A connector and storyteller, Carlie loves building relationships with our clients and strategically promoting their work. She graduated Summa Cum Laude with a B.S. in both Public Relations and Communications with an Advertising emphasis. She’s worked in nonprofit marketing for most of her career and has a passion for highlighting organizations who are making a difference in our community.

Starting at MMG, her role was a little mix of everything from writing press releases and feature articles (her favorite) to creating content for social media, email campaigns and more. 

As Co-owner, she now focuses on business development and strategic planning for our clients – BUT you’ll still find her writing a story from time to time.

When she is “off the clock,” Carlie is always up for adventure. She loves everything outdoors from backcountry hiking to snowboarding. She spends her free time hanging out with her husband, friends and their rescue dog, Chewie (yes, like Star Wars). 

Grace has been storytelling since middle school when she would fill spiral-bound notebooks with Little House on the Prairie spinoffs and share them with her friends. She took a literary analysis class in high school, which sparked a passion for analysis and expository writing that continued into college. (If you’re interested in postcolonial theory or 19th-century women writers, she’s your girl!) Grace graduated with a bachelor’s degree in English and an emphasis in editing and publishing from Cedarville University.

She’s committed to serving youth and supporting foster families through her church and local nonprofits in southeast Tennessee where she lives, and she hopes her storytelling encourages others to support the causes near to their hearts. In her free time, you can find her bingeing an early-2000s crime show, chatting with out-of-state friends, or trying to make thrifting her new hobby.