MARIE CASE has developed strategic solutions and marketing plans for consumer
goods, travel products and publishers for three decades. Her career began in
Aspen, Colorado in the travel industry developing national and international programs
and strategies for resort properties, their restaurants and recreational facilities in the Rocky
Mountains, Hawaii and Lake Tahoe.
Jackson Hole, Wyoming was her next stop where she founded an advertising and marketing
firm and developed a client list that included hotels and resort properties in Colorado and
Wyoming, active wear manufacturers, health clubs and retail stores. She also published
award-winning visitor guides and posters that were distributed in the area. After significantly
building the business and the billings with a client list that spanned four states she sold the
firm and moved back to her roots in California.
She has worked on the agency side of the business as an Account Director and Planner
and on the client side as a Marketing Director. She has managed large multi-million dollar
budgets for multi-national companies and has implemented plans for clients with smaller
budgets. She has consulted to a variety of clients including Catalina Island, Laguna Beach
Visitors Bureau, Surfer Magazine and the Orange County Register applying basic marketing
principles and her own developed philosophies to business growth.
She co-founded Board-Trac, a firm that specializes in marketing and research on the
youth market who participate in action sports and has been widely quoted in national and
international media as well as being a contributor to DNR and Sportswear International
(trade) magazines.
Marie serves on the board and is past Chair of the Newport Beach Chamber of Commerce
and has served on the Leadership Tomorrow and American Advertising Federation District 15 Boards.
She is past President of the American Advertising Federation Orange County and is a member
of the Newport Beach Commodores Club. Marie works and lives in Newport Beach, California.