We’re Campfire.
Media that matters takes a whole crew. Around this fire, you’ll find strategists, analysts, and planners, all pulling in the same direction using media to amplify the good, ignite change, and make business bigger than the bottom line. We don’t just work the channels. We work together.
GUIDING THE FIRE
Meet the team guiding the work and the community powering it.
This group represents our leadership, and no one builds fires alone. Behind every strategy, story, and campaign is a broader network of brilliant people, from our core staff to our trusted partners, collaborators, and publishers. Together, we push the work forward with curiosity, rigor, and heart.
We believe the best work comes from shared wisdom and diverse perspectives. That’s why our model isn’t built around hierarchy. It’s built around trust, collaboration, and long-term relationships. Whether someone works with us every day or steps in as a specialist for a single project, they’re part of a collective effort to make media more thoughtful, effective, and aligned with the world we all want to live in.
Our leadership team
Chris Alman
Chief Financial Officer
Aidan Clark Senior Account Strategist
Kelly Gadsby
Client Growth Director
David Gogel
Head of Strategy
Pip Kolmar
Managing Director
Benn Marine
Director of Impact
Chris Marine
Founder / CEO
Our Home
Campfire is based in Portland, Maine, on the historic working waterfront.
We chose it on purpose.
Many of us came up through big agencies or media companies in big markets. We learned how media works. We also learned how quickly those environments turn into echo chambers. The same ideas recycled. The same metrics celebrated. A lot of noise, not much clarity.
So we stepped out.
Maine is close enough to stay connected, but far enough away to think clearly. It gives us distance from the hype and space to question assumptions that too often go unchallenged. In an industry obsessed with speed, scale, and the next “breakthrough,” we believe real strategy comes from slowing down and telling the truth.
Our office sits among people who make things, move goods, and depend on real outcomes, not slides. That matters. It keeps us grounded. It reminds us that media decisions ripple into real communities, not just dashboards.
This is where we work.
And it is why we see the landscape differently.