Team
What makes us different than your typical “agency or consulting firm”? Here is the difference – we don’t have a huge staff that is always on the payroll. When you hire us, you hire just the right people you need. We are professional, on point creators and contributors. This way, you keep the specialization and we keep your costs down. Once a direction, need, or project is identified, one or several of our team members will work tirelessly to get your work done on time and in budget.
Dave Grout
President
Un-knots the craziest organizational hairballs and helps to re-configure the culture, brand, direction and operational toolbox until it functions like a Swiss watch.
Quote: “If you can’t take time to do the little things for people, then you really are not doing the big things!”
Tree: Ironwood
Heidi Loebs
Operations Manager
If you give her “words” she makes a process. Give her “numbers” and out comes an equation. When given a task, she organizes it with spreadsheets, tracks it with check lists and completes it with attention to detail.
Quote: “You can never get a cup of tea large enough, or a book long enough to suit me.” – C. S. Lewis
Tree: Dwarf apple
Emma Bowyer
Operations and Content Specialist
She’s the tension between being in a foxhole and running like a fox. Why a foxhole? Emma is a United States Marine. She served in Japan and can take down her target (and any projects) in less than a minute. Run like a fox? That’s how she gets a project done. Quick, effortlessly, and without you knowing she was on it.
Quote: “Society grows great when old men plant trees whose shade they know they shall never sit in.” – Greek Proverb
Tree: Camphorwood
Kiara Wolland
Digital Project Manager
With a laptop as her trusty sidekick and an array of ideas in her mind, Kiara is the embodiment of creativity and communication. She’s the one you turn to when you need someone to not only understand your vision but to amplify it into something extraordinary.
Quote: “It’s kinda fun to do the impossible.” – Walt Disney
Tree: Oil Palm
Madison Maxwell
Director of Communications
Passionate about transformative storytelling, Madison applies six-plus years of experience in higher education and nonprofit communication to string together words in a consistent, clear, and creative way. Whether its language for social media, blogs, press releases, newsletters, or print pieces, she will ensure your copy is not only purposeful but powerful.
Quote: “It is not the critic who counts; not the man who points out how the strong man stumbles, or where the doer of deeds could have done them better. The credit belongs to the man who is actually in the arena…” Theodore Roosevelt
Tree: Golden larch
Clark Meridew
Web Developer / SEO Optimizer
If you combine Tennis Pro Borris Becker’s tenacity and looks with the speed of the Road Runner, the outcome would be Clark! Hailing from Purdue University, he utilizes his Computer Science pursuits as a versatile team member and project driver. Beyond his passion (and gift) for running, his skills span programming, graphic design, and photography. He aims to develop impactful software that improves the day-to-day lives of many people.
Quote: “You must do the things you think you cannot do.” – Eleanor Roosevelt
Tree: Coast Redwood
Briena Partin
Project Specialist
Not only a project specialist, she is the embodiment of a team player, always ready to step in wherever she’s needed most. Balancing a strong willingness to learn with an adaptable spirit, she ensures that every task is handled with excellence and focused on what each partner needs most. She sees every day as an opportunity to tackle new challenges and connect with the team to make lasting impact.
Quote: “My grace is sufficient for you, for my power is made perfect in weakness. Therefore, I will boast all the more gladly about my weaknesses, so that Christ’s power may rest on me.” – 2 Corinthians 12:9
Tree: Coconut Palm
Emily Troutner
Graphic Designer
Emily is the creative powerhouse every brand dreams of having on their team. A skilled, multi-faceted designer and marketer with a wealth of client experience, she seamlessly moves between crafting stunning promotional campaigns and delivering polished presentations. Who benefits: universities, non-profits, and nationally recognized companies. Her secret? A unique blend of exceptional talent and genuine humility—a rare trait in today’s professional world.
Quote: “Be somebody who makes everybody feel like a somebody.”
Tree: Willow
Ryan Srogi
Executive Strategist
Ryan excels in asking the right questions (hard, “dumb”, and thought-provoking) to understand each client’s perspective. He creates a compelling vision, which often requires people to do hard things and push through discomfort. In the end, he knows that on the other side is winning, blessings, and new territory gained.
Quote: “Fortune favours the bold.” – Latin Proverb
Tree: Oak
Bethany Robertson
Social Media Strategist
Bethany is like a seasoned guide on an unfamiliar trail, helping brands navigate the twists and turns of the ever changing and continual metamorphosis of the social media world. Blending storytelling, data, and creativity to help brands rise above the noise to connect mission driven messages with the exact audience that is unknowingly thirsting to know more. Honestly a multi-platform sherpa.
Quote: “Wherever you are, be all there.” – Jim Elliot
Tree: Olive Tree
Noah Wright
Freelance Videographer
Noah helps bring stories to life through video. Whether behind the camera or in the editing room, he focuses on capturing meaningful moments and crafting clear, engaging visuals that support Timberline’s mission.
Quote: “To clasp the hands in prayer is the beginning of an uprising against the disorder of the world.” – Karl Barth
Tree: Willow Tree
Stephen Daniels
Financial Analyst
When it comes to crunching the numbers, Stephen is your man. He helps clients accomplish financial objectives by assessing financial situations, developing and presenting financial strategies and plans, and monitoring changes in financial status and life circumstances.
Quote: “Impact = Hard work + integrity + intent”
Tree: Ponderosa Pine
Grant Beachy
Photographer
Honestly, the most versatile visual storyteller in the land. He is a light wrangler and a personality portrait perfectionist. He makes anyone feel like a model and a best friend at the same time. Truly gifted in capturing the heart of the story and the smile that tells it.
Quote: “Even in literature and art, no man who bothers about originality will ever be original: whereas if you simply try to tell the truth (without caring two pence how often it has been told before) you will, nine times out of ten, become original without ever having noticed it.”
Tree: Maple
Peter Heneveld
Videographer
He makes flat screens come to life. He specializes in 3D animation, photorealistic 3D rendering, UAV aerial cinematography, motion design, virtual product beautification, 3D virtual reality & 360 video, and color grading, all to tell a story. Pixels ask him what to do!
Quote: “The value of a life is always determined by how much of it was given away.”
Tree: Monterey Cypress
Kyle White
Videographer
Strongest guy on the team – Seriously, check out his stuff:
Quote: “Don’t let your schooling get in the way of your education.”
Tree: Sequoia