ANNELI WERNER | PRESIDENT & CREATIVE DIRECTION

As President and Creative Director, Anneli Werner guides the creative and corporate vision for The Jake Group. Prior to founding the studio in 2002, she served as Manager of Marketing & Technology for Crowell & Moring LLP, an international law firm of nearly 500 attorneys, where she led the firm's rebranding effort and evolution into digital marketing. Anneli later served as an Ambassador for the Organization of American States/Net Corps America, a non-profit organization dedicated to delivering information and communication technologies to developing countries around the world. Following her overseas travel with OAS, Anneli joined the marketing team at The Advisory Board Company, a Washington-based think tank.

Anneli received her B.A. in Public Communications from American University and M.A. in Communications, Culture & Technology from Georgetown University. When she is not exercising her right brain at Jake, she's often teaching yoga at several studios in the Washington area and practicing her love of Ayurveda.