Julie Wright
President & Founder

Julie Wright has been president of (W)right On Communications since founding the agency in 1998.

Named one of 50 to Watch by a regional business magazine, Julie is Chair of the San Diego North Economic Development Council (EDC)’s Board of Directors; Co-chairs the Leadership North County Alumni Group; and is on the President’s Council of California State University San Marcos. Julie oversees all aspects of agency operations and provides account leadership to all (W)right On Communications’ client accounts drawing on her years of experience, industry connections and media relationships.

Grant Wright

CEO & Managing Partner
 

Grant Wright has nearly 20 years senior management experience leading external affairs and business development for major American and Canadian corporations and their subsidiaries. With extensive skills in all aspects of communications including media, regulatory, governmental, community outreach and labor relation, he has also led major infrastructure project development; M&A due diligence and implementation management; marketing and brand development efforts; and strategic and business plan development for Fortune 500 companies as well as small to mid-level growth ventures.

Grant has been a recognized and sought after authority and speaker on public-private partnerships, a conference facilitator and national media spokesperson for a company of 62,000 employees and he maintains many personal relationships with local, state, provincial and federal policy makers.

Grant holds Bachelor of Science (biology) and MBA (marketing and finance) degrees. His professional involvement with corporate and not-for-profit association Boards of Directors is numerous. Privately Grant has been a volunteer soccer coach and youth mentor in his community; he is a commercial pilot licensed in both Canada and the USA where he also serves as Board Director & Past Chair of the San Diego Regional Aviation Association.

Katherine Bernstein
Account Executive

Account Executive Katherine Bernstein brings to (W)right On more than 14 years of diverse experience in public relations, marketing communications and journalism.

Previously, Katherine led the public relations team for a division of San Diego-based technology company Qualcomm. There, Katherine developed communication strategies to launch new products and services, including the AMBER Alert Highway Network, which enables long-distance truck drivers the ability to receive AMBER Alerts based on the truck’s location. She worked with a variety of trade media covering the transportation, construction and wireless technology industries.

While serving as Communications Manager for the National Parks Conservation Association in Washington, DC, Katherine created and implemented highly successful media relations strategies, while her work promoting park-related issues ranging from clean air to park funding and wildlife habitat preservation resulted in coverage by outlets including USA Today, NPR, Washington Post and Conde Nast Traveler.

Experience as a reporter for the Columbia Missourian and editor at Weekend Magazine means Katherine understands the media’s needs—insight she applies to promote (W)right On’s clients every day.

Katherine holds a Bachelor of Journalism degree from the University of Missouri - Columbia.

Chancelor Shay
Account Coordinator
 

Account Coordinator Chancelor Shay brings a fresh perspective to (W)right On Communications with innovative communication ideas and a keen sense of market trends.

A bright and talented public relations professional, Chancelor’s experience includes working with non-profit organizations such as the San Diego Center for the Blind and Visually Impaired, where he helped develop a complete, low cost PR campaign, and hands-on experience working with the media for the 2009 NCAA Women’s Basketball tournament. Chancelor is completing his studies at San Diego State University in the College of Professional Studies and Fine Arts, where he is pursuing a degree in Media Studies with a minor in Political Science.

He is an active member of the Journalism and Media Studies Association and Public Relations Student Society of America and received Dean’s List and Civil Core academic honors. In addition to his studies and extracurricular activities, Chancelor remains involved in the community by assisting with fundraising for Rady Children’s Hospital in San Diego.

Kevin O'Hara
Video Producer
 

Jordan Bosstick
Researcher & Online Content Specialist

Tressa Foster

Graphic Designer
 

Tressa Foster is a graduate of The Illinois Institute of Art specializing in Visual Communications, and has been a professional graphic designer since 1999. She previously worked as a graphic designer for an independent book publisher and a marketing communications firm. Tressa has a true passion for innovative design and uses her talents in combination with her education and experience to make her creative visions come to life. Tressa has advanced skills using the design industry’s leading computer programs and excellent knowledge of commercial offset printing processes. In addition to her technical skills, she keeps her design and marketing skills cutting-edge with her active involvement with The American Institute of Graphic Arts (AIGA) and staying informed of digital graphics, fonts, and color trends through seminars and continuing education classes offered from Adobe and Dynamic Graphics Training.

Celia Creek

Senior Designer
 

Celia Creek brings over 20 years graphic design experience to (W)right On Communications. A graduate of the Art Institute of Seattle, Celia began her award winning career in graphic design and art direction at the Everett Herald. There, she was a marketing artist specializing in display advertisements, special section covers and various promotional communications under tight deadlines. She later joined the San Diego Union-Tribune where her continued success resulted in her eventually becoming Art Director responsible for news feature and advertising design, from concept to pre-press.

Andy Mansker

Web Development Manager
 

With experience working for such household brand name companies as American Airlines, Honda, Hewlett Packard and General Motors, Andy Mansker is instrumental in helping WOC's clients develop a professional internet presence as well as strong search engine placement to drive traffic. Keeping WOC and its clients on pace with ever-changing technology, Andy develops and implements solutions that may include database development, HTML, DHTML, PHP, Java, JavaScript, mySQL, PDF, animation, audio and video among many technologies.

Jason Lancaster

Online Marketing Specialist