio, magazines, and publishing. She worked as an outside sales representative in educational publishing for over three years, achieving rookie of the year status for exceeding sales goals. Go Chelsea!

After logging thousands of miles as a road warrior, she set her sights on Cary for the perfect new home and joined Strategic Guru where she has become known as Head of All That. Chelsea is the main point of contact for clients and ensures projects are completed on time, within budget and with highest standards of quality, effectiveness and efficiency.

Ben Mackie, Graphic Designer

Ben Mackie is a native North Carolinian, hailing from Hickory. A graduate of Appalachian State University, Ben headed for the Triangle to earn his graphic design chops. He worked for a large publisher where he produced over 1000 different publications and designed and maintained a website which served as an interactive communication tool for over 40,000 advertisers. Whew!

From there, Ben moved on to agency work—and eventually his own design studio—providing logo and branding, print, and web design for an array of clientele. That’s when Strategic Guru nabbed him and brought him in to the fold. Now he spends his days crafting effective communications that range from branding and logos to websites to online ads to email campaigns to print collateral and more, more, more! Let’s just say Ben never has spare time on his hands.

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