Doug Fish - President

In 1979 Doug finished college and went to work in the agency business. After 24 years as an account manager, VP Client Service, partner and owner, he founded Fish Marketing with the belief that small and medium sized businesses (SMBs) need full-service marketing from a single agency.

He is a past President of the Portland Association of Advertising Agencies, a member of the Portland Ad Federation’s Agency Roundtable, Immediate Past Chair of the Salvation Army’s Portland Metro Advisory Board and a Board Member and Marketing Chair for the Lake Oswego Chamber of Commerce. He lives in Lake Oswego with his wife Michelle DeCourcy and their three daughters.

Nate Parr - Account Director

Nate studied advertising at Portland State University, graduating with honors and degrees in Marketing and Advertising Management. During his tenure at PSU, he was a key member of a team that earned first place in a national marketing competition for Cadillac.

Since joining the account management department of Fish Marketing in 2003, Nate has provided strategy and project management to a wide range of clientele. Nate enjoys snowboarding, travel, music, and spending time with his wife and baby daughter.

Margo Gilham - Director of Business Dev.

A University of Florida Gator, Margo has spent her entire career in media and ad agencies in the US and Canada. She’s had the chance to help a variety of clients from the first attorney on TV in the US to auto manufacturers and dealers. Over the years working for local TV stations, national TV networks, radio stations and newspapers she gained firsthand experience making media work hard to help clients prosper. She took that experience to the ad agency side of the business to focus on developing strategies to help clients achieve their business goals. Her love of cars led her to specialize in automotive for the last 12 years. The last 4 years of which was spent working on Subaru for DDB NY and Carmichael Lynch, Minneapolis.

Margo believes part of good fortune in life is giving back and has put her talents to work for Rotary International, United Way, Making Memories, Brides Against Breast Cancer, VOA and the Community Cycling Center. Margo was even one of the first female Rotary Board members in Canada. She is an avid scuba diver, cyclist, kayaker, dog lover and lives to travel anywhere that is warm, sunny, has great diving and fish life!

Andy Ehlen - Media & Production Director

Andy graduated from Portland State University in 1998 with a BA in marketing and advertising. After interning at the Portland Trail Blazers, he started at Gard & Gerber as an account coordinator and was promoted to account manager within a year. He specialized in working with media clients over four years.

After joining Fish Marketing in 2003 as account manager, Andy now serves as media & production director – planning, buying and executing clients’ traditional, interactive and social media needs. He is a Google Qualified Professional and also manages production for the agency. Andy is a member of the Portland Advertising Federation Rosey Awards Committee and enjoys hiking, biking, movies, television and travel.

John Moore - Interactive Director

After graduating Western State College of Colorado with a B.A. degree in English, John read the book Creating Killer Web Sites by David Siegal. Shortly after, he put newspaper writing in the rearview mirror and headed out on the information super highway. With 10 years of experience designing and building web sites, he has focused on learning all disciplines of interactive development from design & programming to marketing & e-commerce.

John is a Google Qualified Professional and Yahoo! Ambassador. He resides in beautiful southeast Portland and enjoys snowboarding, biking, literature, music and geek culture.

Lee Butler - Programmer/SEO Specialist

Lee graduated from Western Washington University in 1997 with a BA in Technical Writing. After a year spent snowboarding in the French Alps Lee returned to the US to settle down in Providence Rhode Island and began doing web development for an east coast advertising firm in 1999.

After eight years of great development projects, with one dot com bust and a return to the West Coast Lee has perfected the craft of clean sharp code and web displays that speak to both people and search engines alike.

If you are looking for top-notch web development, Search Engine Optimization, Search Engine Marketing, or the implementation of an effective Ad Words campaign to compliment your site, Lee is your guy.

Click here to read Lee’s latest article, “Intro to SEM”

Kristen O’Toole - Graphic Designer

Kristen was raised in Portland and is a graduate of Central Catholic High School. She earned her B.F.A. in Graphic Design from Montana State University - Bozeman. Since 2006 she has worked as a production manager, graphic designer and art director for Fish Marketing. She is a member of Zonta International in which she is involved in many community service projects.

Kristen enjoys traveling, exploring historical monuments, collecting historical photographs and is currently learning the sport of Curling. She is married to professional bull rider, Brandon Millican.

Amy Im - Project Manager

Amy holds a post baccalaureate degree in Advertising Management from Portland State University. She is also a University of Oregon alumna and holds a B.S. in Accounting. After working as a public accountant at one of the Big Four firms, she left to pursue a career in advertising. She brought with her a knack for numbers, the ability to help clients meet their business needs and an understanding of different industries.

When she’s not working, Amy enjoys playing tennis, snowboarding, practicing yoga, hikes in the Gorge, traveling and finding great new places to eat in Portland.

Marcus Chairez - Project Manager

Marcus is a California native and a recent graduate of Santa Clara University, one of the top business schools on the west coast. He recently came to Fish after gaining experience as the marketing coordinator and project manager for a specialty medial clinic in Portland.

Marcus is a hiker and outdoor enthusiast who enjoys exploring Oregon’s diverse regions. His girlfriend, a Portland native, has transformed him into a “foodie”. He is heavily involved in numerous sports and is currently looking for a beach volleyball teammate for the summer!

John McIsaac - PR Director

A 20-year PR professional John McIsaac has nine years of experience in public relations strategy and media relations specifically for the green building industry—both in the commercial and residential sectors.

He has longstanding contacts with some of the most respected environmental and architectural/design media in the nation, including the LA Times, New York Times, Sacramento Bee, Environmental Building News, Architectural Record, Metropolis, Dwell, Financial Times, NPR and HGTV, among many others.

In 2007 McIsaac was invited by the LA Times to speak at the annual Society of Environmental Journalists conference, held at Stanford University.

Laurie Richings - Controller

Laurie graduated with a degree in English from University of Oregon. After living in Boston for five years working for a large CPA firm, she returned to the Pacific Northwest in 1990. Laurie spent 17 years at Hadley Green Creates, an advertising/design/interactive firm in Seattle.

She returned to Oregon in 2007 and joined the team at Fish Marketing in 2008. Laurie enjoys hiking, music, gardening, and travelling, especially to Hawaii and Mexico.