Dana Kelchner

Dana brings precision, creativity and a depth and breadth of experience to the Callis team. She joined the agency after 15 years as Executive Director of Marketing and Communications at State Fair Community College, a longtime Callis client. Dana was SFCC’s first Director of Marketing and grew the department from a one-person to a four-person team while promoting and building the college’s brand. She is intimately familiar with strategic planning, project management, publication and website development and brand management. As Account Supervisor, Dana provides a leading role in strategy, creative and content development, supervises services to key accounts and oversees complex client projects to ensure they are completed on time and on budget. Dana is married and has two grown sons. She and her husband enjoy being empty nesters, and they like to travel and be outdoors. Dana fills her spare time raising Finn, a Golden Retriever that she affectionately calls her third child. She also enjoys reading, cooking and baking, walking and biking, and her newest endeavor – pickleball.