Nate Lessnick
Nate ran the marketing for a bike touring company until a global pandemic put the brakes on his traveling. He discovered that he wanted to help empower leaders and strengthen communities. Lo and behold, he came upon Intrigue and found the perfect fit. By joining forces, they make ideas stick, create content that spreads, and help business owners win their battles.
Natalie Fox
As Operations Manager, Natalie keeps client campaigns organized and on track, ensuring both the team and clients have what they need to be successful. Outside of work, you can find Natalie, her husband, and dog, Dawson, exploring the vast network of Guelph trails and waterways, by foot, canoe, or on cross-country skis.
Rachel Chivers
Rachel is a Content Marketer at Intrigue.
Her love of storytelling inspired her to study journalism in Toronto where she lived for many years, but her heart now belongs in Guelph. Rachel is dedicated to supporting local businesses and creating effective and interesting content for clients.
When Rachel is off the clock, you can usually find her in the kitchen trying out a new recipe or smothering her cat with hugs and kisses
Sandy Ho
Sandy is an online marketing conversion specialist at Intrigue and manages clients’ accounts in the Google Ads and Facebook Ads digital space. She enjoys helping clients achieve their goals through strategic planning and implementing best practice marketing strategies. Outside of Intrigue, Sandy enjoys spending time with her family, practicing yoga, travelling, hiking, reading, and searching for her next adventure!
Cori Sears
Cori is a social media and Facebook advertising leader at Intrigue. She loves helping clients connect with their customers and build meaningful relationships online. When she’s not in the office, Cori enjoys playing volleyball, binge watching Friends, and spending time with her friends and family.
Brodie Mei
Brodie is an SEO/CRO Specialist at Intrigue. He helps your businesses grow by discovering opportunities for them to be found on search engines. He develops strategies that focus on content that will help attract new customers and writes copy to improve the chances of website conversions. In his free time, he enjoys taking photos, playing sports, and working on new projects.
Ansley Foreman
Ansley is a Content Marketer who supports local businesses by developing engaging and creative content that builds connections with their clients. She enjoys spending time with her St. Bernard (Milo), gardening, and humble bragging about the time she won a pumpkin pie eating contest at a local fair. When Ansley’s not dreaming up compelling copy for clients, she’s imagining the next time she’ll be sitting pier-side, drinking her morning coffee, in the Southern California sun with her family.
Paul Demarco
Paul is one of the co-founders at Intrigue. His focus is on helping drive the organization to become a leader in local marketing across Canada. He is on the Board at Bracelet of Hope and is a member of the Rotary Club of Guelph. When he is not at Intrigue, he loves travelling the world, and slowly ruining his ear drums listening to live music.
Vanessa McQuade
Vanessa works with local business owners to develop strategic marketing efforts that help them achieve their goals. Outside of work, she is on the Board of the United Way, helps connect young professionals through her efforts as a YPN committee member, and enjoys spending time with friends and family, travelling, and the odd Martini.
Stephanie S.
Stephanie is an online advertising and email marketing leader, world traveller, and ad copy writer. Her passion is helping grow businesses across the globe by getting them to the top of search results and the top of inboxes. She is also an avid figure skater, shoe shopper, and is always in search for the best cup of coffee. When she’s not at Intrigue, you can find her planning her next travel adventure, staying active with friends, and playing chef at home!
Katie Fazekas
As a Web Developer, Katie is dedicated to maintaining, building, and improving websites for our clients. Growing up as a computer-savvy kid of the 2000s, Katie became captivated by all things digital. At the age of 12, she began working with HTML when building her first blog and she carried that interest in web development through university when she began building WordPress websites for entrepreneurs. When Katie’s not working, you can find her playing on her Nintendo Switch, working on her Rubik’s solving time, exploring nearby Provincial Parks, reading, solving sudokus, or taking on a new craft.
Chelsey Mathieu
Intrigue is a team of AWESOME people and Chelsey helps find new team members as our Recruitment & Culture Specialist. She is passionate about helping our team grow, while also helping to make Intrigue a great place to work. When she isn’t on LinkedIn or planning the next team event, the best place to find her is at the beach! Chelsey is a scrunchie collector, a red wine drinker, and a lover of salt & vinegar chips.
Mike Bernier
Mike is a Senior Web Developer at Intrigue. You’ll find him managing web projects, building WordPress sites, developing eCommerce Platforms, and implementing CRO and SEO on client sites. Mike enjoys spending his free time being way too competitive at old school video games, playing Dungeons and Dragons, and taking long walks on the beach.
Tawni Fus
Tawni is a UI/UX Designer at Intrigue who works with the Software team to unite systems and users through design. She has a Bachelor’s degree in Global Business and Digital Arts with a Global Experience Certificate from the University of Waterloo. Outside of work, she enjoys baking, reading, and learning about design trends.
Aphra Zimmerman-Holy
Aphra supports businesses by writing and editing creative and strategic content for marketing campaigns. She also assists Intrigue’s content marketing team to ensure that high-quality content is being delivered across a variety of services, including strategic messaging, branding, websites, design, email, social, blogs, and video production. Recognized for her strength in communication and collaboration, she is focused on achieving clients’ goals and engaging audiences. Outside of work, she enjoys spending time with family and friends, and going to theatre and concerts.
Claire Davies
As Project Coordinator, Claire organizes and communicates all the details for client projects to set the team up for success. After work, you can find her trying to make friends with every animal she meets, baking cinnamon bread, falling asleep reading, and spending time with the people she loves.
Matt McQuade
When Matt isn’t working or helping out in the community you can find him doing just about anything to stay moving. A lover of all sports and a master of none, Matt enjoys staying active and a little healthy competition. Look for Matt at a community event near you and isn’t ashamed to admit that he will likely be drinking a Bud Lite!
Emily Foell
Emily works with the sales team to ensure that our clients have an excellent experience! She loves helping local entrepreneurs grow their businesses and reach their full potential. Outside of Intrigue, you can find Emily at the barn riding and training horses and spending time with her fluffy cat, Enzo, and her dogs, Skipper and Carly.
Ryan Vielma
Ryan is an online marketing and sales leader whose goal is to ensure clients have a positive and expectation-exceeding experience with Intrigue. Ryan is passionate about helping local businesses grow and push the limits on what success means to them. Ryan is a bean bag toss champion, who spends his spare time enjoying live music, swimming in Lake Huron, tuning into Sunday Night Football, and enjoying the occasional patio beer.
Victoria Jackson
Victoria began her journey with Intrigue as a Project Manager, helping the team stay organized. Now as an Account Manager, she works directly with local business owners to help them achieve their goals. In her spare time, she enjoys jogging around the local trails, playing sports, painting, and travelling as much as she can.
Carly O’Brien
As a citizen and a professional, Carly feels strongly that we each have a responsibility to actively create the prosperity we would like our organizations, communities, and families to enjoy. Her role at Intrigue allows her to apply her skills and passion to positively affect dining rooms through boardrooms – she works inside businesses with the knowledge that better workplaces support family homes. You can find Carly helping clients benefit from effective marketing, protecting the ‘front door’ of their organizations, and building cultures that brim with leadership.