Aileen is a multi-talented advertising professional with a passion for media and a love of America’s heartland. As head of U.S. International Media’s Milwaukee office, she brings more than 25 years of experience to our clients.
Aileen’s advertising career began as a copywriter and graphic artist at Freeman, Huenink, Zilbert in Green Bay. From there she joined Van Sistine and Associates in Green Bay and it was there that she learned account service and media skills working on accounts such as Cher-Make Sausage, Steenburg Homes, local franchises of Hardee’s and Wendy’s and several other retail accounts.
Most recently, she managed the media department at Stephan & Brady in Madison. Earlier, she spent twenty years with Boelter + Lincoln in Milwaukee and Madison. As VP, Media Director there, she developed a reputation for delivering creative media plans and intensely negotiated and effective buys.
Aileen’s experience is particularly rich in travel and tourism accounts, including the Wisconsin Dells Visitor & Convention Bureau, Wisconsin Department of Tourism, Noah’s Ark Waterpark, and Caverns of Sonora, Texas. She is President of the CenStates TTRA chapter of the Travel & Tourism Research Association.