Ben is a creative professional with 20 years of advertising and marketing expertise, and is currently the founder and creative director of his own agency, Lighterknot Media, LLC, based in New Orleans, Louisiana.

Over the course of his career, Ben has migrated from his start with a BFA in graphic design from Mississippi State University to a fully featured marketing consultant with the capability to plan, concept and execute entire campaigns across multiple media. This well-rounded expertise has been utilized extensively by various national nonprofits, including the American Heart Association (AHA), the Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis Association (ALS Association), Youth Villages, and the Steven & Alexandra Cohen Foundation, as well as to produce award-winning work for well-known national brands such as the Memphis Grizzlies, Elvis Presley Enterprises, HGTV, smith&nephew and FedEx.

Over the course of our partnership, Ben has brought a passion for clear, succinct language and hardworking aesthetics to the Impact Fellows team, and finds fulfillment in furthering the cause of early childhood development in service of our organization’s goals.