Our People

Skilled, flexible and seasoned, TEAM FTM excels.

Handpicked for their uniqueness and their flexibility, each staff member brings something special to the table. Meet them all here. Then come meet them in person.

John Wilhoit

President

John Wilhoit, president and owner — Over his 25 years of graphic arts experience, John has managed Fortune 500 printing facilities and provided graphic solutions for some of the most recognizable companies in America. His passion for great marketing communications sets the Fresh Take Marketing bar very high. In addition to helping provide sound promotional guidance to our clients, John focuses on the Fresh Take Marketing strategic direction and develops key partnerships that broaden the scope of our services and brings added value to our clients.

John lives in the country with his wife and four children, and an assortment of domestic animals. He enjoys sports, a good book and participating in ministry activities with his church.

Anita Hawk-Henry

Creative Director

Beyond a well-trained, artistic eye, a creative director needs the intrinsic ability to understand client needs and to communicate well. Anita has those bases covered in spades. Her BFA in Graphic Design and nearly 18 years of experience make her a creative leader that clients and co-workers alike depend upon. Ronald McDonald House, Kansas City Southern and the YMCA have all benefited from her creative prowess. Ad concepts, branding campaigns, event promotions — you name it, she has done it and done it well.

Home is important to her. Those who share it with her (two young men and one older dude) are quite lucky because she cooks as well as she art directs.

Lori Sirotiak

Studio Manager

Lori touches every job we do. With more than 20 years of professional experience and a BFA in Graphic Design, she is well qualified to do so. She estimates the cost of each job, then she shepherds the project through the shop with a gentle, authoritative hand. She understands what’s required to do a job right. As an experienced traffic manager, she also understands that a timeline is not just an educated guess — it’s a promise.

She runs, she mothers and shares her home space with two huge Maine Coon cats. She claims that understanding them helps her understand the creative folks she manages.

Cara Windsor

Account Executive

Account service and creative sales are Cara’s lifeblood. Her experience runs the gamut, having managed accounts for healthcare companies, software companies, manufacturing firms, banks and more. Her strength is in her weakness. She loves good creative. However, she is forever mindful that marketing goals should never be lost in the creative smoke that sometimes accompanies the development process. She’s a realist, a great reporter and an even better creative guide.

When she is not up to her elbows in creative marketing tasks, she’s running, bike riding or caring for family … and loving (almost) every minute of it.

Samantha Moreno Petty

Sr. Art Director / Web Designer

Sam’s steady hand and pleasant manner serve FTM very well. Her BFA in Visual Communications led Sam to a graphic design beginning in 1984. Since then she’s provided design solutions for dozens of clients, including the Kauffman Foundation, The Boy Scouts of America, Ronald McDonald House and Bushnell. She’s as comfortable designing collateral material and advertising as Web sites and annual reports. Her list of Omni awards proves it.

Off the FTM clock, she gardens, babies her beagle and kneads muscles, as a nationally certified massage therapist.

Brett Logan

Sr. Art Director

This senior art director has a designer’s touch that clients ask for by name. Check out his award-winning portfolio and you’ll quickly understand why. He’s done promotional work for clients as diverse as Fixtures Furniture, the Kansas City Zoo and UMKC. He earned his BFA from Missouri State University in 1997 and has been working with the FTM team since 1999.

It is difficult to know what moves him faster, his motorcycle or his twin daughters.

Tony Schappaugh

Sr. Art Director / Web Designer

Tony is a senior art director who is absolutely Web savvy. He combines his technical knowledge with practiced design skill to create Web sites that look great, work great and, most important, sell products. He is proficient in various Web-related applications, software and languages, including HTML, Flash ActionScript, JavaScript, AJAX and ColdFusion. His BFA from NU and over 20 years of design experience give Tony a seasoned perspective worth Googling for.

Photography, Husker football and family fill his spare time, what there is of it.